Emmen

Emmen is the biggest city in the province of , the Netherlands. Although Emmen is not a particularly interesting destination for travellers, it's well known in the Netherlands for its biggest attraction: the zoo.
Gouwenaar, Public domain.
  • City with about 56,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Curtis Emne”
  • Description: town in Emmen Municipality, Netherlands
  • Postal codes
    7811-7815
    7821-7828

Places of Interest

Highlights include Emmen railway station and Wildlands.
Emmen is a terminus railway station located in .
, also known as Adventure Zoo Emmen, is a zoo in , the Netherlands.
Gouwenaar, Public domain.
is an archaeological site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Angelslo and Bargeres.
is a neighbourhood of the city in , the .
is a neighbourhood of the city in , the Netherlands.
is a neighbourhood of the city of in , the .
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Latitude
52.7889° or 52° 47′ 20″ north
Longitude
6.8939° or 6° 53′ 38″ east
UN/LOCODE
NL EMM
Open location code
9F48QVQV+HH
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Emmen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “إمن”
  • Arabic: “إيمين”
  • Armenian: “Էմմեն”
  • Asturian: “Emmen”
  • Bulgarian: “Емен (Нидерландия)”
  • Bulgarian: “Емен”
  • Catalan: “Emmen”
  • Cebuano: “Emmen”
  • Chinese: “埃門”
  • Danish: “Emmen”
  • Dutch: “Emmen (Drenthe)”
  • Dutch: “Emmen”
  • Estonian: “Emmeni vald”
  • French: “Emmen”
  • German: “Emmen”
  • Greek: “Έμεν”
  • Hebrew: “אמן”
  • Indonesian: “Emmen”
  • Irish: “Emmen”
  • Italian: “Emmen”
  • Japanese: “エメン”
  • Korean: “에먼”
  • Korean: “엠먼”
  • Limburgan: “Emme”
  • Lithuanian: “Emenas”
  • Low German: “Emmen”
  • Macedonian: “Емен”
  • Marathi: “एमेन”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Emmen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Emmen”
  • Persian: “امن”
  • Polish: “Emmen”
  • Portuguese: “Emmen”
  • Romanian: “Emmen”
  • Russian: “Эммен”
  • Serbian: “Емен”
  • Slovenian: “Emmen”
  • Spanish: “Emmen”
  • Swedish: “Emmen”
  • Tatar: “Эммен”
  • Ukrainian: “Еммен”
  • Vietnamese: “Emmen, Drenthe”
  • Vietnamese: “Emmen”
  • Vlaams: “Emmen”
  • Western Frisian: “Emmen”

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Drenthe: Highlights

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