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Score: 8.4

Ommen lies 20 kilometres (12½ miles) east of the provincial capital of Zwolle and 35 kilometres (22 miles) north-east of fellow Hanseatic city Deventer. It lies on the north bank of the Vecht river, not far from where the Regge river merges with this stream. Only smaller ships and yachts can use these waterways.

Because Ommen is a rural municipality, tourism and agriculture are the pillars of the local economy. The beautiful forests and hilly heathlands of Ommen attract many nature-seeking visitors. The city of Ommen has several hotels and in the surrounding area there are fifteen campgrounds. Ommen also has a small marina.

Since 15 januari 1903, Ommen has had a railway station, situated one mile from the centre on the other bank of the Vecht. The station is on the (minor) railway Zwolle-Emmen and trains stop roughly twice an hour. Ommen also used to have direct railway connections to Stadskanaal and to Deventer via Raalte, which were decommissioned when they lost their importance due to the emergence of the automobile. Early plans to establish railways from Ommen to Hoogeveen and Hellendoorn were abandoned for that same reason.

An important infrastructural problem is road N34, from Zwolle via Emmen to Groningen, which crosses the city of Ommen. One of its main crossroads, near the Vecht bridge is a bottleneck that causes frequent traffic congestion. The government now plans to reroute the N34 road north of the city, in order to reduce crosstown traffic.