Groningen, Netherlands · Europe
Musselkanaal is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Nieuw-Buinen, 15km from Hunebedcentrum.
Musselkanaal is a town located in Groningen, Netherlands. With a population of 7,350, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Musselkanaal 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 Musselkanaal to your route.
Musselkanaal (also: Stads-Musselkanaal; Gronings: Muzzelknoal) is a town in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is located in the municipality of Stadskanaal and is directly southeast from the center of Stadskanaal on the linear development (lintdorp) and the canal, which flows on to Ter Apel and Barnflair.Read more
Musselkanaal was established by the city of Groningen in the 1840s to exploit the peat. It used to be part of the municipality of Onstwedde, but was merged into Stadskanaal in 1968.
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Musselkanaal is located in Groningen, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 52.9325 latitude, 7.0153 longitude.
Musselkanaal has a population of approximately 7,350 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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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.
14 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.
15 km · about 25 min drive
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
April to October
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