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Nieuw-Roden

Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe

About Nieuw-Roden

Nieuw-Roden is worth a stop: 5 minutes from Leek, 35km from Hunebedcentrum.

Nieuw-Roden is a town located in Drenthe, Netherlands. With a population of 1,300, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Nieuw-Roden 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 Nieuw-Roden to your route.

About Nieuw-Roden

Nieuw-Roden is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Noordenveld municipality in Drenthe. During the 19th century, peat to the west of Roden was excavated, and a new settlement appeared. Originally, it contained sod houses which were replaced in the early 20th century. In the 1960s, Huizing built his own sod

Read more house, and opened it for visitors in 1965. In the 1990s, it was demolished, due to vandalism. In 1903, a school was built and the church dates from 1922. Nowadays it is a single urban area with Roden but remains a separate village.

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Where is Nieuw-Roden located?

Nieuw-Roden is located in Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.1317 latitude, 6.3972 longitude.

What is the population of Nieuw-Roden?

Nieuw-Roden has a population of approximately 1,300 people, making it a town in Netherlands.

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Quick Information

Population
1,300
Continent
Europe
Country
Netherlands
Region
Drenthe
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
53.1317, 6.3972

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Netherlands

Police
112
Ambulance
112
Fire
112
Non-emergency police
0900-8844
Driving side
right

Watch for cyclists. They generally have priority.

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Worth the detour from Nieuw-Roden

4 notable places within an hour's drive.

racetrack

TT Circuit Assen

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

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.

35 km · about 40 min drive

landmark

Giethoorn

Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.

49 km · about 55 min drive

photogenic

Fort Bourtange

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.

55 km · about 65 min drive

Driving roads near Nieuw-Roden

  • 71 kmAfsluitdijkA 32km causeway sealing off the Zuiderzee, this dead-straight engineering marvel is one of Europe's great driving roads.

Driving in Netherlands

Drives on
the right
Petrol
~€2.04/litre
Motorway tolls
None

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

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