Eelde

Worth seeing in and around Eelde

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Hortus Haren

   Hortus Haren is a botanical garden in Haren, Groningen, Netherlands. First created in 1626 by the pharmacist Henricus Munting, it was then situated between Grote Rozenstraat and Grote Kruisstraat in Groningen.

   5.7 km · botanical garden in Groningen · Wikipedia
2. 02
   International Wooden Shoe Museum Eelde

   The International Wooden Shoe Museum Eelde is a museum in Eelde, the Netherlands, for clogs, clog-making equipment and machinery. It has the largest collection of wooden footwear in the world.

   600 m · museum · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wall House II

   Bye House is a historic building in Groningen, Netherlands, that was designed by John Hejduk. It is one of his few realized designs.

   5.6 km · house designed by John Hejduk in Groningen, the Netherlands · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Museum De Buitenplaats

   Hoofdweg 76, Eelde,.

2. 02
   Molenmuseum De Wachter
3. 03
   Dolmens D3 and D4

   Midlaren.

4. 04
   Dolmen D5

   Zeijen (easy to access from the Witteveen road).

5. 05
   Dolmen D6

   Tynaarlo.

From Wikivoyage: Eelde, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Tynaarlo is along the route of the most famous long distance walking route of the Netherlands, the Pieterpad. Stage 3 ends, and stage 4 starts, in the town of Zuidlaren. The western shore of the Paterswoldsemeer lake is in the municipality of Tynaarlo (the remainder of the lake is in Groningen city and Haren), and so is the southern part of the Zuidlaardermeer lake (with the remainder being in Midden-Groningen).

1. 01
   Zeil-Surfschool Zuidlaardermeer
2. 02
   Jachthaven Zuidwesthoek

   Meerweg 247, Haren (behind Groningerweg 1, Paterswolde),.

From Wikivoyage: Eelde, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

1. 01
   Restaurant 't Huys van Bunne

   Restaurant in the tiny village of Bunne, with seasonal meat and fish dishes.

2. 02
   De Rooie Kater Eelde

   Varied menu with many meat and fish dishes as well as a large selection of pizzas.

3. 03
   De Rooie Kater Zuidlaren

   Second restaurant of the same owner, with the same menu as De Rooie Kater in Eelde.

From Wikivoyage: Eelde, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Eelde

Airports

Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 2 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 134 km · Bremen (BRE), 149 km

Stations

Groningen Airport Eelde, 1.6 km · Haren railway station, 5.8 km

• Amsterdam → Eelde

  141 km · quickest by road, 3h 12m · €19–26
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• Rotterdam → Eelde

  195 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · €24–34
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• Eindhoven → Eelde

  202 km · quickest by road, 3h 56m · €24–34
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