News summary

  • 10 Royal awards

    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/Viergebrook 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.

  • Crimelabs: advising young people on tackling juvenile crime

    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.

  • Distribution of social facilities

    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.