Emmen

Worth seeing in and around Emmen

8 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
   De Oude Meerdijk

   De Oude Meerdijk is a football stadium with a capacity of 8,600, located in Emmen, Netherlands. The stadium was originally situated on a street called Meerdijk, from which it derived its original name: Stadion Meerdijk.

   3.2 km · football stadium in Emmen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dierenpark Emmen

   Dierenpark Emmen was a large zoo located in Emmen in the northern province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. Due to financial difficulties the zoo decided in 2011 to reorganise.

   300 m · zoo in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   King Willem-Alexander Canal

   The King Willem-Alexander Canal, named after King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, is a 6 km long canal in the northeastern Netherlands. The new canal through the Hondsrug is part of the larger Veenvaart project to draw more recreational boaters and tourists to the Veenkoloniën region in the provinces of Drenthe and Groningen.

   6.9 km · 6 km long canal in the northeastern Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Van Gogh House

   Van Gogh House is a cultural site in Nieuw-Amsterdam, in the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. The painter Vincent van Gogh stayed here for two months in 1883; the house is now a museum.

   8.2 km · museum in Drenthe in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Wildlands

   Wildlands, also known as Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, is a zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands. It opened in March 2016, replacing the Emmen Zoo.

   800 m · zoo in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Museum of Contemporary Tibetan Art

   The Museum of Contemporary Tibetan Art is located in the Rensenpark in Emmen, in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border. It has permanent and temporary exhibitions of contemporary Tibetan art.

   200 m · Art museum in Emmen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Collectie Brands

   Museum Collectie Brands is a museum in Nieuw-Dordrecht, Drenthe. The museum contains a collection of over seventy thousand objects and books that were collected by Jans Brands during his lifetime.

   5.1 km · Museum in Nieuw-Dordrecht, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Broken Circle / Spiral Hill

   Broken Circle/Spiral Hill is an earthwork sculpture by the American artist Robert Smithson. It was created for the 1971 Sonsbeek outdoor sculpture exhibition.

   3.5 km · Earthwork sculpture by Robert Smithson · Wikipedia

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Getting to Emmen

Airports

Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 43 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 90 km · Bremen (BRE), 130 km

Stations

Emmen railway station, 800 m · Emmen Zuid railway station, 4.4 km · Nieuw Amsterdam railway station, 8 km · Emmen Bargeres railway station, 2.9 km

• Groningen → Emmen

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €6–9
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• Amsterdam → Emmen

  144 km · quickest by road, 3h 10m · €18–25
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• Eindhoven → Emmen

  178 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · €22–31
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