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The Cathedral of Speed -- the only circuit to have hosted a MotoGP round every year since the championship began in 1949.
33 km · about 40 min drive
Friesland, Netherlands · Europe
Drachten sits on the route: 5 minutes from Rottevalle, 51km from Afsluitdijk.
Drachten is a town located in Friesland, Netherlands. With a population of 45,186, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Drachten 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 Drachten to your route.
Drachten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈdrɑxtə(n)] , West Frisian: [ˈdraχtn̩]) is a town in the northern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Smallingerland, Friesland. It had a population of around 56,098 in 2023 and is the second largest town in the province of Friesland.
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Drachten is located in Friesland, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.1125 latitude, 6.0989 longitude.
Drachten has a population of approximately 45,186 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.
33 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.
41 km · about 50 min drive
famous road
A 32km causeway sealing off the Zuiderzee, this dead-straight engineering marvel is one of Europe's great driving roads.
51 km · about 60 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.
51 km · about 60 min drive
landmark
Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
57 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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