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Parts of the city wall are still preserved. The old mill, which is still in operation, is definitely worth seeing.

The museum offers a good insight into soldiers' lives during World War I. Using an augmented reality helmet, visitors can travel through the underground citadel. Admission is €16 per person (as of October 2025). However, for background information, it is recommended to visit the Verdun Memorial beforehand.

This station is an architectural masterpiece. It is 40 meters high, and its canopies are 150 meters long. Despite its enormous size, its glass roof and white paint make the station appear as light as a feather floating against green hills. It's perfect for your photography needs. You can only take great photos here. It's incredible to stand amidst these undulating forms and take in their effect. The TGV station was designed by the famous Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

Once you've enjoyed the views of the city in the Meuse Valley, it's a good idea to walk the winding Sentier de Coteaux over the hills and through the forest back to the city. The impressive Collegiate Church of Saint Bartholomew is nearby.

St. Paul's Cathedral, full name Cathédrale de la Conversion de Saint-Paul et de l'Assomption de Marie (Cathedral of the Conversion of Paul and the Assumption of Mary into Heaven), is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Liège. The Gothic basilica was built from the 13th to 15th centuries as a collegiate church and elevated to a cathedral church in 1804, succeeding the destroyed St. Lambert's Cathedral.

A great highlight and photo motif.

Medieval city gate from the 14th century, built as part of the Grand Rempart around the lower town of Verdun. The gate was financed by Wautrec, a wealthy citizen and alderman, after the granting of Verdun's status as a free imperial city in 1374. The gate consists of two semi-circular towers with a portcullis and the remains of a drawbridge. It has been a listed historical monument since 1881.

At the beginning of our era, the mouth of the Jeker formed a real delta, which even reached the northern side of the Vrijthof in Maastricht. Since Roman times, the course of the Jeker has changed several times, Jeker branches have been shifted, added and filled in. After the Middle Ages, only three branches of this delta remained, a southern, a middle and a northern branch. The southern Jeker, the presumed main branch, branches off in front of the De Reek water gate and continues its way as a city moat along the second city wall in the Henri Hermanspark, to unite with the northern branch behind the Pesthuis and together flow into the Maas. This northern branch flows from De Reek via the Huis op de Jeker and an underground course from Achter de Molens towards the Pater Vinktoren. The middle branch split off at the Dolk mill on the site of the current conservatory, where the ‘Weyer’ was located, a pond-like widening of the Jeker. Via the Grote and Kleine Looiersstraat, it flowed towards the Maas. At the bottom of the Pater Vincktoren, it then joined the northern and shortly afterwards the southern branch of the Jeker. This old outlet is still visible. The street structure in the Jekerkwartier, as it is now, is therefore largely dependent on the various Jeker courses. From the late Middle Ages, this area was the scene of the tanners, who used the Jeker water in the tanning process. The river here was more like an open sewer or garbage dump, in which all too often lay carcasses, old clothes, kitchen waste, street dirt and excrement. Moreover, the Jeker regularly overflowed its banks. After a number of floods between 1890 and 1895, the municipal authorities had had enough and decided to fill in the middle branch. During the filling in, two sewers were installed in the old riverbed, which can be connected to the northern branch on both sides. However, to speak of a covered Jeker, which is often claimed, would be too much of an honour for these sewers. Source: https://aldecaerte-maastricht.nl/de-verdwenen-middentak-van-de-jeker/