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TT Circuit Assen
The Cathedral of Speed -- the only circuit to have hosted a MotoGP round every year since the championship began in 1949.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Assen
Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe
About Assen
Assen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Rolde, 17km from Hunebedcentrum.
Assen is in Drenthe, Netherlands, with about 69,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rolde, about 6 km away.
Assen (Dutch: [ˈɑsə(n)] ) is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual AssenRead more
Dance Festival.
Assen won the European Green Leaf Award for 2027.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Assen?
Within an hour or so of Assen: TT Circuit Assen (5 km), Hunebedcentrum (17 km), Fort Bourtange (42 km), Giethoorn (43 km).
Are there any good drives near Assen?
The nearest famous roads are Afsluitdijk and Houtribdijk.
Where is Assen?
Assen is in Drenthe, Netherlands, about 6 km from Rolde.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 68,836
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Drenthe
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.9967, 6.5625
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Assen
4 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Hunebedcentrum
Museum in Borger beside D27, the largest of the Netherlands' 5,000-year-old hunebed dolmens: 22-metre granite burial chambers older than Stonehenge, scattered along the Drenthe hondsrug ridge.
17 km · about 20 min drive
photogenic
Fort Bourtange
1593 star fortress village in remote Groningen restored to its 1742 form: a living five-pointed star of moats, bastions and wooden drawbridges with a cobbled marketplace at its heart, most striking from the ramparts or the air.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Giethoorn
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Driving in Netherlands
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€2.04/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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