Holiday apartment in Stadskanaal: Culture, Water and Westerwolde

Stadskanaal combines impressive railway history, historic places and a varied landscape in Westerwolde. Museumspoorlijn STAR is the longest museum railway in the Netherlands and offers a historic train journey on the border between Groningen and Drenthe. The Museumspoorlijn STAR museum also features an extensive exhibition that tells the story of its railway line.

Culture and History

The Streekhistorisch Centrum is a museum with an extensive archive on the history of the Kanaalstreek and Westerwolde, and it organizes various activities. The Museum van de Streek in Stadskanaal also presents the history of the Kanaalstreek. Huize ter Marse in Stadskanaal offers another perspective on the region's past: the building was constructed in 1884 for the Maarsingh family of farmers and peat entrepreneurs.

Museum Stelmakerij Wever is located in the former wheelwright's workshop of the Wever brothers in Mussel. The former Wever wheelwright's workshop made agricultural equipment, including flails and farm carts. From May to October, the museum is open on Saturdays from 10:00 to 16:00; outside the season, it opens for groups by appointment. Winkeltje bij de Sluis displays old-fashioned food products in their original packaging.

Smeerling also preserves notable traces of history. The village in the municipality of Stadskanaal has been designated a protected villagescape, and it is home to authentic regional farmhouses built in the 18th century. Julianapark in Stadskanaal is a Rijksmonument. The Stolpersteinekaart of the municipality of Stadskanaal connects the locations of the Stolpersteine with information about the Jewish community during the Second World War. It also indicates cycling and walking routes to places of interest in the municipality of Stadskanaal.

Water and Landscape

The Stadskanaal canal is part of the Veendam–Stadskanaal–Ter Apel waterway. Pagedal includes the Pagebos forest and the Pageplas, a natural pond. The Pageplas is connected by the distinctive De Rode Loper bridge. In the municipality of Stadskanaal, former settling basins have been converted into a nature area; they are particularly suitable for birdwatching.

Westerwolde offers a gently undulating sandy landscape with forests, streams, rivers and pastureland, where visitors can walk and cycle. The green surroundings of Smeerling are also suitable for walks in nature. During a walk along the water in the centre of Stadskanaal, traces of the past can still be seen.

Routes and Places

The Gothic Nicolaaskerk, built around 1500, stands in Onstwedde. The Juffertoren is over 41 metres high and at least 150 years older than the Nicolaaskerk. The six-kilometre Westerwolde walking route 10 passes the Nicolaaskerk and the Juffertoren in Onstwedde. At the Oogstfeest Onstwedde, bread and spekdikken are among the foods baked.

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Other local pages: Onstwedde, Stadskanaal, Mussel, Alteveer, Vledderveen.

Other destinations: Haren, De Marne, Eemsmond.

To the higher-level travel overview: Groningen.