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is a city and a municipality in the southern part of the Dutch province of Limburg, of which it is the capital The city is part of the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion, a Euregio whose other main cities include Aachen, Germany and Hasselt and Liège in respectively Dutch-speaking and French-speaking Belgium.
Nowadays, Maastricht is widely known as a centre of tradition, history and culture, and popular with tourists for shopping and recreation
A view of the public park in Maastricht.
Paleolithic remains have been found to the west of Maastricht, between 8,000 and 25,000 years old. Celts lived here at least 500 years before the Romans came, at a spot where the river Meuse was shallow and therefore easy to cross.
A 13th-century town-gate: the Helpoort or Hell's Gate.
Private companies settled in Maastricht include:
* ENCI - First Dutch Cement Industry
* Hewlett-Packard - previously Indigo
* Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center Maastricht N.V. - customer contact center for Europe
* Pie Medical Imaging - manufacturer of medical equipment
* Sappi - South African pulp and paper company
* Vodafone - voice and data services for mobile phones
* CardioTek - manufacturer of medical equipment for Cardiac electrophysiology procedures
* EDS - manufacturer of electronic data systems
* DHL - European financial services centre
* BioPartner Center Maastricht - Community of Life Science spin-off companies
Events & Festivals
* Carnival (Dutch: Carnaval, Limburgish and Maastrichtian: Vastelaovend) - a traditional 3-day festival in the southern part of the Netherlands (Feb/March).
* 11de van de 11de - the official start of the carnival season (November 11).
* KunstTour - an annual art festival.
* Amstel Gold Race - an annual large international cycling race with start in Maastricht (April).
* TEFAF - The European Fine Art Fair is the world's leading art and antiques fair (March).
* Preuvenemint - a large culinary event held on the Vrijthof square (August).
* Winterland - a winter-themed fun fair and Christmas market held on the Vrijthof square (December/January).
* Inkom - the traditional opening of the academic year and introduction for new students of Maastricht University (August).
* Maastrichts Mooiste - an annual running and walking event.
* Jazz Maastricht - a jazz festival formerly known as Jeker Jazz.
* Jumping Indoor Maastricht - an international concours hippique.
* André Rieu Vrijthof concerts- the famous Maastricht violin player and orchestra director André Rieu traditionally gives a series of concerts on Vrijthof square (Summer).
Museums in Maastricht
* Bonnefanten Museum - the foremost museum for old masters and contemporary fine art in the province of Limburg.
* Natuurhistorisch Museum - exhibits collections relating to geology, paleontology and the flora and fauna of Limburg.
* Spanish Government Museum - features several period rooms with 17th and 18th-century furnishings, silverwork, porcelain, pottery, glassware and so forth, and a collection of 17th and 18th-century Dutch paintings.
* Derlon Hotel Museum - a museum with Roman remains, uniquely preserved in the basement underneath a hotel.

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