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The prehistoric antiquites room in Drents Museum. Bottom right can be seen the Pesse Canoe, the oldest surviving canoe in the world.
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Pesse

Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe

About Pesse

Pesse is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Hoogeveen, 29km from Hunebedcentrum.

Pesse is in Drenthe, Netherlands, with about 1,800 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Hoogeveen, about 6 km away.

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What is there to see near Pesse?

Within an hour or so of Pesse: TT Circuit Assen (22 km), Giethoorn (26 km), Hunebedcentrum (29 km), De Librije (37 km).

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The nearest famous roads are Houtribdijk and Afsluitdijk.

Where is Pesse?

Pesse is in Drenthe, Netherlands, about 6 km from Hoogeveen.

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Quick Information

Population
1,840
Continent
Europe
Country
Netherlands
Region
Drenthe
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
52.7725, 6.4542

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in Netherlands

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

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Worth the detour from Pesse

7 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.

22 km · about 25 min drive

landmark

Giethoorn

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

26 km · about 30 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.

29 km · about 35 min drive

restaurant

De Librije

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.

37 km · about 45 min drive

landmark

Schokland

Former Zuiderzee island now stranded in the Noordoostpolder, the Netherlands' first UNESCO World Heritage Site.

48 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.

56 km · about 65 min drive

landmark

Walibi Holland

Dutch thrill park near Amsterdam known for intense roller coasters and a fun Halloween Fright Nights event.

59 km · about 70 min drive

Driving roads near Pesse

2 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.

  • 72 kmHoutribdijkA 26 km dike road (N302) running straight across the water between Enkhuizen and Lelystad, splitting the IJsselmeer from the Markermeer with sea views on both sides.

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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Meppel

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Dalen

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22 km awayPop. 3,295

Coevorden

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23 km awayPop. 14,600

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