Echt-Susteren
Lovely and relaxed living. Relax in natural surroundings. You can reach a number of larger cities in the German Ruhr area or in Dusseldorf, Cologne and Aachen. Belgium is not far with Brussels, Antwerp, Liège or Hasselt within an hour’s drive.
Living in Echt-Susteren
Lovely and relaxed living. Relax in natural surroundings, yet less than half an hour’s drive from work. A schnitzel in Germany, a glorious glass of special beer in Belgium and along the way relaxing by the Maasplassen, the largest interconnected water sports area in the Netherlands. And all in the same afternoon! Echt-Susteren is also called “The Narrowest Part of the Netherlands”, because here you are just 4.8 kilometres from Belgium, via the Netherlands, already in Germany. The municipality of Echt-Susteren has a population of approximately 32,000.
Working in Echt-Susteren
You can reach a number of larger cities in the German Ruhr area or in Dusseldorf, Cologne and Aachen. Belgium is also not far with Brussels, Antwerp, Liège or Hasselt within an hour’s drive. Echt-Susteren is not only centrally located in Limburg; it is also perfectly accessible by the two motorways and two train stations with fast connections to Maastricht and Eindhoven. This also means that large companies such as DSM, Chemelot, Philips, etc. are within easy reach.
Education in Echt-Susteren
Whether it’s about schooling for little ones or young adults, the first steps towards a glorious future can be taken in Echt-Susteren. There is a good offering of quality education within the municipality, so that children up to the age of 18 do not have to cycle more than ten minutes to get to school. Thanks to the excellent train connections, the Eindhoven University of Technology, Maastricht University, the RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Cologne University or the University of Hasselt are also within easy reach.
Council offices
Nieuwe Markt 55
6101 CV Echt
+31 (0)47 547 8478