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Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
30 km · about 35 min drive
Friesland, Netherlands · Europe
Gorredijk is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Jubbega, 49km from Afsluitdijk.
Gorredijk is a town located in Friesland, Netherlands. With a population of 7,040, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Gorredijk 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 Gorredijk to your route.
Gorredijk (Dutch pronunciation: [ˌɣɔrəˈdɛik]; West Frisian: De Gordyk) is the largest town in the municipality of Opsterland, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Gorredijk had a population of 7,360 in 2019.
The hamlets of Easterein and Kortezwaag are also part of the town. The latter was an independent village untilRead more
1962. Gorredijk and Kortezwaag then formed a double village as Gorredijk-Kortezwaag, but after a few years it was decided to shorten this to Gorredijk, so the older Kortezwaag became a neighborhood of Gorredijk in 1969.
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Gorredijk is located in Friesland, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.0066 latitude, 6.0640 longitude.
Gorredijk has a population of approximately 7,040 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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landmark
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
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.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.
45 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.
49 km · about 55 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.
50 km · about 60 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.
55 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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