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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.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Groningen, Netherlands · Europe
Glimmen is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Haren, 26km from Hunebedcentrum.
Glimmen is a town located in Groningen, Netherlands. With a population of 1,065, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Glimmen 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 Glimmen to your route.
Glimmen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Groningen, about 10 kilometres from the city. It had a population of around 1,342 in 2021. The river Drentsche Aa flows past the village, nearby the Huis te Glimmen (House in Glimmen), a stately home on the site.
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is a forest to the east of the village. Through this wood leads an old Roman road, known as the Hereweg (from 'Heir-weg' or "army road").
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Glimmen is located in Groningen, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.1392 latitude, 6.6292 longitude.
Glimmen has a population of approximately 1,065 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.
21 km · about 25 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.
26 km · about 30 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.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
58 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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