Miscellaneous
- The Glaspaleis is on list of 1000 most important buildings of the 20th century created by the International Union of Architects
- Heerlen houses the biggest Furniture strip of Europe, with 120,000 m² floorspace after the opening of the biggest (35,000 m²) Ikea of the Benelux on the 27th of August 2008.
- On October 1, 2008, the World’s first minewater power station was opened in Heerlen. It will be used to heat and cool 200 homes, along with shops, a supermarket, a library and large office buildings
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