Sleen
Sleen is a village in Drenthe, Netherlands of about 2,500 people.
Sleen is a village in Drenthe, Netherlands of about 2,500 people. Sleen has been inhabited for centuries. Much ancient history can be found in the area, particularly in the forests. At birth and during the Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden. Sleen became the capital of one of the six “dingspels” of Drenthe. When Drenthe was recognised as a province, Sleen became a municipality capital, before it merged into the municipality of Coevorden.
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Coevorden Castle
An 11th-century castle in the middle of the city.
- 02Stedelijk Museum
Housed in a monumental building in the centre of the city, the Stedelijk Museum documents the history of Coevorden.
- 03Museum Thijnhof
Art museum with both permanent and temporary exhibitions, mainly of contemporary art.
- 04Synagoge-Museum Coevorden
Museum about Jewish life in the province Drenthe in a former synagogue.
- 05Openluchtmuseum Ellert en Brammert
An open-air museum documenting much of Southeast Drenthe's cultural history.
From Wikivoyage: Sleen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Coevorden is on the route of the Pieterpad, the most famous long distance walking trail of the Netherlands. The sixth stage ends in the village of Sleen; the seventh stage runs entirely within the municipality of Coevorden, from Sleen to the city of Coevorden; and the eighth stage starts there.
- 01Plopsa Indoor Coevorden
Dutch counterpart to Plopsa Indoor Hasselt and Plopsaland De Panne, this too is an indoor theme park tailored to young children.
From Wikivoyage: Sleen, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Sleen
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 41 km · Münster Osnabrück (FMO), 93 km · Bremen (BRE), 137 km
- Groningen → Sleen52 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · €7–9
- Amsterdam → Sleen137 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · €18–25
- Eindhoven → Sleen173 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · €22–31
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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 Sleen
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 Sleen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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If you know how people move in Sleen – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Sleen
- Noord-Sleenvillage in Coevorden, Netherlands2 km
- Benneveldvillage in Coevorden, Netherlands4 km
- Ermvillage in Coevorden, Netherlands2.3 km
- Achterste Ermvillage in Coevorden, Netherlands3.7 km
- Diphoornhamlet in Coevorden, Netherlands1.1 km