The Road, the Worm River and the Water Tower in Kerkrade and Landgraaf – 12.4 km

This walk through the eastern mining region takes you through Rimburg, Eygelshoven, and Landgraaf. Along the way, you will discover traces left behind by the Romans: some very tangible, like a milestone along the road, and others more abstract, like the landscape itself.

Around two thousand years ago, the Romans built the Via Belgica: a road from Cologne in Germany to Boulogne-sur-Mer in France. In Rimburg, the Via Belgica crossed the small river Worm and entered the Netherlands. How it continued from there is not entirely certain, but both Eygelshoven and Landgraaf are rich in Roman traces.