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Zuidlaren
Place in Drenthe, Netherlands

Zuidlaren

Zuidlaren is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands.

Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug.

Get in

Getting to Zuidlaren

The municipality of Tynaarlo is traversed by the A28 motorway, providing quick connections to the north (Groningen city 10 minutes) and south (Assen 15 minutes, Zwolle 45 min). In addition, the N34 expressway leads to Tynaarlo from the southeast (Emmen 40 minutes). Amsterdam and Schiphol Airport are about 1 hr 45 min from Tynaarlo.

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    Groningen Airport Eelde
See

Worth seeing

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    Museum De Buitenplaats

    Hoofdweg 76, Eelde,.

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    Molenmuseum De Wachter
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    Dolmens D3 and D4

    Midlaren.

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    Dolmen D5

    Zeijen (easy to access from the Witteveen road).

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    Dolmen D6

    Tynaarlo.

Do

Things to do

Tynaarlo is along the route of the most famous long distance walking route of the Netherlands, the Pieterpad. Stage 3 ends, and stage 4 starts, in the town of Zuidlaren. The western shore of the Paterswoldsemeer lake is in the municipality of Tynaarlo (the remainder of the lake is in Groningen city and Haren), and so is the southern part of the Zuidlaardermeer lake (with the remainder being in Midden-Groningen).

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    Zeil-Surfschool Zuidlaardermeer
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    Jachthaven Zuidwesthoek

    Meerweg 247, Haren (behind Groningerweg 1, Paterswolde),.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Restaurant 't Huys van Bunne

    Restaurant in the tiny village of Bunne, with seasonal meat and fish dishes.

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    De Rooie Kater Eelde

    Varied menu with many meat and fish dishes as well as a large selection of pizzas.

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    De Rooie Kater Zuidlaren

    Second restaurant of the same owner, with the same menu as De Rooie Kater in Eelde.

How locals move

Getting around Zuidlaren the local way

  • Get inThe airport offers (multiple) daily flights to and from Copenhagen, London-Southend, and Munich, and various other scheduled and charter flights to and from cities and holiday destinations in Southern Europe.

From Wikivoyage: Tynaarlo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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