| Assen is the Capital of the province of Drenthe | | | | has year round events. |
| Netherlands. It is the fastest growing city in the | | | | Because of these monumental houses, the town |
| northern part of the Netherlands.Assen lies | | | | was soon nicknamed the City of Palaces. The |
| encircled by picturesque villages, with a number of | | | | Nassaulaan is the connecting street between the |
| nature parks only a stone's throw away. | | | | city centre and the Forest of Assen. This street |
| It is a main industries are clothing, paper, printing | | | | is also part of the cultural heritage area of the |
| and food processing. | | | | city. At this lovely street you can find a lot of |
| The city is not a very big city there for there are | | | | beautiful and majestic houses, but also the deer |
| not that many bars. | | | | park and the former grammar school. The old |
| In the old city centre are a lot of shops. The | | | | part of the city centre and the area west of it, |
| shopping centre within the centre of Assen is | | | | concerning the Vaart, Torenlaan and Nassaulaan |
| called the Forum. The forum is surrounded by | | | | was declared National Cultural Heritage in 1988. |
| numerous alleys offering smaller and much more | | | | The Drents Museum is spread out over several |
| attractive shops. There is a market down town | | | | old houses around Brink Square in village of Assen. |
| on Saturdays. | | | | The museum covers the history of the Drenthe |
| For cabaret, performances, dance, music and | | | | province, and includes some interesting exhibits |
| movies go to the 'Theatre De Kolk' in Assen is | | | | such as an assortment of prehistoric bodies from |
| the place to be. There is a theatre-cafe and three | | | | the early settlers who built the hunebeds the |
| halls. Before Theatre De Kolk there was already a | | | | megalithic tombs built on the Hondsrug ridge. The |
| Concerthuis at the same place, built in 1851. | | | | museum also holds the oldest water vessel ever |
| Assen's main claim to fame is the motor cycle | | | | found. |
| racing circuit, where on the last Saturday in June | | | | The biggest Truck festival in the Netherlands, |
| the Dutch TT is run. Every year the Dutch TT | | | | even in the northern part of Europe. Two |
| draws a large number of visitors to the circuit. | | | | thousand trucks from all over Europe come |
| During the TT week there also parties in the city | | | | every year to Assen. There come with the most |
| of Assen. The TT fun fair and the traditional TT | | | | beautiful truck, truck racing, demonstrations, |
| night, at which live music is played. The circuit also | | | | music, stunts, funfair and a lot more. |