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Zuidlaren

Drenthe, Netherlands · Europe

About Zuidlaren

Zuidlaren is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Tynaarlo, 20km from Hunebedcentrum.

Zuidlaren is a town located in Drenthe, Netherlands. With a population of 3,905, it is an important destination in Europe.

On a road trip, Zuidlaren 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 Zuidlaren to your route.

About Zuidlaren

Zuidlaren (Noordenvelds: Zuudlaoren) is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug. The village is part of the municipality of Tynaarlo. Formerly the village had its own

Read more municipality called Zuidlaren, but in 1998 Zuidlaren merged with Eelde and Vries. The new municipality was called "Zuidlaren" at first, but was renamed to Tynaarlo on 1 December 1999. Tynaarlo is the name of a much smaller village than Zuidlaren and is located between the 3 largest villages of the municipality: Eelde, Zuidlaren and Vries. The new town hall is located in Vries, which replaced the Laarwoud town hall in 2004.

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Where is Zuidlaren located?

Zuidlaren is located in Drenthe, Netherlands, Europe. The coordinates are 53.0942 latitude, 6.6819 longitude.

What is the population of Zuidlaren?

Zuidlaren has a population of approximately 3,905 people, making it a town in Netherlands.

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Quick Information

Population
3,905
Continent
Europe
Country
Netherlands
Region
Drenthe
Timezone
Europe/Amsterdam
Coordinates
53.0942, 6.6819

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 Zuidlaren

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.

18 km · about 20 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.

20 km · about 25 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.

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.

57 km · about 65 min drive

Driving in Netherlands

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

When to drive here

April to October

Nearby Destinations

Other places to explore near Zuidlaren.

Westlaren

🇳🇱 Netherlands

2 km awayPop. 1,410

Tynaarlo

🇳🇱 Netherlands

5 km awayPop. 1,530

Annen

🇳🇱 Netherlands

5 km awayPop. 3,405

Glimmen

🇳🇱 Netherlands

6 km awayPop. 1,065

Vries

🇳🇱 Netherlands

7 km awayPop. 3,915

Hoogezand

🇳🇱 Netherlands

9 km awayPop. 21,480

Eelde

🇳🇱 Netherlands

9 km awayPop. 6,450

Eext

🇳🇱 Netherlands

9 km awayPop. 1,225

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