The Zoo of Emmen and other Emmen, Netherlands Things to Do Tips

The Zoo of Emmen, called the Noorderdierenpark, has a very beautifull rather natural atmosphere. There is a herd of 14 elephants of all ages, an African Savannah with zebras, giraffes & rhinos. Further you can walk in the tropical butterfly-garden, at the Playa Pinguinos and in a huge green South- American bird cage between the butterflies, pinguins or birds. Or what do you think of having dinner with the swimming sharks at the background ?

Entrance fee:
adults: 16 euro, entry single
children: (3-10) 13.50 euro, single entry
adults: 35 euro, the year round
children: (3 to 10) 14 euro, the year round

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Phone: +31 591850850
Address: Hoofdstraat 18, 7801BA Emmen
Directions: The zoo is situated in the city-centre of Emmen.
Website: www.noorderdierenpark.nl

The zoo has a nice african savannah with rhino's, zebra's, ostriches, wildebeasts, giraffes and impalas. It's one of my favourite places in the zoo.

At one point you're a eye height with the giraffes. Here are always a lot of people around.
I also like it to sit at the terrace of the safari restaurant, especially in the first hour the park opens it doors. It's a nice time to look at the animals.

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Directions: In the citycentre of Emmen

The zoo in Emmen has a beautifull butterfly garden. In a colourfull tropical garden with many flowering plants you can walk between the many colourfull butterflies.

Sometimes a butterfly will come and sit down on your hand. I prefer to go there on a rainy or cold sunday to enjoy the tropics of the garden. It's a relaxing place to sit down for a while

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Directions: The zoo is in the citycentre of Emmen.

The original zoo is in the middle of the citycentre of Emmen. In 2002 a second part of the zoo is opened at the edge of the centre. A huge pedestrian traverse connects the two parts through the centre of Emmen.

In the new part of the zoo is the South American section. At the Playa Pinguinos you can walk between the pinguins, allthough they made a low fence later, because some of the pinguins liked to walk out of the zoo into the town of Emmen. You can also watch the swimming pinguins under water.

In 2007 they started to make plans to move the whole zoo to this new part. The actual zoo in hte city centre will be transformed into a 'zoo for humans' to live in special houses still ahving the feel of the continents of the former zoo and to spend their leisure time.

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Phone: 0591-850850
Address: Hoofdstraat 18
Directions: Emmen, citycentre
Website: www.noorderdierenpark.nl

The Noorderdierenpark is known of its beautiful natural setting of the continents.
In 2003 the North American section in the original park is enlarged, after the South American animals moved to the new built part of the zoo.
Except the three Kodiak bears, there are now also elks and bisons to see.

The zoo is open everyday.
In winter from 10 am to 4.30 pm.
In summer from 10 am to 6 pm.

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Phone: 0591-850850
Address: Hoofdstraat
Directions: The zoo is In the citycentre, easy to reach from the trainstation and the parkinglots.
Follow the signs.
Website: www.noorderdierenpark.nl

The kantongerecht or district court is housed in one of the most old beautiful buildings in the centre of Emmen. It's an unique building with wonderful columns.
It is built round 1855 by the two directors of the Oranjekanaalmaatschappij, inspired by their stay in Indonesia.
The building was started as an house, later it was the office of the Oranjemaatschapij.
In 1891 it became the postoffice of Emmen and in 1911 the district court moved in.

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Address: Hoofdstraat
Directions: In the centre, south of the entrance of the zoo.

Drenthe is the province of hundebeds. You can find here 52 of the 54 hunebeds in the Netherlands.
A hunebed is a megalithic skeleton of a burial chambers of 5.500 years old, made of huge boulders of around 25.000 Kg and in the past covered with earth.
These boulders came to Drenthe from Scandinavia, transported by the ice-glaciers, in the ice-period of 200.000 years ago.
The boulders were dragged to the burial place and piled up to rectangular graves.
In Emmen are 10 hunebeds.
The Long Grave is one of a kind in the Netherlands and can further only be found near Oldenburg in Germany.

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Address: Noordeind/ Odoornerweg Emmen
Directions: West of the road to Odoorn, not far from the centre of Emmen. There is a small parkinglot and the hunebed is signposted.
A path of several 100 Ms is leading to the place.

The langgraf or ''long grave'' at the Schimmeres in Emmen is a very special hunebed. Two small burial chambers are embedded in an almost complete, partially restored ring of kerbstones of 40 M long.
The north chamber has 3 capstones, 6 side- and 2 endstones.
You can park your car nearby, but it is also a nice 10 minutes walk from the centre of Emmen. It's a peaceful place with huge oaks and a nice view at the open landscape.
So have a sit on the bench to enjoy the view and the horses around.

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Directions: North of the centre of Emmen, a ten minutes walk. West of the road to Odoorn.
The place is signposted (''hunebed'')

The Nabershof is a Saxon farmhouse from 1681, it is a monument and owned by the Drentse Vereniging (union) 't Volk van Grada.
The farmhouse is restored in 1992 and authentically furnished in the style of Drenthe as a museum farmhouse.
The farmhouse is only open during special events, like the accordion and concertina festivals the last sunday in June and the first sunday in September.
't Volk van Grada also organise traditional farmer weddingparties and fashion shows of traditional costumes, to be visited.
You can make an appointment for a visit.

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Phone: 0591-629601
Address: Noordeind 21 or PO box 2086, 7801 Emmen
Directions: West of the road to Odoorn, just north of the centre of Emmen, beside the path to the langgraf/ hunebed

Wthin the borders of the municipality of Emmen between the villages Zwartemeer and Weiteveen is a big Nature Reserve of moorland and peat swamp.
The Bargerveen is the largest remain of the former Boertangermoeras, covering East-Drenthe, East Groningen and a part of Germany. It was originally 300.000 hectare with 160.000 hectare in the Netherlands.
In the 19th century started the peat-digging.
In 1968 the governement bought the first hectares. After the Purit factory stopped the peat-digging (for the production of norit) in 1995, the actual 2000 hectare Nature Reserve is completed.
It is a nice area for walking and birdwatching.
There are marked walking trails between the one and 7.5 KM in all the three parts of the Reserve, the Meerstalblok in the north, the Amsterdamse Veld in the middle and the Schoonebeker Veld in the south.
For more information or excursions you can ask Staatsbosbeheer Zwartemeer (address and tel. see below)

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Phone: 0591-313572
Address: Kamerlingfwijk OZ 83, 7894 AJ Zwartemeer
Directions: In the far south east of the Province Drenthe at the German border south of the village Zwartemeer.