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\"\"Kerkrade<\/a> is known far and wide as a city of sound, culture and sights. The many music societies, the dozens of works of art in the city and its specific cultural features form the breeding ground for thecity\u2019s rich and varied cultural life. Kerkrade is host to two music festivals generating national and international attraction: the World Wind Music Contest (WMC)<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Orlando Festival<\/a>. Kerkrade is well-known not only for its music, but in recent years it has also built up a reputation as a city of many other attractions.<\/p>\n

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Attractions and places of interest
\n<\/strong>Kerkrade has a broad spectrum of activities and places of interest.\u00a0GaiaZOO<\/a>,\u00a0Discovery Center Continium<\/a>,\u00a0Rolduc Abbey<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Parkstad Limburg football stadium<\/a>\u00a0have put the city on the map. Finally\u00a0Kasteel Erenstein<\/a>\u00a0is another lovely place worth visiting. This 18th<\/sup>century castle is situated close to the Anstel Valley.<\/p>\n

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Nature<\/strong>
\nKerkrade has lots of green areas to spend quality time in. The various residential centres of Kerkrade have grown historically around former coal mines. They are linked to one other by stream valleys with woods, water and farmland that endow visitors spending time there with a feeling of space.<\/p>\n

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Mining past<\/strong>
\nOne special aspect of the history of Kerkrade is coal mining. Kerkrade was the oldest mining town in the Netherlands. Coal was being mined here as far back as the Middle Ages. The mining history in the twentieth century would ultimately define the image of the whole region.<\/p>\n

Since the closing of the mines in 1965, not much is left of that ‘black’ history in Kerkrade. The former mining sites were restructured in the \u201cblack to green\u201d operation. In the Market Place there is the miner\u2019s statue \u2018d\u2019r Joep\u2019, The Nulland Shaft has been rebuilt into an artists’ workshop and the sites where the slag was once dumped have been transformed into green walking areas.<\/p>\n

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