landmark
Giethoorn
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
30 km · about 35 min drive
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Gorredijk
Friesland, Netherlands · Europe
About Gorredijk
Gorredijk is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Jubbega, 49km from Afsluitdijk.
Gorredijk is in Friesland, Netherlands, with about 7,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Jubbega, about 4 km away.
Gorredijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣɔrəˈdɛik]; West Frisian: De Gordyk) is the largest town in the municipality of Opsterland, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Gorredijk had a population of 7,360 in 2019.
The hamlets of Easterein and Kortezwaag are also part of the town. The latter was an independent village untilRead more
1962. Gorredijk and Kortezwaag then formed a double village as Gorredijk-Kortezwaag, but after a few years it was decided to shorten this to Gorredijk, so the older Kortezwaag became a neighborhood of Gorredijk in 1969.
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What is there to see near Gorredijk?
Within an hour or so of Gorredijk: Giethoorn (30 km), TT Circuit Assen (31 km), Schokland (45 km), Afsluitdijk (49 km).
Are there any good drives near Gorredijk?
The nearest famous roads are Afsluitdijk and Houtribdijk.
Where is Gorredijk?
Gorredijk is in Friesland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Jubbega.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 7,040
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Friesland
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 53.0066, 6.0640
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Worth the detour from Gorredijk
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
TT Circuit Assen
The Cathedral of Speed -- the only circuit to have hosted a MotoGP round every year since the championship began in 1949.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Schokland
Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
45 km · about 50 min drive
famous road
Afsluitdijk
A 32km causeway sealing off the Zuiderzee, this dead-straight engineering marvel is one of Europe's great driving roads.
49 km · about 55 min 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.
50 km · about 60 min drive
restaurant
De Librije
The Netherlands' only three-Michelin-star restaurant, set in a former prison complex in Zwolle, where the late Jonnie Boer's team under chef Nelson Tanate has held the top rating since 2004.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Gorredijk
- 49 kmAfsluitdijkA 32km causeway sealing off the Zuiderzee, this dead-straight engineering marvel is one of Europe's great driving roads.
- 60 kmHoutribdijkA 26 km dike road (N302) running straight across the water between Enkhuizen and Lelystad, splitting the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer with sea views on both sides.
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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