The route 'Stay in primeval landscape' shows you what Vincent saw andexperienced during his time in Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord.
Inspired by other artists’ stories, Vincent van Gogh moved to Drenthe in…
The route 'Stay in primeval landscape' shows you what Vincent saw andexperienced during his time in Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord.
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 is available at Nieuw-Amsterdam station (Veilingstraat 41, 7833 HN Nieuw-Amsterdam). This station is also easily accessible by public transport.
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 is wheelchair-friendly. All our wheelchair-friendly options are included in the paper walking guide. The walking guide can be bought at local Tourist Info Points.
If you want to stay overnight in Drenthe like Vincent van Gogh did, have a look at https://www.visitdrenthe.com/holiday-in-drenthe
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.
A ‘snikke’ is a boat about 11 to 15 metres long with one mast. These boats were often pulled by a horse on the canals. Transporting materials around 1883 wa largely done on the water.
In the past, this area was home to a large low-moor peat bog, known as Ermerveen. This is probably the place where Van Gogh made several works, including his work ‘Two Women on the Peat Moor’.
Vincent van Gogh wanted to explore nature. He was not actually a landscape painter; he wanted to depict human figures.
You're standing at the intersection of the Dennenweg with the Stieltjeskanaal. Construction of the canal was in full swing when Van Gogh was here.
Louis Dommers, administrator of the Drentsche Landontginning Maatschappij (Drenthe Extraction Society) lived in the beautiful La Paix house.
At 41 Schooldijk, there is another workers' cottage from the 1885 period.
