Groningen, Netherlands · Europe
Winschoten is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Eexta, 29km from Hunebedcentrum.
Winschoten is a town located in Groningen, Netherlands. With a population of 18,506, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Winschoten 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 Winschoten to your route.
Winschoten (Dutch: [ˈʋɪnsxoːtə(n)] ; Gronings: Winschoot) is a city with a population of 18,518 in the municipality of Oldambt in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the region of Oldambt in the province of Groningen which has 38,213 inhabitants.
Winschoten received its city rights in 1825. ItRead more
was a separate municipality until it was merged into Oldambt in 2010. The seat of government of Oldambt is in Winschoten.
There are three windmills and several churches in Winschoten. There is a railway station with direct connections to Groningen and Leer (Germany), although due to the reconstruction of the Friesenbrücke trains to Germany will stop at Weener until 2024. Winschoten has an important role as a shopping centre for the region of Oldambt. In the province of Groningen, it is the second-largest shopping destination and it attracts many consumers from nearby Germany.
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Winschoten is located in Groningen, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.1442 latitude, 7.0347 longitude.
Winschoten has a population of approximately 18,506 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.
19 km · about 20 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.
29 km · about 35 min drive
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The Cathedral of Speed -- the only circuit to have hosted a MotoGP round every year since the championship began in 1949.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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