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Category:Limburg

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'''Limburg''' is a trans border province both in the south of the [[Netherlands]] and in the north-east of [[Belgium]]. It The regional capital for the Belgian side is also [[Hasselt]] while [[Maastricht]] is the Dutch equivalent. Have a look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg_%28Netherlands%29 this] ''(Netherlands)'' and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg_%28Belgium%29 this] ''(Belgium)'' Wikipedia articles to get closer information. {|style="margin: 0 auto;"|<map lat='51.25' lng='5.58' zoom='9' view='3' width='500' height='700'/>|} {{Template:Cities Limburg}} ==Motorways==Located in the very heart of Western Europe, in between the Flemish Diamond, Randstad, Ruhrgebiet, Cologne and Paris ''major'' metropolitan areas, (>3 million) as well as numerous minor ones (0.5-3.0M) such as Arnhem-Nijmegen, Eindhoven and Liége, there is a very good chance that during your hitchhiking ventures across Europe you'll either pass through, or even end up in the province of Limburg. '''North-South motorways''' [[A2 (Netherlands)|A2]] '''Amsterdam-Luxembourg''' runs from Weert, passes [[Echt]] where it merges with the [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] '''Nijmegen-Echt''', and on through Maastricht, where a section is bound to be upgraded to a full motorway in a tunnel, to the Belgian border south of Eijsden. and on to [[Liège]]  [[A73 (Netherlands)|A73]] '''Nijmegen-Echt''' connects Nijmegen, Venlo and Roermond with the south of Limburg. The Venlo-Echt section is brand new, and there are currently delays near Roermond due to construction work still taking place in the tunnels there. '''East-West motorways''' [[A77 (Netherlands)|A77]] '''Nijmegen-Cologne''' technically a N-S motorway, and only included here because it runs a full 6 kilometres through the far northof Limburg province, near Nijmegen.  [[A67 (Netherlands)|A67]] '''Bruges-(Antwerp-Ruhrgebiet)-Hannover''' cuts some 20 kilometres through the north of Limburg, near Venlo. Lots of traffic going from the [[UK]]/[[Ireland]] to [[Poland]] and back, as well as lots of lorrydrivers. [[A2 (Belgium)|A2]]/[[A76 (Netherlands)|A76]] '''Antwerp-Aachen(-east Köln)''' runs through the heart of Limburg, and passes [[Genk]], [[Geleen]] and [[Heerlen]] along the way. [[A13 (Belgium)|A13]] '''Antwerp-Liége''' runs through the west of Limburg and passes [[Hasselt]]and [[Tongeren]] [[A79 (Netherlands)|A79]] '''Maastricht-Heerlen''' short motorway connecting the cities of [[Maastricht]] and [[Heerlen]] in the south of Limburg with each other.  {{Provinces NL}}{{Regions Belgium}}
Have a look at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg_%28Netherlands%29 this] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limburg_%28Belgium%29 this] wikipedia articles to get closer information.
[[Category:Netherlands]]
[[Category:Belgium]]
[[Category:Vlaanderen]]
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