Mook en Middelaar

#804 among destinations in the Netherlands

Locality

Gallery (9)

Map

Gallery

Photo details 1. Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Mookatmeuse.jpg / URL • 2. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / TMg / URL • 3. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Michielverbeek / URL • 4. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Apdency / URL • 5. Wikimedia Commons / CC0 / Havang(nl) / URL • 6. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Pimvantend / URL • 7. Wikimedia Commons / CC0 / Bj.schoenmakers / URL

Facts and practical information

Mook en Middelaar is a municipality in the upper southeastern part of the Netherlands, at the northern tip of the province of Limburg and is a part of Stadsregio Arnhem Nijmegen. The municipality is located about 100 km from provincial capital Maastricht and has an area of 18.81 km² of which 1.43 km² is water. ()

Alternative names: Population: 7.8 thous. (2019)Area: 7.27 mi²Coordinates: 51°43'46"N, 5°55'8"E

Location

LimburgNetherlands

Contact

Website

Social media

Add

Day trips

Mook en Middelaar – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Freedom Museum, Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Maas–Waal Canal, Mook War Cemetery.

3.9 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Freedom Museum, Beek
101 min walk • The Freedom Museum, until September 2019 National Liberation Museum 1944-1945, is a museum in Groesbeek, the museum is about the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II. The museum is located in Groesbeek, close to the German border.
4.8 miN
Cemetery
Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Beek
122 min walk • Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial is a Second World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Groesbeek, 8 km southeast of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
6.4 miNW
Canal
Maas–Waal Canal, Nijmegen
165 min walk • The Maas–Waal Canal is a canal in the Netherlands that connects the river Meuse to the river Waal. The channel is about 13.5 kilometres long and runs from Weurt to the south and ends at Heumen. The connection of the Meuse and the Maas–Waal Canal is the tripoint between the provinces of Gelderland, Limburg and North Brabant.
2.2 miNW
Cemetery
Mook War Cemetery
57 min walk • Mook War Cemetery is the final resting place of 322 soldiers killed in the Second World War, situated in the Dutch municipality of Mook en Middelaar. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is responsible for the cemetery. It features a Cross of Sacrifice at the cemetery entrance made of Portland stone, with a metal sword.
1.4 miSW
Monuments and statues, Windmill
Jan van Cuijk, Cuijk
36 min walk • The Jan van Cuijk is a round brick bell tower corn mill in the Dutch village of Sint Agatha. It was built in 1860 as a grain and bark mill commissioned by Vincent van Riet. The mill is named after Jan I van Cuijk, lord of the Land of Cuijk and...
1.5 miW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Saint Martin's Church, Cuijk
40 min walk • The Sint-Martinuskerk is a church with a double tower in the Dutch town of Cuijk. The church is located at the Kerkplein near the river Maas.
3.1 miSE
Museum
De Crypte, Gennep
78 min walk • The Crypt may refer to: The Crypt, a museum in Gennep, The Crypt, a comic book in the Lefranc...
2.9 miSE
Church
Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Gennep
74 min walk • The Protestant Church in Gennep is a three-sided closed hall church built between 1661 and 1663. It is the oldest church on Dutch territory that was built with its own funds. Until 1816 the church was Nederduits gereformeerd, the predecessor of the...
3.1 miNW
Forts and castles
Jachtslot De Mookerheide
79 min walk • Jachtslot de Mookerheide is located on Landgoed de Mookerheide and is a Dutch country house situated in the woods between Molenhoek and Groesbeek in the municipality of Mook and Middelaar.
4 miNW
Church
Sint-Joriskerk
103 min walk • The Old or St. George's Church is a Protestant church in Heumen. The church was built in the 15th century and is a national monument.
5.6 miS
Monuments and statues
Heilig Hartbeeld, Boxmeer
142 min walk • The Sacred Heart Statue is a statue in the Dutch town of Boxmeer, in the province of North Brabant.