Tourist attractions Assen

The museum collections are shared among a historic house (1885), the abbey church, the Drostenhuis and the Ontvangershuis (the former home of the inspector of taxes). The exhibition is comprised mainly of local archaeological finds (boat from 6 300 B..

This charming statuette of the hero of novelist Anne de Vries (1904-1964) stands behind the garden of the Ontvangershuis. It was sculpted by Suze Berkhout. You'll find the original in the town hall.

Two hunebedden (prehistoric funerary monuments) are found in a wood. One of them is covered with seven slabs. The two monuments have an entrance to the south.

The Westerbork Camp Memorial Centre keeps alive memories of the war and the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands by means of photos, drawings, various objects and monuments. It was from this camp that Anne Frank and her family were deported t..

Hunebed D 14 (a prehistoric grave marker), which can be seen shortly after the road branches to the right, is topped by six tables. You can still see some of the stones that used to encircle it.

This hunebed (prehistoric grave marker) has retained its original appearance. Located in an excavation at the top of a knoll, it consists of a square of tightly fitted stones and still has one of the flat flagstones that formed part of the roof. Two ..

Having crossed a road, behind two rustic houses, in the shadow of large trees, you will come across two covered alleys (D3/4) each made of enormous flagstones.

Of this hunebed (prehistoric funerary monument) only one of the five vertical stones remains. It is the only one in the province of Groningen.

The D 19/20 hunebedden (prehistoric grave markers) are located on a wooded mound near the main road, from which you can see them. One of them is surrounded of a circle of stones.

This visitor centre is dedicated to the hunebedden (prehistoric funerary monuments) and to prehistoric life. Fairly close to the visitors centre stands the largest of all the hunebedden, the hunebed of Borger (D 27). It is surrounded by trees and s..