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
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Coevorden
Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe
About Coevorden
Coevorden is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Dalen, 30km from Hunebedcentrum.
Coevorden is in Drenthe, Netherlands, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Dalen, about 4 km away.
Coevorden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkuvɔrdə(n)] ; Dutch Low Saxon: Koevern) is a municipality and city in the province of Drenthe, in the northeast of the Netherlands. It shares a provincial border with Overijssel and an international one with Germany. The city itself is located between Emmen and Hardenberg on the N34Read more
road, about 2 km from the German border.
Coevorden is the oldest city in Drenthe and was once a very important fortified city. The old part still has the star-shaped radial streets. It received city rights in the year 1408. The population of Coevorden today is 15,855 (1 January 2023) or 35,740 (2025) for the whole municipality. The largest town after Coevorden is Dalen.
Outside the Netherlands, the city is known for indirectly giving its name to the major Canadian city Vancouver, and also the American city Vancouver, Washington. The 18th-century British explorer George Vancouver had ancestors (and family name) that originally came to England "from Coevorden" (van Coevern in Dutch Low Saxon). There is also a family of nobility with the surname van Coeverden, sometimes spelled with a K.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Coevorden?
Within an hour or so of Coevorden: Hunebedcentrum (30 km), TT Circuit Assen (37 km), Giethoorn (46 km), De Librije (46 km).
Are there any good drives near Coevorden?
The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Afsluitdijk.
Where is Coevorden?
Coevorden is in Drenthe, Netherlands, about 4 km from Dalen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 14,600
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Netherlands
- Region
- Drenthe
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
- Coordinates
- 52.6610, 6.7405
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Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.
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Worth the detour from Coevorden
5 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.
37 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Giethoorn
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
46 km · about 55 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.
46 km · about 55 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.
49 km · about 55 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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