Holiday apartment in Dedemsvaart: discover gardens, water and culture

Dedemsvaart brings together garden culture, water experiences, nature and regional history within a compact thematic area. The town emerged in the first half of the 19th century through the construction of the De Vaart canal and peat extraction in the surrounding areas. If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Dedemsvaart, you can tailor your stay to very different interests: gardens and exhibitions, a hiking and cycling route, or seasonal activities on the water.

Holiday apartment in Dedemsvaart between garden art and culture

One defining destination is the Tuinen Mien Ruys. They are a municipal heritage site in Dedemsvaart and consist of more than thirty different gardens. At the Tuinen Mien Ruys tea house, you can enjoy local treats, coffee, light lunches and drinks. A visit to the gardens and a break at the tea house can therefore be planned as a focus of your holiday, without committing your days to a single experience.

The Gashouder Podium also combines culture and industrial history: the theater and pop venue are housed in an authentic Rijksmonument on the historic Kalkoventerrein in Dedemsvaart. The Gashouder Podium hosts changing exhibitions. The Landbouwmuseum Avereest is likewise housed in a restored industrial building on Langewijk in Dedemsvaart. This gives you different themes to choose from when planning your trip, including garden art, performing arts and agricultural history.

Waterways, cycling and hiking days

The Interactieve Meerpalenroute Dedemsvaart is an 8-kilometer hiking and cycling route along eleven houses and buildings. At each location, there is a post with a QR code leading to an app with audio stories. The route passes ’t Olde Postkantoor, De Tuinen van Mien Ruys and Huize Moerheim and runs around the Kotermeer. This combines exercise with narrated local history and makes a concrete idea for an active day.

By the water lies the natural area Kotermeerstal, a body of water covering approximately 13 hectares on the southern side of Dedemsvaart. On summer days, visitors can swim, sail, play football and beach volleyball there; in winter, ice skating is possible. A cycling and hiking path runs around De Koter along the water, reed beds and beach, as well as spacious play and sunbathing lawns. The activities that vary by season give your planning a clear direction if you want to combine water, exercise or relaxing time outdoors.

Animal experiences and regional sociability

The Kinderboerderij Dedemsvaart, also known as DeKibo, offers encounters with ponies, goats, pot-bellied pigs, ostriches, rabbits, guinea pigs and squirrels. There are also birds in aviaries and various waterfowl in the pond. For a family outing with children, this place adds an engaging animal world to the range of possible holiday activities.

Brouwerij Avereest adds a sociable culinary touch: every first Friday afternoon of the month from 5:00 p.m., the brewery hosts a VrijMiBo in the tasting room. Everyone aged 18 and over is welcome to sample the beers and enjoy each other’s company.

Getting there and choosing the right location

Dedemsvaart has no railway station. Buses connect the town with Hoogeveen, Zwolle and Hardenberg. The shortest connection from Hoogeveen railway station to the Dedemsvaart bus station takes approximately 40 minutes. This information is relevant when choosing a holiday apartment or other accommodation if you want to plan your arrival and daily destinations clearly from the outset.

Other places for your trip planning: Rheezerveen, Gramsbergen, Sibculo, Lutten, Loozen, Hardenberg, Schuinesloot, Collendoorn.

To the main travel overview: Hardenberg.