Pekela
Pekela is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.
Pekela is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands. It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Veenkoloniaal Museum
- 02Streekhistorisch Centrum
- 03Watertoren Stadskanaal
- 04Kapiteinshuis Pekela
Captain's house built in the 18th century.
From Wikivoyage: Pekela, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Watersportcentre Veendam
In the Borgerswold recreation park, water sports activities including water skiing and wake boarding.
- 02Borgerswold Experience
In the Borgerswold recreation park, activities including paintball, archery, kayaking, and pedaloing.
- 03Borgerswoldhoeve
A wide range of activities including water sports, miniature golf, games, and a buffet restaurant.
- 04Golfclub De Compagnie
The railway between Veendam and Musselkanaal (built in the early 20th century) has not been in use for scheduled passenger services since they were discontinued in 1953.
- 05Museumspoorlijn S·T·A·R
- 06Veendam S·T·A·R
From Wikivoyage: Pekela, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Pekelahof
Raadhuislaan 109, Oude Pekela (along the N367 trunk road Veendam-Winschoten),.
- 02Adriatic
- 03Pizzeria Ristorante Vittoria
Italian restaurant with pastas, pizzas, and a wide range of Italian meat and fish dishes.
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Getting to Pekela
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 28 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 117 km · Bremen (BRE), 120 km
- Amsterdam → Pekela160 km · quickest by road, 3h 39m · €22–30
- Eindhoven → Pekela207 km · quickest by road, 4h 8m · €26–36
- Rotterdam → Pekela211 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · €26–36
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Pekela
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pekela. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIn addition, there is the so-called 'small-scale public transportation network', connecting several of the villages in the region with minibuses and also including minibus route 510 which serves as a city bus in Veendam and Wildervank (1x/hour during daytime Mondays-Saturdays).
From Wikivoyage: Veenkoloniën, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Pekela – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Pekela
- Oude Pekelavillage in Pekela, Netherlands500 m
- Nieuwe Pekelavillage in Pekela, Netherlands, Netherlands3.4 km