News summary

  • Redevelopment Sint-Janscollege Hoensbroek: new future for largest school Parkstad-Noord

    The renovated Sint-Janscollege in Hoensbroek opens tomorrow. A multi-year project in which Stichting LVO and the Municipality of Heerlen have partnered and joined forces.

  • Heerlen gets new mural thanks to nationwide Museum Murals project

    At the end of this summer, Heerlen will get a brand new mural thanks to Museum Murals, an initiative of The Mauritshuis and made possible by the participants of the Friends Lottery.

  • Grant for new employment through TecAlliance

    To provide new employment opportunities, the company TecAlliance will receive a €45,000 grant from the Economic Structure Enhancement Fund (FES). TecAlliance chooses the Brightlands Smart Services Campus in Heerlen because of its international location.

  • Successful pilot: video court administrator cases become structural

    The pilot means that Heerlen residents can attend their custody case online via a video link to the court, from the Heerlen city office.

  • Queer Parkstad, COC Limburg and @ease together in premises Oranje Nassaustraat 23A

    Oranje Nassaustraat 23A will be the new home of Queer Parkstad, COC Limburg and @ease. After a joint search led by the municipality of Heerlen and support from the Streetwise Foundation, this building meets the wishes of all parties.

  • Successful cleanup campaign Vrieheide

    On Wednesday, May 29, a very successful clean-up event took place in the Vrieheide neighborhood. Residents and volunteers came together en masse to make their neighborhood clean, beautiful and safe.

  • Kids culture week in Heerlen

    Monday, June 3 through Thursday, June 6, the kids culture week will take place for the students of groups 1 and 2 and 7 and 8 of all Heerlen elementary schools. During this kids' culture week, Heerlen pupils will get a free taste of the city's rich cultural offerings.

  • Heerlen makes case for reuse

    The municipality Heerlen embraces circularity by giving a second life to furniture and clothing in its own home as well. The wedding hall, for example, has deliberately chosen sustainable products and services in cooperation with local entrepreneurs. And a clothing fair is being organized.

  • Rigorous greening in Lindeveld

    The Lindeveld neighborhood is currently hard at work on a major greening. The contractor is installing façade gardens at 94 addresses with Koempel soil specially developed for Heerlen.