The fourth route, 'Like a dream', largely follows the old route Van Gogh walked after his visit to Zweeloo. At Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord, you will pass the route of the trekschuit (tugged-boat) that Vincent took on his journey from Hoogeveen.
Inspired by other artists’ stories, Vincent van Gog…
The fourth route, 'Like a dream', largely follows the old route Van Gogh walked after his visit to Zweeloo. At Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord, you will pass the route of the trekschuit (tugged-boat) that Vincent took on his journey from Hoogeveen.
Inspired by other artists’ stories, Vincent van Gogh moved to Drenthe in the autumn of 1883. He arrived at the train station in Hoogeveen and travelled onwards by trekschuit (tugged-boat) to South-East Drenthe a few weeks later. These walking routes will allow you to walk a mile in Van Gogh's shoes. Discover the locations where he stayed, painted and drew. The walking routes will allow you to discover what Vincent experienced here as they lead you through the landscape with which he fell in love. We have four Van Gogh Drenthe walking routes available.
Parking and public transport
Parking spaces are available nearby.
Signposting
The routes are marked with brown and white signs throughout the landscape. Along the way, you can find additional information on the info panels. At some locations, see-through panels have been installed. These allow you to capture the landscape of today and times past.
This route will take you past partly unpaved, occasionally boggy roads.
This route is therefore not wheelchair-friendly.
To avoid any nuisance from the local flora and fauna, we recommend wearing long trousers and good walking shoes.
If you want to stay overnight in Drenthe like Vincent van Gogh did, have a look at https://www.visitdrenthe.com/home
In the correspondence with his brother, Vincent and Theo wrote about the artist Max Liebermann who painted in Zweeloo.
Many roads in Drenthe were unpaved and difficult to pass during wet periods. Vincent wrote about the southern part of his journey
The Reformed Church (also Grote Kerk) is a three-aisled hall church from the 15th century in the Drenthe town of Sleen.
On his way back, Vincent probably stopped at this old inn on Brink number 9 for a cup of coffee and a slice of ‘boerenmik’. Boerenmik is a bread that's just slightly darker than white bread.
When Vincent walked along the dike at nightfall, he encountered another flock of sheep with a shepherd on the muddy dirt road.
Vincent van Gogh often took a barge from Hoogeveen to Nieuw Amsterdam/Veenoord.
The drawbridge that Vincent painted was situated right on the municipal boundary between Veenoord and Nieuw Amsterdam.
This house is permanently accessible to the public and is a place where Vincent used to live and work, when it was still called Logement Scholte.
