Maastricht Greeters
Free Walk with a local
Discover Maastricht through a free walk with a local
Maastricht has a long history, and its streets have retained much the same layout for centuries. Surrounded by Flemish, Walloon and German regions, it is probably the least Dutch city in the country. This can be seen in the different styles of building, and in a different way of life and culture, more connected to its neighbours than to “Holland”.
Alongside authentic Maastricht dialect, Dutch, French and German, you will hear a host of other languages spoken by the city’s international population. Wander through the city streets, alleyways, squares and along the ancient city walls. Pause at one of the many cafes and bars or choose to eat at one of the dozens of restaurants the city is proud of. In short – there is certainly no need to be bored in Maastricht!
Pictures © by Maastricht Marketing, Photographers Hugo Thomassen, Jonathan Vos, Maison Rowena, NBTC
Click here to request your greet
Remember: A Greet means meeting a local resident to walk around town with you as new friends. The first step will be to talk to the Greeter about the details of your personalized tour. It's not about taking part in a standardized tour, but about exploring the city with an expert volunteer .
Maximum six people!
Our core value #2 reads "Greeters welcome individuals and may serve small groups of up to six people."
The reason is that each Greet should be an opportunity to talk to each other and that seems impossible in bigger groups.
Also important: we do not mingle people from different requests but serve only you (and your friends).
Meet a local volunteer
Our core value #1 reads "Greeters are volunteers, a friendly face for those visiting a city."
It's true: Our Greeters love their city or town and they are proud to share this with guests.
How could you better discover the most interesting spots of a place?
Free service, no tipping
Our core value #3 reads "Meeting a Greeter is free of charge."
We do not follow a "give what you think is ok (but please give)" strategy. Greeters honestly do not like any tipping because what they give comes from their heart not because of any tipping expectation.
If you would like to support the Greeters as a whole you are welcome to donate to the International Greeter Association here.
Submit Feedback here after your Greet
We had a wonderful walk with Greeter Paul! Maastricht is a very pleasant little town, which we had already explored a little the evening before. But on our walk with Paul we discovered lots of new things, including little things along the way that we hadn’t even noticed, even though we had walked past them yesterday. Paul explained the background and was open to all our questions. This also made for great conversations, which we continued in a cozy café after the greet. It was a wonderful experience! Paul, we thank you so much!
Meine Frau und ich hatten das Vergnügen von Sam durch Maastricht geführt zu werden.
Sam ist eine offene, lebendige und sympathische Dame, mit der wir uns sofort gut verstanden.
Sie führte uns unter anderem durch den Stadtteil Wyck, den wir bei unserem vorangegangenen Besuch noch nicht kennengelernt hatten. Es ist ein sehr vitales, sehenswertes Viertel, das an dem Wochenende sogar noch ein Stadtfest feierte.
Sam führte uns also nicht nur zu den bekannten Touristenspots, sondern auch zu den weniger bekannten und besonders sehenswerten Teilen der Stadt.
Dabei sprach sie über viele Aspekte der Stadtgeschichte mit großer Expertise und Klarheit. Sie verzichtete dabei weitgehend auf die bloße Wiedergabe von Zahlen und Fakten, sondern integrierte die Informationen in interessante Geschichten.
Das war höchst informativ und unterhaltsam.
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