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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
Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe
Assen is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Rolde, 17km from Hunebedcentrum.
Assen is a town located in Drenthe, Netherlands. With a population of 68,836, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Assen sits in Netherlands, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Amsterdam time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Assen to your route.
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
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Assen won the European Green Leaf Award for 2027.
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Assen is located in Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 52.9967 latitude, 6.5625 longitude.
Assen has a population of approximately 68,836 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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racetrack
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
ancient ruins
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
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
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
April to October
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