Solo travel

Maastricht was wonderful - super cute old town, cute university. There is a church that has been completely converted into a bookshop, I can totally recommend it! Sitting by the river in the evening is also great, there are lots of young open-minded people in the city. Everything is within walking distance - I didn't stay there but the prices for food were like in the surrounding countries.

Group travel

I went on a girls trip with three friends to Maastricht. One of my friends studies there so being with a local helped me feel safe in the city but the city is definitely safe without a local to help! It's a university city so there are students milling about at all hours of the day and night, so as three girls walking home from the bar at 2am, we did not feel nervous at all.

I've been living here for a year now and have never had anything bad happen to me. City center seems very safe. I sometimes feel a little uncomfortable in certain neighbourhoods at night(certain parts of caberg and malberg) which my house is close to, and I've heard there's some trouble there, but I've personally never had any incidents.

As a girl, I always come home on my own at night by bike and I always feel very safe. Of course, you should always try to stay cautious no matter where you are, but Maastricht is a safe city even for solo women.

You need to look out for your bike being stolen or being sexually harassed but other than that I don’t have any experiences where I was robbed. One time i was partly followed home and yelled at by a drunk person but other than that no.