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.
13 km · about 25 min drive
Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe
Vries is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Westlaren, 22km from Hunebedcentrum.
Vries is a town located in Drenthe, Netherlands. With a population of 3,915, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Vries 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 Vries to your route.
Vries is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Tynaarlo, and lies about 8 km north of Assen. Vries was a separate municipality until 1998, when it was merged with Eelde and Zuidlaren into a new municipality called Tynaarlo.
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Vries is located in Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.0742 latitude, 6.5778 longitude.
Vries has a population of approximately 3,915 people, making it a town in Netherlands.
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Full driving guide for Netherlands4 notable places within an hour's drive.
racetrack
The Cathedral of Speed -- the only circuit to have hosted a MotoGP round every year since the championship began in 1949.
13 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.
22 km · about 25 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.
42 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
Car-free village known as the 'Dutch Venice' where thatched-roof farmhouses are connected by canals and wooden bridges.
50 km · about 60 min drive
April to October
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