Hoogeveen

Hoogeveen, tourist information

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Coat of arms of Hoogeveen
Coat of arms of Hoogeveen
Number of inhabitants: 55.662
Number of national monuments: 19

Summary of Hoogeveen

The Main Street Hoogeveen
The Main Street Hoogeveen

Hoogeveen is a small town in Drenthe it is close to Meppel the city is nice to visit it is a nice shopping city and there is a cozy atmosphere the people are friendly the city is quiet. Hoogeveen is a city to take a look at, we do not recommend Hoogeveen for several days.

Interesting history of Hoogeveen

Flour mill de Zwaluw in Hoogeveen
Flour mill de Zwaluw in Hoogeveen

The City of Hoogeen was founded in the year 1636. This was done by Pieter Joostens and Johan van der Meer, who were Leiden investors.
Because after serious conflicts with the Baron, Roelof van Echten tot Echten, the people of Leiden decided that their workers had to settle permanently on their Fens.
After the Second World War, most of the canals were filled in to create straight, wide roads ideal for traffic. Hoogeveen received an economic boost at that time and Hoogeveen was then one of the fastest growing municipality in the Netherlands with 20.000 inhabitants. To be able to reason the enormous growth of the population, many new housing estates were realized

Hoogeveen Landmarks

The Reformed Church in Hoogeveen
The Reformed Church in Hoogeveen

The city of Hoogeveen has the following tourist attractions Town hall of Hoogeveen another place of interest is the corn mill de zwaluw

Shopping in Hoogeveen

The Tamboerpassage in Hoogeveen
The Tamboerpassage in Hoogeveen

Hoogeveen it is nice to shop there are mainly smaller shops but it is cozy the shopping center is nicely dressed there are many clothing stores drugstores and much more. The most famous shop in Hoogeveen is the Hoofdstraat.
For the real shopping pleasure it is better to move to various cities in the area, which include: Meppel or to Assen of Zwolle

Hoogeveen
Shopping evening: Friday

Activities in Hoogeveen

Building on Main Street Hoogeveen
Building on Main Street Hoogeveen

There are of course also various activities in Hoogeveen. For example, you can go to a museum or you can enjoy yourself in a cinema in Hoogeveen. Attractions are not in the city itself, but close by, see the table below for details.

MUSEUMS HOOGEVEENATTRACTIONS HIGH PEACE
  • Museum the 5000 tomorrow, this is a museum you get acquainted with the history and culture of Hoogeveen. Click here for the website
  • Slagharen amusement park. (>20km). click here for the site.
  • Plopsa indoor Coevorden (>26km) . click here for the site.
  • Wildlands zoo (>35km). click here for the website
  • Play City Orange (>27,8km) (re-opening 2022). click here for the website
CINEMAS HOOGEVEENTHEATERS HOOGEVEEN
  • View Hoogeveen , cinema with regular program. Click here for the site.
  • Film house Hoogeveen, cinema with special program. Click here for the site.
  • The Drummer. click here for the site.

Nature & Parks in Hoogeveen

Building at the Brinkstraat in Hoogeveen
Building at the Brinkstraat in Hoogeveen

Enjoying nature is certainly possible in and near Hoogeveen.
There are plenty of parks in the city itself. Some examples of these parks are the Zuiderpark and Steenbergerpark. For the rest, there are even more parks. If you want to go to the large greenery, you can also go into the province of Drenthe. The province is full of nature. A large nature reserve near Hoogeveen is the Dwingelderveld

Steps in Hoogeveen

The old savings bank in Hoogeveen
The old savings bank in Hoogeveen


You can also reasonably go out in Hoogeveen you will find about 20 cafes, a number of dance cafes and a few clubs enough to do in terms of steps in Hoogeveen.

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