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Attraction · Eijsden-Margraten · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Flintmines of Rijckholt-St. Geertruid in Eijsden-Margraten

Flintmines of Rijckholt-St. Geertruid is an attraction in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg. This place has a story in the app. Within 20 m you'll find a bench.

Flintmines of Rijckholt-St. Geertruid in Eijsden-Margraten
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Story · Flintmines of Rijckholt-St. Geertruid

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You're standing at the flint mines of Rijckholt, in the Savelsbos woods on the edge of the Margraten plateau. It looks like an ordinary forest, but beneath your feet lies the oldest known mining in the Netherlands.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

Flintmines of Rijckholt-St. Geertruid in Eijsden-Margraten
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