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Score: 7.5

Zuidlaren is a village with a long history and presents everything a typical Dutch village should offer. There are shops, café’s, restaurants, characteristic churches and a classic windmill, which has demonstrations on a regular basis.

Zuidlaren is surrounded by forests, lakes and plenty of cycle tracks to enjoy the typical Dutch landscape, like the heather fields. Forests, moors, natural parks and the bicycle possibilities are often mentioned as motive to spend the vacation in our village. Furthermore the province of Drenthe is very known of their hunnebedden, which are graves of rocks constructed in the prehistory. For the children the surroundings provide several entertaining parks and a fairytale garden. When visiting Zuildaren the hotel always suggest you to go to the historical village; Orvelte. Orvelte, a national monument, shows the visitor how the people in Northern Netherlands lived in the past. You can explore for example houses of turf.

One of the biggest attractions in Northern Netherlands is the Zoo in Emmen (45 minutes driving), which is known as one of the best Zoo’s of Europe. Another popular destination are the typical islands, Schiermonnikoog and Borkum (Germany), which is only one hour driving and approximately one hour sailing. The visitor will be able to get to these islands by bus and boat and enjoy the beaches and sand dunes, while walking or cycling. You can visit it within a day.