Maastricht — 100km from Brussels, 65km from Antwerp — is home to TEFAF, the world's most prestigious art fair, the oldest city in the Netherlands, and one of the finest restaurant concentrations in the Benelux. FFGR Belgium operates Brussels–Maastricht executive transfers.
Maastricht is 100 kilometres east of Brussels and 65 kilometres northeast of Antwerp — approximately 75 minutes by private chauffeur on the E313/A2. It is, by any objective assessment, the most culturally sophisticated city in the Netherlands: older than Amsterdam by several centuries, richer architecturally than Utrecht, and home to a restaurant culture that punches far above its population of 120,000.
The reason FFGR Belgium includes Maastricht in its European day programme portfolio has three components.
The first is TEFAF — The European Fine Art Fair — which takes place at the MECC Maastricht exhibition centre each March and is, unambiguously, the most prestigious international art fair in the world. With more than 280 exhibitors presenting paintings, sculpture, jewellery, furniture, and manuscripts across seven centuries of art history, and with an authentication and provenance standard unmatched in the fair market, TEFAF is the annual appointment for serious collectors, museum directors, and the advisers who serve them. FFGR Belgium provides transfers for TEFAF participants from Brussels, Antwerp, Luxembourg, and Amsterdam.
The second component is the architecture. Maastricht's Vrijthof, Sint Servaasbasiliek (the oldest surviving church building in the Netherlands), the Dominikanen bookshop (a Dominican church converted into what CNN named the most beautiful bookshop in the world), and the Bonnefantenmuseum (designed by Aldo Rossi) provide one of the most concentrated architectural programmes in the Benelux.
The third is the restaurant landscape. Maastricht has consistently produced more Michelin-star restaurants per capita than any other city in the Netherlands. The Château Neercanne (a 17th-century castle with its own wine cellar in a 400-metre long Marl tunnel below the building) is the regional reference for a formal lunch or dinner. Tout à Fait and the Saint Amour Wine Bar represent the more contemporary end of serious dining.
For Brussels–Maastricht or Antwerp–Maastricht transfers, contact FFGR Belgium via WhatsApp at +33 7 43 46 14 91.