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
Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe
Coevorden is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Dalen, 30km from Hunebedcentrum.
Coevorden is a town located in Drenthe, Netherlands. With a population of 14,600, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Coevorden 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 Coevorden to your route.
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) 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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Coevorden is located in Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 52.6610 latitude, 6.7405 longitude.
Coevorden has a population of approximately 14,600 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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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.
30 km · about 35 min drive
racetrack
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
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
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
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
April to October
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