Eisden colliery

The Museum of the miner's house, a two-family house from 1925, can be found in the heart of the old garden district. This museum takes you back to the life of the miners in the 1930s. The typical furniture and wallpaper, specific paint and painting techniques, a crackling radio and an original power distributor give you a good idea of ​​the daily life of the miner. Fun fact: the interior scenes from the film Marina, the romanticized life story of musician Rocco Granata by Stijn Coninx, were shot in the Museum.
Children's Museum is located right next to the Miner's House Museum.
A laptop, tablet, smartphone, the internet and all kinds of apps. It is impossible to imagine our current life without them and certainly not from the life of youth. But what was it like 80 years ago? This experience museum aims to provide an answer to this question. Young people discover a completely different world here and are catapulted back in time. This is also a fun and nostalgic trip for the elderly. Old or young, this museum is a nice introduction for everyone.
Guided tours of the Museum are given to groups of up to 10 people. Only on reservation.

As of the dike of the Zuid-Willemsvaart, you will leave for a unique adventure, literally being ‘a high-level experience’. The Tree Crown Path passes through the crowns of the trees and is a real elevated bridge installed in the mine subsidence area. This unique trail provides a privileged view of the remarkable consequences of the mine subsidence in a beautiful setting. But your eyes will also be popping out of your head with all those birds and insects between the trees. The Kruinenpad is 181 meters long.

The Kruinenpad is located between cycling junctions 48 and 55.
Do you want to discover the Kruinenpad on foot? Follow the red-blazed trail (14km) from RivierPark Maasvallei, departing from Leut.

Do you want to visit The Kruinenpad by car? Park in parallel at the end of Kerkhofstraat in Eisden-Dorp and walk towards the canal dyke. Attention! Do not park past the barrier even if it is open.

Free admission.
Open every day, from sunrise till sunset.

Discover the Eisden garden district and mining monuments. Anyone looking for Eisden's mining past will discover traces that are as diverse as they are striking. They stood up like exclamation marks in a story that threatened to be erased after the mine closed, when the total demolition of the mine patrimony was fixed. A mining site which, with its facades, forms the architectural final element of the residential cores: the old cités. In addition, four restored and reused mining buildings, a director's and a miner's residence, three statues, each representing its own period in the visual arts, a castle... An offer that, against its uniform background, could not be more varied.

In the heart of the verdant Belgian province of Limburg, and near the crossroads where Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany meet, lies Maasmechelen Village, a refined open-air shopping destination that plays host to some of the world's leading brands.

Discover more than 100 boutiques from brands including BOSS, The North Face and American Vintage, all with year-round savings of up to 60% on the recommended retail price.
Nestled among the Village’s elegant boutiques are its four restaurants which serve delicious local and international cuisine. A wide selection of dine-in and take-away options is available, subject to health and safety regulations at the time of visiting.

Designed to provide a seamless shopping experience, the Village is open on Sundays and public holidays and has ample complimentary parking, with more than 1,600 spaces.

Terhills covers an area of approximately 356 ha in Dilsen-Stokkem and Maasmechelen, on the edge of the National Park. Shaped by its past as an industrial mining and gravel extraction site, today the area is characterized by lush fauna and flora, huge bodies of water and unique views from the mining slag heaps.
Here starts your visit to Terhills, a green oasis full of diversity: from nature to adventure!

Let yourself be surprised by a special piece of Flemish nature in Terhills. You can enjoy a rich landscape of "mountains and lakes": vast pine forests, large lakes that bear witness to gravel and sand extraction, the high peaks of the mine slag heaps that offer spectacular panoramas ...

Water rats and action enthusiasts get their money's worth at the Terhills Cable Park, where water sports are accessible to practitioners of all levels. Give it a try and enjoy the instant vacation feeling on and along the water.

An autonomous shuttle takes you right through Terhills to the imposing entrance of Elaisa. In this ultramodern wellness complex you will find a new balance; surrounded by beautiful nature and geometric shapes.

An overnight stay where comfort is surrounded by luxury? For that you can go to one of the 59 four-star rooms of Terhills Hotel. The neoclassical baroque style of the imposing main mine building is a showpiece of our industrial past. In the present, the building was given a trendy, future-oriented interpretation ... Welcome to Terhills Hotel!

Dreaming of an overnight stay in the heart of nature? Thanks to Terhills Resort you can fully enjoy the Hoge Kempen National Park, closer than ever. In your detached cottage by the water, a stylish get-together is guaranteed. Waking up where the forest, the hills and the water meet ... A day trip is also possible at Terhills Resort. From swimming, spying in the digital escape room to mini golf.

A visit to Maasmechelen starts in the Visit Maasmechelen visitor center. Be inspired and enthused by the employees. They will gladly show you around the region. You will also find delicious regional products, hiking and cycling maps, souvenirs and more. So be sure to step inside. You are most welcome.

The church was built by the order of the mine company and was designed by architect Auguste Van nieuwenborg from Uccle. It is dedicated to Saint Barbara, patron saint of the miners. the Church was built in neo-Gothic style as a building filled with brick walls of reinforced skeleton . The Church is 56 metres long and has a 53 metre high tower. The red and blue in the beautiful stained glass windows was initiated on the red and blue in the glass windows of the Cathedral of Chartres.
The Saint Barbara Church is only accessible at Eucharist celebrations or with guide. This is the Foundation to book through Heritage Eagle

On October 16, 1922, Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth paid a visit to the Eisdense Tuinwijk. The descent of the queen into the mine made such an impression on the population at the time that a park was built with the statue of the queen. The statue is made of white Carrara marble. There is also a kiosk in the Queen's Park where numerous events take place.