Starting at the beginning of this week, the bicycle parking lot on Akerstraat will again be open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday. On Sundays it will be from 12:00 to 18:00.
On Saturday, April 19, the municipality of Heerlen, together with Queer Parkstad, will open the Pride Photo Exhibition on the Burgemeester van Grunsvenplein in Heerlen. The queer photography exhibition is free to visit through May 9 and concludes the national tour with Heerlen, after Amsterdam and Groningen, among others.
April 9 was the closing meeting of the first edition of Crimelabs at the Heerlen Town Hall. Crimelabs is a project where we actively involve students from VISTA College in making policies to combat youth crime in Heerlen-North. Today the students presented their recommendations to the municipality of Heerlen. Alderman Youth Arlette Vrusch, several boas and security officers were present.
The College of Mayor and Aldermen wants to strengthen the strength of neighborhoods and aims for a balanced distribution of social facilities across the city. Therefore, the college has approved a council proposal for the environmental plan amendment "Social Use Options.
During the Limburg Archaeology Day 2025 at the Limburgs Museum, the cup inscribed FLAC was voted the Limburg Top Find! This unique find, excavated in 2024 on Raadhuisplein in Heerlen, was found in an early Roman tomb near the intersection of two Roman roads.
Addressing bottlenecks social care Parkstad. The municipality of Heerlen and the cooperation partners of the social relief center in Parkstad have drawn up an improvement plan to improve the reception of the homeless.
By Map the exact support needs of each person, we optimize access to social care and strengthen the flow of people through and out. We also gain more insight into what shelter is needed.
Heerlen is giving a one-time contribution of €1,478,050 to Maastricht University for the Regio Deal application "Fundament under UM education in Heerlen. That amount comes from the Economic Structure Enhancement Fund (FES). With this they can make university education in Heerlen possible. An important step towards a sustainable cooperation.
Alderman Marco Peters of Mobility, together with children from elementary school De Ganzerik, inaugurated the new layout of Groeët Genhei on Monday, March 31. They did this by clearing away the last items and sweeping away the sand that was used in the redesign of the road.
