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Pekela
Municipality in Groningen, Netherlands

Pekela

Pekela is a municipality in the province of Groningen in the Netherlands.

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It was created in 1990 when Oude Pekela and Nieuwe Pekela were merged.

Get in

Getting to Pekela

The main road traversing the Veenkoloniën is the north-south N33 expressway. Towards the southwest, the N33 leads to Assen and the A28 motorway interchange (15 minutes). Towards the north, the N33 leads to the A7 motorway interchange at Zuidbroek (5 minutes). From the city of Groningen, take the A7 eastbound, and then the N33 southbound to the Veenkoloniën (20 minutes to Veendam, 30 minutes to Stadskanaal).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Veenkoloniaal Museum
  2. 02
    Streekhistorisch Centrum
  3. 03
    Watertoren Stadskanaal
  4. 04
    Kapiteinshuis Pekela

    Captain's house built in the 18th century.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Watersportcentre Veendam

    In the Borgerswold recreation park, water sports activities including water skiing and wake boarding.

  2. 02
    Borgerswold Experience

    In the Borgerswold recreation park, activities including paintball, archery, kayaking, and pedaloing.

  3. 03
    Borgerswoldhoeve

    A wide range of activities including water sports, miniature golf, games, and a buffet restaurant.

  4. 04
    Golfclub 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.

  5. 05
    Museumspoorlijn S·T·A·R
  6. 06
    Veendam S·T·A·R
Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Pekelahof

    Raadhuislaan 109, Oude Pekela (along the N367 trunk road Veendam-Winschoten),.

  2. 02
    Adriatic
  3. 03
    Pizzeria Ristorante Vittoria

    Italian restaurant with pastas, pizzas, and a wide range of Italian meat and fish dishes.

How locals move

Getting around Pekela the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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