Viersen
A mid-sized German city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Viersen offers a walkable centre with outdoor café terraces, clean modernist civic architecture opening onto broad public squares, and easy access to the wider Lower Rhine region's heritage sites.
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- Population76,153
- Nearest water from center 1.0 km0.6 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 5.5 km3.4 mi
Nearest airports
Nearest train stations
Viersen: quick answers
Where is Viersen?
Viersen is in Germany, about 6.6 km4.1 miles in a straight line from Mönchengladbach.
How do you get to Viersen?
The nearest airport is Mönchengladbach (MGL), about 20 min away by road. The nearest train station is Kaldenkirchen, about 22 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Viersen?
The warmest month is July, averaging 19°C66°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 3°C38°F. The wettest month is July, with about 87 mm3.4 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Viersen?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 36 restaurants, 13 cafés and 23 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Viersen?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Willich, Hilden and Eschweiler. Viersen is listed among the day trips from Cologne.