Assen: Provincial Capital of Drenthe and TT Circuit
Assen is the capital of Drenthe province with approximately 62,200 inhabitants. The city is best known internationally for the TT Circuit Assen, which has hosted the Dutch round of the MotoGP World Championship every year since 1949, making it the oldest continuously used venue on the calendar. Race week in late June transforms the otherwise quiet city.
Drenthe is the least densely populated province in the Netherlands. Assen sits at its northern edge, with the Drentsche Aa brook valley landscape running south toward Rolde and Anloo. The Drents Museum, in a cluster of historic buildings around the Brink square, holds prehistoric finds including well-preserved bog bodies and the oldest known boat in the world, a dugout canoe from around 8000 BC.
Groningen lies 28 kilometres north. Emmen is about 45 kilometres southeast. The surrounding landscape is characterised by esdorpen, villages built on ancient raised fields, and extensive areas of former peat bog now converted to farmland.
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Assen is the capital of Drenthe province with approximately 62,200 inhabitants. The city is best known internationally for the TT Circuit Assen, which has hosted the Dutch round of the MotoGP World Championship every year since 1949, making it the oldest continuously used venue on the calendar. Race week in late June transforms the otherwise quiet city.
Drenthe is the least densely populated province in the Netherlands. Assen sits at its northern edge, with the Drentsche Aa brook valley landscape running south toward Rolde and Anloo. The Drents Museum, in a cluster of historic buildings around the Brink square, holds prehistoric finds including well-preserved bog bodies and the oldest known boat in the world, a dugout canoe from around 8000 BC.
Groningen lies 28 kilometres north. Emmen is about 45 kilometres southeast. The surrounding landscape is characterised by esdorpen, villages built on ancient raised fields, and extensive areas of former peat bog now converted to farmland.
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