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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.
24 km · about 30 min drive
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Haren
Groningen, Netherlands · Europe
About Haren
Haren is worth a stop: 5 minutes from De Wijert, 30km from Hunebedcentrum.
Haren is in Groningen, Netherlands, with about 9,400 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is De Wijert, about 4 km away.
Haren is a railway station located in Haren, Netherlands. The current station was opened on 29 September 1968 and is located on the Meppel–Groningen railway. Train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
A previous railway station serviced Haren between 1 May 1870, when the Meppel–Groningen railway line wasRead more
opened, and 15 May 1936. The line was operated at the time by the Company for the Exploitation of the State Railways. The former station was closed because of its distance to the village. The new station, at a new location, was opened in 1968 after a new neighbourhood was built near the railway line.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Haren?
Within an hour or so of Haren: TT Circuit Assen (24 km), Hunebedcentrum (30 km), Fort Bourtange (43 km), Giethoorn (60 km).
Are there any good drives near Haren?
The nearest famous roads are Afsluitdijk and Houtribdijk.
Where is Haren?
Haren is in Groningen, Netherlands, about 4 km from De Wijert.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,375
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Groningen
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 53.1721, 6.6093
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Haren
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.
30 km · about 35 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.
43 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.
60 km · about 70 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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