Type of Place: Grocery Store
Location: several; Most central is at Plein 1992 25; 6221 JP Maastricht
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Maastricht has lots of places you can buy food, but there are times when you need to something to eat and you don’t have a lot to spend. Aldi is a small, discount grocery store available in many [...]

Type of Place: Costume Shops
Location: Around Markt Square
In honor of the Carnival season, I thought this late-breaking costume edition was appropriate. As the actual event draws near several costume shops have popped up in the center of Maastricht; three of which I have visited and will touch on below.
Rode Neus
Located on Grote Gracht 48a, Rode [...]

Type of Place: Boarding House for Cats
Location: De Beente 28; 6229 AV Maastricht
Website: http://kattenhotelmaastricht.nl/

  
One of the biggest problems with traveling on vacation is finding a home for our two cats. Especially over the holidays when we don’t want to impose on others. For the period over Christmas and News Years this year, I took advantage [...]

La Papiers is an example of a small shop that has conformed to the odd spaces left by generations of architects and builders in old cities like Maastricht. Located along the river Maas, this small paper and stationary shop has taken up residence under a double staircase leading to the top of the old city [...]

Type of Place: Asian Grocery Store
Location: Mosae Forum, underground
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Brand-new in October, Amazing Oriental, is a moderately sized (for the Dutch) Asian grocery store located near the Markt square in the underground level of the Mosae Forum. The new shop is clean and bright with a “fast food” stand at the entrance for lunch on [...]