Visit the fort at your own pace, and join a standard guided tour
Combination-ticket, a self-guided visit, plus a 2h guided tour
- Standard guided tours are available in English on 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.
- The guided tour takes place in a composite group.
- The guided tour takes approximately 2h. In addition, you can spend as much time as you wish exploring the fort.
- Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of your chosen tour.
- Pre-booking is not mandatory, but strongly recommended. The number of places on the guided tours is limited.
Tours start at 11:00 or 13:30.
You can book a tour for up to 8 people.
Children under the age of 12 should not be included in the reservation.
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- Accessibility
- Ample and free parking. Please allow for a 10-minute walk to the ticket office inside the fort.
- Mobility
- The underground barracks and museum area are fully wheelchair accessible.
- The fort has a lift to the underground galleries on the middle floor. Part of the underground galleries is wheelchair accessible, but there are some slopes. A helper is strongly recommended.
- Visiting an artillery casemate, a gun turret or a blockhouse is unfortunately not possible for wheelchair users.
- Personal safety
- Visiting a bunker, artillery casemate or turret is not recommended for visitors with limited mobility, visitors with claustrophobia or visitors suffering from pre-existing heart conditions or having had recent surgery.
- Temperature
- The underground barracks and museum are heated.
- In the corridor system and the bunkers there is a constant temperature of 11°C.
No prepayment needed. Payment is taken at the ticket office upon arrival.
To enjoy the reduced rate, you must present your identity card, military ID card, student ID card, teacher's card, membership card, membership card of a partner organisation, discount voucher or other voucher at the ticket office before payment.
- the impressive staircase and lift leading to the middle floor
- the vast gallery system connecting the gun emplacements
- the air filtration rooms and ventilation system protecting the fort against a gas attack
- the underground command post from where the guns and bunkers were directed
- an artillery casemate, including the gun emplacements
- the damage caused by the explosion of a heavy shaped charge in the Maastricht 1 artillery casemate
- the guided tour will take 2h. In addition you can spend as much time as you wish in the underground barracks and museum area
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10 February to 31 May
Open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10am to 5pm. Last entry at 2.30pm
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01 June to 30 September
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Last entry at 2.30pm
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01 October to 30 December
Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10am to 5pm. Last entry at 2.30pm
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School holidays in Belgium and Southern Netherlands
Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Last entry at 2.30pm
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Pre-booked visits (private, themed and group visits)
Available daily, except Mondays and closing days (in purple and red on the calendar)