Café de Pieter

Maastricht


Small, wonderfully authentic brown bar with higgledy-piggledy art, terrace seating beside a rampart wall and tap beers including Tongerlo and Valkenburg-brewed Leeuw IPA. Somehow it crams in a stage for Wednesday open-mic nights, jazz-flavoured bands at weekends and a DJ some Fridays.


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