12 UNESCO world heritage sites during the EMR trail
The Modern Grand Tour Trail in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine includes 12 UNESCO world heritage sites.
There’s a good chance you’ve heard of UNESCO, but if not? With this introduction you are enlighted to the UNESCO world heritage sites in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Look at for a more in-depth explanation of what UNESCO is and its special connection to the Euregio Meuse-Rhine Trail.
What does UNESCO?
UNESCO recognises and conserves the world’s most special places. The Modern Grand Tour Trail in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine is connected to 12. of these special wolrd heritage sites, or UNESCO designations. And the Dom in Aix-la-Chapelle/Aachen in Germany was the first UNESCO world heritage site in Germany!
It’s a proud testament to the richness and scope of the Euregio Meuse-Rhine inspiring nature, its ancient history, the vibrancy of its culture and its proud scientific and technological legacy.
During the EMR Trail in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine the following 12 UNESCO’s world heritage sites can be visited:
During stage 4.
During stage 7.
During stage 11.
During stage 11.
During stage 12.
During stage 12.
During stage 12.
During stage 13.
During stage 13. & 26.
During stage 26.
During stage 28.
During stage 38.
What is a UNESCO designation?
A UNESCO designation is a place which has been recognised for its cultural, historic, or environmental significance. These are places which reveal something unique and globally significant about the way we perceive our story as both a species and a planet. They’re places which have the potential to help UNESCO achieve its global mandate for peace, prosperity, and progress.