Anchoric the Binnenstad, the old historic Vrijthof is the site of the 11th-century, mostly Romanesque Catholic Basilica of St. Servatius, various restaurants and cafés (just a handful of the city’s 400 or so); next to it, the Protestant, early 13th-century Sint Janskerk; and the city’s oldest existing house (first mentioned in the early 14th century), the red Spanish Government (so called because it was home to the military governor during Spain’s rule of the Low Countries), now home to the Museum van het Vrijthof, which showcases historic Dutch art as well as Maastricht history. You can also catch a boxy, glass-enclosed sightseeing tram here through the old quarter (you can see it in the video below).
Read more in my post A Treaty and a Treat: the Fun, Historic Dutch City of Maastricht.
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