News summary

  • Pancratius apartment transformed into green and social meeting place

    In cooperation with the tenants association of the Pancratiusflat and Woonzorg Nederland, the municipality of Heerlen contributed to greening the passageway at Op de Nobel. In addition, through a collaboration between the housing corporation and residents, a meeting space was also realized. Both the indoor and outdoor space were festively opened by Alderman Marco Peters.

  • From park to park

    With the planting of a Bee Tree, Alderman Marco Peters (Management and Maintenance), together with initiators, children from Eikenderveld Elementary School and others involved, opened the Charles Hennen Park in Eikenderveld. It is now a beautiful place where everything grows and blossoms throughout the year and where local residents can meet.

  • 10 Royal awards

    Today, Friday, April 25, the annual Lintjesregen in the municipality of Heerlen took place. A total of 10 Heerlen citizens received a royal decoration from His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and were appointed Member or Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

  • Fair in Heerlen and Hoensbroek

    The spring fairs in Heerlen and Hoensbroek are coming up! Will we see you there?

  • South Limburg safety region launches 'most disastrous app ever'

    Receive a notification on your phone when an incident occurs in your area as well as handy tips to be better prepared for all kinds of incidents. That is the power of the new website and app zuidlimburgveilig.nl.

  • Low income and high energy bills? The Emergency Energy Fund helps.

    Vulnerable households with high energy bills can again apply for financial assistance, as they did last year. New this year is that households with a so-called block connection are also eligible for help from the fund.

  • Bicycle parking open longer

    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.

  • Memorial Day and Liberation Day in Heerlen

    On May 4, it is Remembrance Day. We then commemorate all war victims. On May 5 it's Liberation Day. We celebrate the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands. Also in Heerlen we remember these two days. The municipality organizes on May 4 in cooperation with Comité 4 en 5 mei Heerlen, Joint Neighborhood Foundations Hoensbroek and SBWM/Viergebroek a memorial meeting in Heerlen and Hoensbroek.

  • Pride Photo Exhibition on display at Van Grunsven Square

    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.