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Assen: museums, sights, cafes and more

OpenStreetMap lists 4 museums and galleries, 11 sights and landmarks, 12 cafes, 80 places to eat, 8 bars and pubs, 6 theatre, cinema and arts, 12 parks and nature, 3 markets and shopping centres and 9 places for fun and games within 4 km of the centre.
Assen, photo from Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Niels Elgaard Larsen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Municipality in and capital city of Drenthe, the Netherlands

City in Drenthe, the Netherlands, about 69,000 people, 2021, Wikidata. Places within 4 km of the centre.

Tourist nights in Noord-Drenthe: about 17 per resident a year (Eurostat 2025, our calculation).

Read more on Wikipedia: the article about Assen (opens in a new tab)
Open in the interactive guide: AssenCan I go?

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Each list below shows up to 8 places, in the guide's usual order. The interactive guide shows up to 15 of each kind.

Museums and galleries in Assen

4 listed by OpenStreetMap.

Sights and landmarks in Assen

Showing 8 of 11 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

3 more in the interactive guide: sights and landmarks in Assen

Cafes in Assen

Showing 8 of 12 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

2 more in the interactive guide: cafes in Assen

Restaurants and cheap eats in Assen

Showing 8 of 80 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

7 more in the interactive guide: places to eat in Assen

Bars and pubs in Assen

8 listed by OpenStreetMap.

Clubs and live music in Assen

OpenStreetMap lists no clubs and live music inside 4 km of Assen. That does not mean there are none, only that nobody has mapped one yet.

Theatre, cinema and culture in Assen

6 listed by OpenStreetMap.

Parks, nature and beaches in Assen

Showing 8 of 12 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

4 more in the interactive guide: parks and nature in Assen

Markets and shopping centres in Assen

3 listed by OpenStreetMap.

Fun and games in Assen

Showing 8 of 9 that OpenStreetMap lists here.

1 more in the interactive guide: places for fun and games in Assen

Other towns near Assen

Place data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). OpenStreetMap data as of 20 September 2026. Built 21 September 2026. Our selection for the Netherlands is offered under the same licence: download it as one JSON file.

Photos and the one-line descriptions come from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, not from OpenStreetMap. Each photo carries its own licence and its own credit, printed under it. Collected 21 September 2026.

This is a selection, not everything OpenStreetMap holds, and it has no ratings and no reviews. Places are ordered by how completely OpenStreetMap describes them and how close they are to the centre. Opening hours are shown as listed on OpenStreetMap, so check before you go.