Heerlen celebrates 80 years of Liberation
In 2024 and 2025, the Netherlands will commemorate and celebrate 80 years of freedom since the end of World War II. For Heerlen this is a special moment, Heerlen was liberated on September 17 and Hoensbroek on September 18, 1944. This year we start the national celebration on September 12, the day on which in 1944 the Limburg village of Mesch was the first to be liberated by the Allies.