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Drenthe
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Climate data for Groningen Airport Eelde (Northern Drenthe)
Source: Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Imperial conversion
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Map of Drenthe

Drenthe is a province in the northeast of the Netherlands. It is bordered by Overijssel in the south, Friesland in the west, Groningen to the north and the German districts of Emsland and Bentheim in the east. Drenthe is the least populated province of the Netherlands and offers swamps and hunebedden (dolmens).

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Map of Drenthe

  • 536.551 Assen — capital of Drenthe, once a year the famous TT Assen is staged here
  • 52.92366.79221 Borger — a village – region is not flat, by Dutch standards, but quite hilly with forests, lakes, and the largest hunnebed of the Netherlands
  • 52.6666666666676.751 Coevorden — old fortified town in the south
  • 52.8344444444446.37055555555561 Dwingeloo — good access point for the Dwingelose heide, a national park
  • 52.78116.89941 Emmen — old village, nowadays its municipality is larger than Assen, famous for its zoo
  • 52.7033333333336.19166666666671 Meppel — old town, serving as a junction of waterways
  • 53.13336.41671 Roden — old village
  • 52.85176.60941 Westerbork — in WWII a large transport camp was outside this village, from which many Jews had been transported, now a museum
  • 53.06676.56671 Zuidlaren — old village in the north of the province, once a year a big animal market is held here

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