Hunebedden Centrum Borger in Assen

Very informative and interesting. Next to largest hunebed in the Netherlands.

We only looked outside, but the paid parts of the centrum looked interesting, too. Next time!

It was a great day and we had lovely weather, the people here are super friendly and explained a great deal about what happened in the past. Also a lot of small activities to do, great fun and explanations.

Initially we had a good time, looking at all the prehistoric items and rocks, and the cute souvenir shop. Then we figured we would have lunch at the restaurant so that we could have some food before going on the tour. The service was abysmal, and we waited for over an hour before we figured we had waited long enough and finally went on the tour. We paid for our coffee and explained the situation. We had also asked multiple times about the status of our order. We were never updated, nor did we receive an apology for the long wait and ultimately the waste of time. It was busy, and as someone that has worked in customer service I know that our situation could have been handled in a better way.

Limited options and very flavorless food

Incredibly kids friendly, makes me want to have kids hihihi. Not to large of a museum tho 🥕🥕🧅🧅🧅

Excellent!

Ive learned a lot, its definitely a must-see in Drenthe.

Fun, but I wish there were more people outside explaining or demonstrating stuff. Missed opportunity to make it better.

We had a lot of fun. We were here for 2,5 hours. The store had also really nice stuff. First in my life I bought something from a store like this.We had nice weather, but if theres rain there is not a lot of shelter.Will visit this place again!

Nice place that was much bigger than we originally thought. They have lots of interactive things to play with where kids (and adultscan learn how neolithic communities lived. Definitely worth a visit

Rocks from Norwegian and Swedish origin. During ice age(spushed south by glaciers as far as the Netherlands. Some really massive ones. While theyre currently inconvenient for agriculture, they found purpose some 4-5.000 years ago bij ancient people. Either used as shelter or religious/sacred rituals such as tombs. This place allows travelling in time and get a glimpse of what once were habits and means of survival of these people. (Picture of Hunebed is at Diever, number D52, which is part of the Hunebed heritage)

Interesting display of the history and culture of the Hunebed builders, and fun things to do for kids as well.

Both inside activities and outside, although curtailed because of the current public health situation. Nice place, also for children.

The Hunebed Centre gives you background information on the Hunebeds and what makes it even better; it shows you where various rocks originate from. It is therefore a great starting point if you want to visit more Hunebeds during your stay in Drenthe.

The entrance fee is too expensive for whats its offers.

The center shows you some of the important history of the Netherlands. Theyve set it up interactively for young and older.The Hunebed close to the center is the biggest one in the Netherlands.We had a good time during the visit.

Nice enough but the museum is too expensive for what it offers, even more so when the signs outside are so poorly maintained

Great center around a topic that might be a bit boring. But theyve made a nice story around it, and nice things to experience. Im not a big fan of the gory, bloody scene of the wolf eating a dead cow. Kinda scared the kids a lot. So perhaps not the best place to take young kids to. But otherwise a nice museum with the biggest pile of rocks, I mean hunnebeds in the Netherlands.

Very enjoyable museum and outdoor exploration. Great afternoon. Will bring the nephews for sure.

Well made artificial reflections of live in the late stone-age, these are very good. The biggest Hunebed (dolmenis publicly accessible and very nice. Restaurant is not worth visiting.

Great place to visit, with amazing history and lots to discover for everyone

Interesting to see the biggest hunebed in Netherlands. But the visitor centre was full, so we couldnt see inside, cant comment.

Really not very informative. mostly just recreations of prehistoric houses and artefacts. There are some pottery peices on display. Waste of ten Euros. Just Google it. You can access the large stones for free from the carpark.

Awesome place. Lots of interesting archeological information and reconstructed houses from the different times in the distant past that give a good impression of what life might have been like.

Great example of a Hunnebed. You can get to it for free and there is plenty of parking space as well as a gift shop and a place for coffee and thee.

Nice play but expensive tickets. My kids 9 and 8 years found the 10 min movie boringGood restaurants and wc available.

It is very informative about the rocks dated back from prehistoric times. They also have interactive games for children to really have fun while learning.

Polite staff. Clean nice place to visit and learn about local history. Will go again. Very good facilities clean toilets wheelchair access child friendly 😁

You absolutely must visit this place! Very informative museum and exciting displays created by skillful craftsmen. They have built houses and monuments exactly as they would have built them thousands of years ago and you can experience what it would be to live in those ages.Every few weeks they have markets where you can find fossils, old crafts, rare stones, gems and hand crafted jewelry. One a year there is this immense market where more than 80 stands display their crafted goods, their old archeological findings and have activities for young and young at heart.We love and enjoyed the place and their friendly and helpful staff.

Fun museum for kids but not enough interactive games for them for the price you pay I think. We spent about half an hour inside and then some time outside as well and the kids (7 and 5had fun.

There is a small exhibition and outside you can see how the lived in the past. Some things were closed and the bare feet path was over grown and not useable. The entree fee is to high for what you get. The biggest Hunebed you can visit for free.

Especially for small children it is a good place to visit. Not very spectacular, but it was nice to visit

There is an admission fee for the museum. The hunebeds you can watch for free. Id say do both while youre there.

Great museum, alongside Hollands largest Hunebed. I really loved the large variety of wildflowers at the museums premises!!

*Be sure to follow marked sign to the parking area behind the museum.*Amazing to visit this site. Theres a whole bunch in this area.*nice outdoor replicas of homes through stone ages, bronze, iron etc.*It is a burial site so it brought up a lot of questions from my 4 year old. Yikes.

Had a look at the hunebed only. It was too cold to go into the adjoining park.Reception area and shop were still being set up. Looks expensive for entrance to the park.

The main exposition was closed for renovations unfortunately, but we could still enjoy the outdoors area

Well laid out museum with reconstructed prehistoric vilages. There is something for everyone here, from geology to archaeology, sociology, arts and crafts and live reenactments of how hunnenbed contemporaries lived as well as their decendants. The crowning exhibit is the largest hunnenbed discovered in the Netherlands. Ample parking and a welcoming cafe and gift-shop.

Learn a lot of the old civilization and customs while visiting the hunebedcentrum. Translations available in Dutch, English and German.

Its a good trip also with children, a bit small but leaves time to do something else.

Nice interactive museum. Tour starts with a short movie, explaining the origin of the stones which ended up around the "Hondsrug" area. Museum had a lot of recovered artifacts. Outside area is a journey back in time with old wooden and clay houses. Kids can make fire on the old way with fire stones. Nice day out for the entire family

Impressive, educational museum, that presents the largest Dolmen (Hunebedof the Netherlands, with its entire history and (presumedpurpose. It also includes a garden with artifacts that display life in prehistoric time. The film theatre is very professional and the film has impressions of life in prehistoric time, though there doesnt seem to be much of a story in it. The service in the restaurant is very friendly. They also care for the environment with bird feeding facilities and a bee hive.

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit, despite rainy conditions. Entrance fee (9.50 for adultsis not to shabby, but given the exposition at display not to much either. The indie exposition starts with a movie which was somewhat confusing but entertaining.Following are some informative movies and maquettes and the chance to visit a hunebed as it would have been back in the days.Following this, we went outside to the little areas that showed some of the ways people lived in iron and bronze ages as well as replica hunebed. Much to our surprise, the houses were occupied by people dressed in the fashion of that era and very willing to explain house things worked on those days.One word of warning: dont wear your best when visiting these houses, they are birthing a wood fire which is very cosy, but also very smoky and there wasnt much of a chimney around in these times so you *will* reek of smoke afterwards :)All in all a very pleasant and informative way to spend an afternoon, definitely recommended.

Shocking that weve never heard of it before visiting Netherlands. Much more impressive than stonehenge.... older and more of them and you can touch them

The Hunebed Centre tells a bit of the acheological significance of the Hunebed and its stone. The displays are somewhat dated and rather dusty, the intro "movie" a little vague and general without a word of explanation, but you dont need to enter here to visit the Hunebed outside.Happy with the food and coffee here.

This place is a voyage and a discovery to a place in the past that is not mentioned very often in History. It was mind-blowing entering the different houses from the stone, bronze and iron ages. Amazing service at the restaurant and nice souvenir shop!The only thing far from perfect is the absence of English subtitles in the movies show at the center.

Fun treetop climbing centre in the middle of a forrest. Playground, restaurant, different walking routes through the forrest. Fun and educational for kids...

You could say it are only couple of rocks, but based on the visit I learned quite a lot! Also nice for kids.

While driving through the small village Borger, I noticed a sign. Borger claims it is the Hunebed Capital of the Netherlands, having the largest hunebed (dolmen).Living in the western part of the Netherlands, my life happens mainly on the axe Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp. Seldom do I visit our other provinces, despite they have much to offer. So I decided I would visit the site, a decision I absolutely not regret. As a child I read about hunebedden (plural). Now I saw the largest in full colour.Last year I visited Stonehenge. Many know Stonehenge, and would like to visit it.I certainly recommend a visit. It is impressive! Not many people know of the existence of dolmens (many in Scandinavia!so, do not intend to visit these. The dolmens are older than Stonehenge...Therefore the first thing I noticed at the site, was the low numbers of spectators. The information center is similar to the one of Stonehenge: lots of information. The museum in Borger, however, did a greater job in reconstructing the lives of the people as of the Stone Age.The stones and boulders come from Scandinavia, brought to the rest of Europe in gletsjers 200,000 years ago, when Europe was covered under 1 kilometer ice. Approximately 5,000 years ago the early settlers built dolmen with it.