It was a semi-sunny, semi-rainy day in the province of drenthe - one of the least known in netherlands. We packed a lunch of meat cooked in wine and garlic and headed down on the country roads from Groningen towards Harem and continued towards Zuidlarden with the final destination Annen. 53 of the 54 known hunebedden in the netherlands are in the province of Drenthe. In Annen we saw three ourselves and the site of yet another one which has now been dismantled. These rock structures were built as burial sites along with the ones which are now below the ground and appear just as mounds. Today they are just popular day trips for all the bored dutch in and around Drenthe.
For all lazy desi's stuck in groningen here is a list of can do options:
1. Take a trip down to these hunebedden. You could either take a bus down, or drive down or even bike down. The flat dutch bike tracks will not tax even the laziest of people!!! Some of these stone structures are in some forest-like area. Take the chance to have a nice picnic lunch. some others are in present day towns. Take the opportunity and visit a local cafe and sit down with some nice coffee.
2. Paterswoldemeer trip. Take a bike and just head towards the south of the city. Instead of doing the official paterwoldemeer weg which covers not just the lake but also nearby towns like harem, just head down towards the lake. You could either take a swim in the sandy (man made) beach or a coffee in the cool blue(!) cafe, sit near the old windmill or even go rowing.
3. Zuidlardenmeer. Further south of Groningen is the Zuidlardenmeer. One could go surfiing, or rowing, or take a cruise in a boat, or simply just sit around there and ejoy everyone else doing things...
4. Drink Genever
5. Many many more ideas to follow as and when I try them out and like them :)
