Children

First ideas for ativities with children can be found on the site "holiday in the heart of europe". Also find the multilingual discovery tour with various topics from "Euregio vis-a-vis". Both sources are a good chance for language learning for the small - and the grown-ups.

 

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and a massive variety with free downloads of all topics from the multilingual educative book on the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (DE / NL / FR).
Euregio Vis-a-Vis

Find a listing of information dedicated to children or families with children).

Across the Euregio Meuse-Rhine you can find places with reconstructions of life in the old days, with half-timbered
houses in green areas, both for younger and more adult visitors:

Head to our dedicated section on education and schooling for more information.

Living with (school)children:


 



Nordrhein Westfalen
Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft
Provinz Lüttich
Provinz Limburg (BE)
Provinz Limburg (NL)

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Note that childcare greatly differ among the different places and municipalities in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine. Some districts such as Kreis Düren (DE only) have invested in providing childcare free-of charge for residents. If you consider living and working across a national border, find first information with the GrenzInfoPunkt on family benefits. Find a comprehensive overview of the Euregio's five distinctive schooling systems at "euregiowaves.eu" ("Euregio Maas-Rhein" - "Schulysteme", DE/NL/FR)


Festivities with children




Across the Euregio Meuse-Rhine the following festivities constitute real highlights in the life of every child:

A particular highlight across all borders is Carnaval: Colourful costumes, day-long parades (such as this example from Kerkrade/Eurode) with tonnes of sweets in Germany and Ostbelgien and the Netherlands. Music and dancing on the streets lasts for day – not only children adore the so called "fifth season" in February.

Multilingual media for children


The following programmes can provide an interesting access to your new surrounding / the neighbouring country whether you have children or not. Additionally to multilingual media in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine, these sites can also support with language learning.

Selected highlights:


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