Assen
Assen is a locality in Assen, Drenthe and has about 68,800 residents. Assen is situated nearby to the quarter Noorderpark, as well as near the locality Vredeveld.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 68,800 residents
- Description: city in the Netherlands
- Postal codes: 9401-9408
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drents Museum and Assen railway station.
Drents Museum
Museum
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The Drents Museum is an art and history museum in Assen, Drenthe, the Netherlands. Opened in 1854, it has a collection of prehistoric artifacts, applied art and visual art, as well as temporary exhibitions. In 2023, it had 179,345 visitors.
Assen railway station
Railway station
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Assen is a railway station located in Assen, Netherlands. The station was opened on 1 May 1870 and is located on the Meppel–Groningen railway. The station is operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ter Aard and Loon.
Ter Aard
Hamlet
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Ter Aard is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Assen municipality in Drenthe. Ter Aard is a statistical entity, and has its own postal code, however it is considered a part of Zeijen. Ter Aard is situated 3½ km north of Assen.
Loon
Village
Loon is a village in the Netherlands and is part of the Assen municipality in Drenthe. The hunebed D15 is located near the village. Loon is situated 4 km northeast of Assen.
Witten
Hamlet
Witten is a hamlet in the Netherlands and is part of the Assen municipality in Drenthe. Witten is a statistical entity, however the postal authority have placed it under Assen. Witten is situated 3½ km southwest of Assen.
Assen
- Categories: city, place with town rights and privileges, and cadastral populated place in the Netherlands
- Location: Assen, Drenthe, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Assen” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Assen”
- Arabic: “أسن”
- Armenian: “Ասսեն”
- Belarusian: “Асен”
- Bulgarian: “Асен”
- Catalan: “Assen”
- Cebuano: “Assen (kapital sa lalawigan sa Olanda)”
- Cebuano: “Assen”
- Chinese: “阿森”
- Dutch: “Assen (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Assen”
- Esperanto: “Assen”
- French: “Assen”
- Galician: “Assen”
- German: “Assen”
- Greek: “Άσσεν”
- Indonesian: “Assen”
- Irish: “Assen”
- Italian: “Assen”
- Japanese: “アッセン”
- Korean: “아선”
- Limburgan: “Asse”
- Lithuanian: “Asenas”
- Luxembourgish: “Assen”
- Old Saxon: “Asningsėli”
- Persian: “آسن”
- Polish: “Assen”
- Romanian: “Assen”
- Russian: “Ассен”
- Serbian: “Асен”
- Spanish: “Assen”
- Swedish: “Assen”
- Thai: “อาสเซิน”
- Ukrainian: “Ассен”
- Western Frisian: “Assen”
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Localities in the Area
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