"4 Days March City - Nijmegen" Nijmegen by mary2u99

Nijmegen Travel Guide: 534 reviews and 790 photos

Nijmegen was founded some 2000 years ago by Emperor Traian of the Romans, as a camp to protect the border of the Roman Empire. Charles the Great (Charlemagne) also lived in the city for quite some time.

Nijmegen is a city of about 150.000 inhabitants.

Nijmegen, the largest town in Gelderland with a Roman Catholic University, lies in the south of the province, only 7km from the German frontier on the left bank of the Waal, the southern branch of the Rhine as it approaches the sea.

It is dominated by seven hills and terraced slopes.

Nijmeegse vierdaagse

Nijmegen

Nijmeegse vierdaagse for 2007 start on 17 July to 20 July. This walk is for everyone and you have to register in advance even month in advance too. The organizers will have free concerts, fairs, kiddie rides, performing acrobats and beers for everyone to enjoy.

On the train ride from Winterswijk to Nijmegen the train driver made an announcement. Next stop Pearl of Netherlands. My friend was smiling and said yeah I agree Nijmegen is the Pearl of Netherlands.

Pros and Cons

Pros:An old city with young hearts
In a nutshell:Nijmegen- Pearl of Netherlands

Last visit to Nijmegen: Jan 2007
Intro Updated Sep 9, 2007
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Restaurants (1)
Cafe De Nieuwe Maan

Nightlife (1)
Café Samson

Comments (6)

ranger49 Oct 3, 2008 at 1:41 AM Report Abuse

Nice page and thanks for the memories those pictures bring back - I used to visit this lovely old city often when my relatives lived there.
xaver Oct 29, 2007 at 7:07 AM Report Abuse

Beer tips...finally something good in dutchland, as there are no new holland pages, I must guess you are still in Kl.
kenHuocj Jul 23, 2007 at 3:21 PM Report Abuse

Xclnt Historical town.city ;-)))
RoyJava Mar 6, 2007 at 12:10 PM Report Abuse

Very nice Nijmegen VT Pages Mary, and that blue sky is amazing, heeheeh Beautiful pics, great, greets RoyJava, Den Haag Holland
cachaseiro Feb 27, 2007 at 5:00 AM Report Abuse

great photos of the nice architecture of nijmegen.
atufft Feb 22, 2007 at 10:24 PM Report Abuse

Wow! Mary this sounds like a very pleasant town to visit.