Assen Heritage Walk: From Convent to Palace Town
120 min
1.0 km
10 stops
About this tour
Assen grew from a convent on the Brink to a small palace town. A self-guided centre walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Drents Museum
Paid museum. Tuesday to Sunday 10:00-17:00, closed Monday. Adult about €17.50. Brink 1. Founded 1854. Stands on the Maria in Campis convent site. Cistercian nu…
Gouvernementsgebouw
Paid when you enter museum rooms. The Brink itself is public. Brink 1-3. Built 1882 to 1887 by Van Lokhorst and Havelaar on the west convent wing. Museum use f…
Abdijkerk Assen
Paid with a museum ticket when the nave is open as part of Drents Museum. Brink 2, also called Kloosterkerk. Maria in Campis Cistercian church. Thirteenth-cent…
Brink Assen
Public square. No ticket for the grass. Brink, Assen. Historic brink, the shared green the convent chose. Cafés LIFF, Brink., and Toscana sit on the north side…
Ontvangershuis
Paid if you enter annex rooms on published days. Public facade. Brink 6. Louis Napoleon signed KB nr 10 here on 13 March 1809, granting Assen city rights. Tax…
Bartje
Public lane. No ticket for the bronze. Small lane behind Ontvangershuis. Character from Anne de Vries. Limestone original now in Drents Archief after vandalism…
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What's included
GPS-guided walking route
Interactive quizzes at each stop
Fascinating stories and facts
Lifetime access to the tour
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