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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.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Oosterwolde
Friesland, Netherlands · Europe
About Oosterwolde
Oosterwolde is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Donkerbroek, 35km from Hunebedcentrum.
Oosterwolde is in Friesland, Netherlands, with about 9,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Donkerbroek, about 4 km away.
Oosterwolde (West Frisian: Easterwâlde) is the largest town in the municipality of Ooststellingwerf in the south-east of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is located to east from Heerenveen, west from Assen, south-east from Drachten. Oosterwolde developed primarily along the Opsterlandse Compagnonsvaart canal in the 19thRead more
century, where most of the industry was located. Oosterwolde has served as a regional center since peat extraction began in the 19th century and therefore boasts a relatively large number of amenities and social services. It has 9,825 inhabitants (2023).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Oosterwolde?
Within an hour or so of Oosterwolde: TT Circuit Assen (16 km), Giethoorn (31 km), Hunebedcentrum (35 km), Schokland (53 km).
Are there any good drives near Oosterwolde?
The nearest famous roads are Afsluitdijk and Houtribdijk.
Where is Oosterwolde?
Oosterwolde is in Friesland, Netherlands, about 4 km from Donkerbroek.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 9,245
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Friesland
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.9916, 6.2910
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Netherlands
Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Oosterwolde
5 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Giethoorn
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
31 km · about 35 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.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Schokland
Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
53 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 Oosterwolde
- 64 kmAfsluitdijkA 32km causeway sealing off the Zuiderzee, this dead-straight engineering marvel is one of Europe's great driving roads.
- 71 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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