Three-Country Point

Last weekend - starting on Friday - we went on a small trip to Limburg, the southernmost region of the Netherlands. The initial plan was to bring our bikes and bike to some interesting points in this region. Due to my wrist, we decided it would be better to just walk. I’m so glad we made that decision!

Limburg not only has some hills, but it also “houses” the title of this post: a three-country point. In this case, it is a border between the Netherlands 🇳🇱, Belgium 🇧🇪 and Germany 🇩🇪. And a few meters from this three-country point there’s also the highest point in the Netherlands, sitting at an astonishing 322^.5 meters above sea level. I’ve wanted to come here for quite some time and I’m glad we did.

We spent the nights in Mechelen, a small town in Limburg. On Saturday, we got a bus to Vaals and walked towards the Drielandenpunt (three-country point). Now, this was around 2 kilometers always up-hill. I’m very happy I didn’t bring my Dutch city bike for this. After this, we sat down a drunk a beer despite being still morning. There were quite a lot of people though! Also drinking beer.

After this, we adventured in a non-planned hiking trip in the Vijlenerbos from the Drielandenpunt towards Epen. The hiking part of the day was around 14-15 kilometers, but we ended up walking around 18 kilometers the whole day. It was quite refreshing to walk on inclines and declines in the Netherlands.

It was very nice and the hike was sort of unplanned, and I would definitely recommend it. The nature there is very beautiful, I wish the photos would do it justice. Other than that, we’ve also had some nice time in Maastricht on the way there and also on the way back, never forgetting to eat a slice of vlaai 🥧.