Middelstum

Worth seeing in and around Middelstum

2 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
   Boterdiep

   Boterdiep is a canal in the Province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was intended for the inland navigation.

   3.8 km · canal in Groningen, Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kardingermaar

   The Kardingermaar is a maar in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It is, for the most part, the border between the municipalities of Bedum and Ten Boer.

   3.1 km · canal in Groningen, Netherlands · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Menkemaborg

   This historic, brick mansion still boasts lovely gardens, moats and promenades.

2. 02
   Verhildersum
3. 03
   Jacobus de Meerderekerk
4. 04
   Walfriduskerk

   11th-century church with a Romanesque style clock tower that is leaning more than the tower of Pisa.

5. 05
   Windmill 'De Vier Winden'

   Windmill 'De Vier Winden' (The Four Winds) is an old windmill that can still be used, built in 1864.

6. 06
   Windmill 'De Goliath'

   Relatively large polder windmill, used for drainage of reclaimed land.

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

Things to do

Go mudflat hiking. Pieterburen is a starting place for guided mud walks on the bottom of the Wadden Sea, at low tide. If you enjoy hiking, set out on the most popular Dutch long distance walking route, the Pieterpad. It starts right here at Hotel Waddenweelde in Pieterburen and runs all the way south to the Sint-Pietersberg in Maastricht. The first stage runs from Pieterburen to Winsum.

1. 01
   Albatros

   Zoutkamp (At the fishing museum), k4@visserijmuseum.com.

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

Where to eat

1. 01
   't Schathoes

   Good quality restaurant located in the Menkemaborg.

2. 02
   Azzurra

   The town's Italian restaurant gets rather good reviews, especially for its pizzas.

3. 03
   Rose Garden

   Bij de Buren van Pieter, Hoofdstraat 82, Pieterburen,.

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Getting to Middelstum

Airports

Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 26 km · Bremen (BRE), 147 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 152 km

Stations

Stedum railway station, 3.7 km

• Amsterdam → Middelstum

  160 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · €20–28
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• Rotterdam → Middelstum

  215 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · €26–37
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• Eindhoven → Middelstum

  226 km · quickest by road, 4h 27m · €27–38
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