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4 The American War Cemetery at
Margraten contains the graves of 8,300
American soldiers who died in World
War II, marked by plain white crosses.

Valkenburg
Houthem

Schin op
geul
Sibbe

5 In Vijlen is
Holland’s tallest
Gulpen church, its steeple
Margraten visible from afar.
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Vijlen
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7 Rambling in the Geuldal
At Epen, turn off towards
Plaat and take the road to the
fulling mill in Geul. Carry on
6 Large stretches of after the bridge. A path on
forest are rare in Zuid the opposite side follows the
Limburg. Exceptions are river upstream into Belgium.
the Boswachterij Vaals Along the Geul are poplars
with the Vijlenerbos with mistletoe growing in
forest, and the forests by the branches, which can be
the Brunsummerheide seen particularly well in
(Brunsummer heath). winter. The path leads past
Here the woods cover the Heimansgroeve, a quarry
the landscape and there for rock from the
are lots of springs. Carboniferous period.

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