You can still apply for 2024 benefits until September 1. Would you like someone to help you in person? Service staff at the Heerlen tax office are happy to look over your tax return with you and help you where necessary. Also with other questions, such as postponing your tax return or payment arrangements.
Since Aug. 16, Heerlen-Centre has gained a striking work of art. In the Plaarstraat, the permanent neon artwork Op Handen Dragen was unveiled: a creation of visual artist Chaim van Luit from Heerlen. The work was inspired by prehistoric hand stencils from Cueva de los Manos in Argentina. It adorns the De Putgraaf parking garage and connects the past and future in a powerful gesture. You can admire the artwork every evening, from dusk to midnight.
After good results in primary education, Vrije School Parkstad and Grotiuscollege in Heerlen as well as Compass in Brunssum will participate in Handle with Care as a pilot starting from the new school year. Handle with Care is a method in which the municipality, Safe Home, compulsory education and schools work together to offer support to children who have experienced violence at home.
Heerlen resident Louis (or Wiet) Thijssen has been appointed to the Order of Orange-Nassau. Mayor Roel Wever surprised him with a ribbon during a square celebration in Lindeveld. In recent decades, Louis Thijssen has devoted himself in an exceptional way to society. His voluntary efforts cover a wide range of activities within the municipality of Heerlen, focusing on connection, culture, heritage, urban development and social cohesion.
The municipality of Heerlen has granted Daelmans Vastgoed of Maastricht an environmental permit for the construction of 11 homes at the Bertus Aafjeshof in Hoensbroek. These are new-build homes for starters and young families.
Heerlen wants to bring in more conferences. Especially in the areas of data science, AI and urban transformation because that matches the knowledge present in the city.
Free festival Booch? in Heerlen will take place this year on Saturday, October 4. In and around the Nieuwe Nor there will be performances on three stages by new trendsetting Dutch acts such as Min Taka, BUG and Isabèl Usher. There is also a lot of attention for talent development and local talent. The festival is realized in cooperation with SENA Performers and the municipality of Heerlen.
The municipality of Heerlen has entered into a letter of intent with Wonen Limburg Accent on the development of two sites at Spoorsingel and the first phase in the development of Willemskwartier. Wonen Limburg Accent, Wonen Limburg and the municipality want to build on this site, and on a location already owned by Wonen Limburg, 39 social housing units and 21 housing units in the middle rental category.
Starting August 1, Atmosphere Coaches from the Alpha Group of Venlo will take to the streets of Heerlen, Brunssum and Landgraaf. With their arrival, they will take over the work of Secutor's former street coaches.
