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w Diever
Road Map D2. * 3,700. @ 20.
n Bosweg 2a (0521-591748).
Diever was an important centre
from prehistoric times to the
Middle Ages. Tumuli, megaliths
and remains of the 9th-century
wooden foundations of the
village church lend it historical
importance. The church features
a 12th-century Romanesque
tower of tufa stone. Diever is in
the middle of the Nationaal Brown bears in the popular Noorder Dierenpark in Emmen
Park Het Drents-Friese Woud:
the town is now synonymous past cen turies. Stedelijk Museum O Noorder Dierenpark
with cycling and rambling. Drenthe’s Veste highlights the Hoofdstraat 18. Tel 0591-850855.
In summer, the Shakespeare- town’s history. Open daily. & 7 - 0
markten (Shakespeare fair) is ∑ dierenparkemmen.nl
held during performances of E Stedelijk Museum
the playwright’s works in the Drenthe’s Veste Environs
open-air theatre. Haven 6. Tel 0524-516225. Roughly 10 km (6 miles) east of
Open 9:30–5pm Tue–Sat, noon– Emmen are the Amster damsche
Environs 5pm Sun. & - Veld upland peat marshes,
In Vledder, 10 km (6 miles) perhaps the loneliest place in
west of Diever, is a museum of Holland. In Barger-Compascuum,
graphic art and glass-blowing r Emmen Veenpark re-creates the times
and art forgery. when the people of Drenthe
Road Map E2. * 105,000. @ v
n Hoofdstraat 22 (0591-649712). lived in poverty, cutting peat. In
E Museum voor Valse Kunst/ ( Fri am. 1883, Vincent van Gogh stayed
Museum voor Hedendaagse at the Scholte ferry-house in
Grafiek/ Museum voor Glaskunst A modern town, Emmen is the Veenoord (Nieuw-Amsterdam).
Brink 1, Vledder. Tel 0521-383352. Open result of the amalgamation of At the Van Gogh House, his
Apr–Oct: 11am–4pm Wed–Sun; Nov– several former villages. Eleven room on the first floor has
Dec: 11am–4pm Sat & Sun. & 8 megaliths, including Langgraf op been restored to the way it
de Schimmer Es or long barrow was in 1883, as has the café-
on the Schimmer Es, the urn- restaurant below.
fields (see p47) and prehistoric
farmland (the Celtic Fields) in the E Veenpark
vicinity and the 12th-century Berkenrode 4, Barger-Compascuum.
tower on the Hoofdstraat reflect Tel 0591-324444. Open Apr–Nov:
the district’s history. At Noorder 10am–5pm daily. & 7 -
Dierenpark, animals roam freely. E Van Gogh Huis
The Biochron museum and Van Goghstraat 1, Nieuw-Amsterdam.
Vlindertuin butterfly gardens Tel 0591-555600. Open 1–5pm Tue–
are also here. Sun. - 0 =

Lime kilns at in the village
of Diever

e Coevorden
Road Map E3. * 34,000. @ v
n Kerkstraat 2 (0524-525150).
( Mon.
The castle here dates from around
1200. The star-shaped moat and
surviving bastions and town walls
define the look of the town, while
the façades of the Friesestraat and
Weeshuisstraat are telling of Van Gogh’s Peat Boat with Two Figures (1883) in Drents Museum, Assen

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