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Municipalities in Drenthe : Aa en Hunze, Assen, Borger-Odoorn, Coevorden, De Wolden, Emmen, Hoogeveen, Meppel, Midden-Drenthe, Noordenveld, Tynaarlo, Westerveld

Province of Drenthe,  located in the north-east of the Netherlands. It is bordered by the province Overijssel in the south, the province Friesland in the west, the province Groningen in the north, and Germany in the east.

Drenthe is very popular mainly because of its peace and quietness and its open spaces, not only for holidays, but also as an area to live and work in. In particular, the beautiful scenery with stretches of woodland and forest in ever-changing density, the moors covered in purple heather, the fens and the charm of the villages with their typical farming aspects, are all highly beloved and appreciated. The province is closely involved in preserving this valuable scenery and involved in the management of the national parks like the 'Dwingelderveld' and the 'Drents-Fries Wold'. The province is also active in developing new areas of natural and outstanding beauty. The setting-up of an ecological masterplan, to connect the natural areas with one another, is high on the provincial agenda.

Capital City Drenthe : Assen


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Camping & Caravanning Drenthe

  De Reeënwissel, at the edge of the Drents Friese Wold [ forest ]
  Fruithof, tel.: + 31 591 - 512427
  Hunzedal, Borger, tel.: + 31 599 - 234698
Holiday resort Sonnevanck Spier, National Park Dwingelerveld, tel.: + 31 593 - 562214
  Drenthecampings.nl
  Eurocampings  -  ACSI Camping Guide

Car Hire Drenthe

  Holiday Autos   -     
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Holiday Home / Apartments

  Bungalow.net   -   Holiday homes Netherlands  

    -   Discover the Province of Drenthe from the comfort of your own holiday park, apartment or villa
A self-catering holiday in one of Hoseasons' holiday lodges and parks brings a new meaning to the word freedom. From the moment you arrive you can revel in the limitless possibilities offered at every resort centre.
And with late availability and last minute booking facilities, you'll soon be experiencing the holiday of your dreams. Enjoy a weekend or short break in beautiful countryside, at some of Europe's finest beaches or forest surroundings.

  De Wiltzangh, Ruinen, tel.: 0522 - 471227 
  Den en Duin, Norg
  Het Drouwenerzand, Borger, tel.: 0599 - 564201
  Hoogenboom Vakantieparken  
  Hunzedal  -  holiday park
  Recreatiecentrum Ekelenberg, Zuidwolde
  Recreatiepark Groot Bartje, Zorgvliet
  Recreatiepark Westerbergen, Echten
  't Kuierpadtien
  Vakantieoord De Kremmer, Gasselte

  Villapark Akenveen
  Witterzomer

Hotels in Drenthe

  Hotels in Drenthe   -   Hotel Guide Drenthe
Hotels in Assen, Emmen, Dwingeloo, Gasselte, Buinen, Roden, Norg, Westerbork, Exloo, Borger, Eext, Steenbergen, and more.

 

  

  Hotel ring Drenthe

National Parks

  National Park De Weerribben
De Weerribben National Park, situated near Steenwijk in the north-west of Overijssel, is one of the 'wet' national parks of the Netherlands. Together with the neighbouring nature reserve De Wieden, it forms one of the most important marshland area of Northwest Europe. The present landscape of the Weerribben is a result of the turf-digging industry. The landscape is varied: open water, sedge grasslands, meadows and marsh woodlands. As a result, the Weerribben, the flora and fauna is very diverse. It is one of the few areas in the Netherlands where the Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) can be found. The Otter has recently been re -introduced to the area this year. Although these are rather shy, there are plenty of other interesting animals and plants to admire in De Weerribben, whether by boat, bicycle or walking.
  National Park Drentsche AA 
The Drentsche Aa meanders through the typical Drenthe esdorp landscape, as it has for centuries, a stream that winds through a landscape with farms clustered around the village square, fields on rolling hills, hayfields and meadows down in the valley. It is one of the best preserved valley landscapes in Western Europe with a rich natural and cultural history. It is for this reason that the area was proclaimed a National Park in 2002 but a park with a wider purpose. Agriculture and nature continue to go hand in hand in this area.
The Drentsche Aa national stream and esdorp landscape fits roughly into the triangle between Assen-Gieten -Glimmen. It covers at least 10,000 hectares of which one third is nature reserve. The remainder is used for agricultural purposes and for building as well as private ownership.
A walking or cycling trip through the are is worthwhile for many reasons with views of old villages, grasscovered knolly areas, woods, heaths, burial mounds, megalithic structures (hunebedden), fens, flowercovered meadows with scatterings of orchids, and the wider vistas out over the stream's valleys.
  National Park Drents-Friese Wold 
On the border between the provinces of Friesland and Drenthe lies Drents-Friese Wold National Park, the second largest woodland area in the Netherlands.
Within these extensive woodlands one can find beautiful inland dunes, the Aekingerzand. This area lies next to a recently restored valley and a beautiful fen, De Grenspoel. But the beautiful moorlands of Doldersum and Wapse are also worth mentioning. Butterflies such as the Alcon Blue (maculinea alcon) and the Dwarf Rattlesnake Plantain of the orchid family (Goodyera repens) are just two examples of the special flora and fauna to be found in the park.
More than one million tourists visit this park of 6,100 hectares annually. There are as many as 32 marked walks, and also many cycle paths and horse-drawncart and nature paths. Visitors can watch out for unusual bird sorts from the watch towers in Doldersumveld and De Aekingerzand. The visitor's centre can be found in Appelscha and there's also an information centre in Diever.
  National Park Dwingelderveld
The Dwingelderveld National Park lies in the green south-west of Drenthe and was established in 1991. This nature reserve encompasses an area of 3,692 hectares and is renowned for being the largest moorland
on the contintent. On the moors, but also in the woodlands, there are more than sixty beautiful fens to be found. The mysterious Juniper shrubs are impressive and form the background for many a legend. Nature's
diversity here allows hundreds of different sorts of plants and animals to thrive, many of which are otherwise threatened in our country.
The Dwingelderveld is extremely popular with tourists and attracts over one and a half million visitors each year. They can take advantage of the 60 km. of walks and 40 km. of cycle paths. Visitors can learn more
about the history and special features of the park in any of the three visitor's centres.

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Travel Guide Drenthe / Related books

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  Holland Insight Compact Guide (Insight Compact Guides S.)  

Transport / How do I travel to Drenthe

  Amsterdam Airport

From the airport you can take the train to Assen, the capital city of Drenthe

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Ferries to France from Dover ( cross-channel ferry ).

  NS Domestic   -   Dutch Railways
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  9292ov   -   Public Transport in the Netherlands  [ dutch only ]

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  Travel Insurance

  Province of Drenthe

  City of Assen   -   capital city of Drenthe

  Vakantieprovincie

  Aa en Hunze   -   Gemeente Aa en Hunze
Rolde, Gasselte, Gieten an Annen.
  Assen   -   Gemeente Assen
Wijken : Centrum, Assen-Oost, Noorderpark, Pittelo, Assen-West, Peelo, Marsdijk, Kloosterveen
  Borger-Odoorn
  Coevorden   -   Gemeente Coevorden
  De Wolden   -   Gemeente De Wolden   -   Tourist Board De Wolden
Kernen van De Wolde: Alteveer, Ansen, Berghuizen, Drogteropslagen, Echten, Eursinge, Fort, Kerkenveld, Koekange, Koekangerveld, Linde, Oosteinde, Ruinen, Ruinerwold, Veeningen, de Wijk and Zuidwolde.
  Emmen   -   Gemeente Emmen   -   Tourist Board Emmen
Gemeente omvat de kernen Barger-Compascuum, Erica, Emmer-Compascuum, Klazienaveen, Nieuw -Amsterdam, Nieuw-Dordrecht, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Roswinkel, Schoonebeek, Nieuw-Schoonebeek, Veenoord, Weiteveen, Zandpol andn Zwartemeer.
  Hoogeveen   -   Gemeente Hoogeveen
Bestaat, naast Hoogeveen, uit de dorpen Elim, Fluitenberg, Hollandscheveld, Nieuweroord, Nieuwlande, Noordscheschut, Pesse, Stuifzand, Tiendeveen and buurtschap Nieuw Moscou.
  Meppel   -   Gemeente Meppel
  Midden-Drenthe   -   Gemeente Midden-Drenthe
Bestaat uit de kernen  Balinge, Beilen, Bovensmilde, Brunsting, Bruntinge, Drijber, Elp, Eursinge, Garminge, Hijken, Hijkersmilde, Holthe, Hoogersmilde, Hooghalen, Laaghalen, Laaghalerveen, Lieving, Makkum, Mantinge, Nieuw-Balinge, Oranje, Orvelte, Smilde, Spier, Westerbork, Wijster, Witteveen, Zuidveld and Zwiggelte.
  Noordenveld   -   Gemeente Noordenveld
  Tynaarlo   -   Gemeente Tynaarlo
  Westerveld   -   Gemeente Westerveld
Consists of Boschoord, Darp, Diever, Dieverbrug, Doldersum, Dwingeloo, Eemster, Frederiksoord, Geeuwenbrug, Havelte, Havelterberg, Leggeloo, Lhee, Lheebroek, Nijensleek, Oldendiever, Oude Willem, Uffelte, Vledder, Vledderveen, Wateren, Wapse, Wapserveen, Wilhelminaoord, Wittelte and Zorgvlied.

  Anloo / Anderen / Eext / Annen / Gasteren
  Beilen / Oranje / Spier / Wijster   -   Tourist Board Midden Drenthe
  Borger   -   Tourist Board Borger
  Borger-Odoorn   -   Drenthe In
  De Wijk / Koekange / IJhorst
  Diever   -   Drents Friese Wold   -   Tourist Board Westerveld
  Dwingelo   -   Tourist Board Westerveld
  Exloo   -   Tourist Board Exloo
  Gieten
  Havelte / Uffelte / Wapserveen  -  Tourist Board Westerveld
  Norg
  Orvelte
  Rolde / Grolloo / Schoonloo 
  Ruinen
  Ruinerwold
  Smilde
  Vledder   -   Tourist Board Westerveld
  Westerbork
  Zuidlaren / Midlaren   -   Tourist Board Zuidlaren
  Zuidwolde   -   Tourist Board Zuidwolde

  Former communities in Drenthe   -   Wikipedia

  De Koloniehof in Frederiksoord
  Drent.net   -   Tourist Office North Drenthe
  Drenthe
Information about North and Central Drenthe, Southeast Drenthe, Southwest Drenthe + cities and villages. Itinararies, Drenthe walking and day trips.
  Drenthe In   -   Tourist Office Borger-Odoorn
  Gevangenismuseum Veenhuizen   -   Prison Museum
  Het Drents Landschap   -  The Drents Landscape
  Hunebedden informatiecentrum  - 
  Kamp Westerbork   -   Camp Westerbork
  Monumentendorp Orvelte   -   Monument
  Mooi Drenthe   -   beautiful Drenthe
  Press   -   Dagblad van het Noorden   -  daily paper in Drenthe
  Planetron 
Attraction just outside of Dwingeloo, at the edge of Dwingelderveld National Park.

  Radio & TV - RTV Ddrenthe
  Turf route  -   enjoy Drenthe from the water
  Magazine  -  Oeze Volk  -  magazine with poems in Drenthe language
  Veenpark in Barger-Compascum  -  the world of heath land
  Verkeerspark Assen  -  Traffic Park Assen

Cuisine  -  Dutch cooking -  Recipes

Zuurkoolstamppot [ stamppot met kool vers vanuit het vat ], Hutspot [ stamppot met wortels met uien ],  Hete bliksem [ stamppot met zoete appels en ui ],  Moes [ stamppot met boerenkool vers van het land ],  Stimstam [ stamppot met rauwe andijvie ],  Bruine bonen of kapucijners,  Gebakken spekjes met ui in jus [ uit grootmoeders tijd ],  Kaanjes [ gebakken vet ], bijgerecht van voor de oorlog.

  Historisch Culinair Centrum De Vleer   -   in Appelscha

  Culinair Historisch Erfgoed
  Dutch Cooking

History of Drenthe

Drenthe has been populated since the prehistory. Most tangible evidence of this are the dolmens (hunebedden), built around 3500 B.C. 52 of the 54 dolmens in the Netherlands can be found in Drenthe, concentrated in the northeast of the province. After long being subject to the bishops of Utrecht, it came under control of Charles V in the 16th century. When the Republic of the Seven United Provinces was declared, Drenthe became part of it, although it did not gain provincial status until January 1, 1796.

  Drents Archiefnet [ archive ]
  Het Drents Archief   -   archive in the city of Assen
  Maatschappij van Weldadigheid   -   preserves the land and buildings in Drenthe

  A concise history of the Netherlands
This website has been created by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and contains a brief account of the history of the Netherlands. Users can search for information under fifty different dates and seven separate themes. The dates have been carefully chosen to cover key periods in Dutch history. Brief details are given of each of them and various links can be used to obtain further information about the period in question.
Formation of the Netherlands, Dutch Republic at war, Golden Age, Kingdom of the netherlands. etc.

Music, Culture & Entertainment

  Drentse Toal   -   Drent Language
  Jan Tuttel
  Kunst en Cultuur Drenthe   -   Art & Culture in Drenthe
  Muziek uit Drenthe   -   Music from Drenthe
  Provinciale Bibliotheekcentrale   -   public library
  Taolpad Drenthe   -   literature and writers from Drenthe  *****

Web Portal / Dutch Search Engine / Directory

  Drenthe Centraal   -   Drenthe = Hightech + History
  Drenthe.info   -   Drent web portal / Portal Drenthe
  Recreatieschap Drenthe
  Outdoor Drenthe
Outdoor Drenthe organises in Drenthe all kinds of sporting activities like the well known Drentse Fiets 4Daagse [ 4 days cycling ], de Drentse ATB 4Daagse [ 4 days mountain biking ], De Proloog and the Drentse Skate 2Daagse [ 2 days of skating ].
  Fiets Totaal Plan
  Fietsprovincie.nl
  Noorderbreedte   -   Magazine about the north of the Netherlands
  Paardenprovincie.nl [ horse riding ]

  Yahoo  -  Directories Drenthe 

  Ilse    -   Dutch search engine
  Vinden
  Zoek 

  Gouden Gids   -   Dutch Yellow Guide
  Telefoonboek KPN   -   Dutch White Guide


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