What is there to do in Drenthe this weekend?

Small, smaller, smallest: gnomes. The gnome forest will be opened in Odoorn on Saturday 7 January. That is an educational forest for children next to obs De Weiert. It is a relief with the rest of the weekend plans in Drenthe. It’s going to be a grand weekend.

In Zuidwolde, for example. There is an international German Shepherd show in the equestrian center on the same day. About 130 dogs are expected. They come from Belgium, France, England, Denmark, United States, Spain, Germany and the Netherlands. The German Shepherd Dogs will be judged and judged on this day by two German judges and a Dutch judge. It is expected that about 1000 visitors from the Netherlands and abroad will come. The show starts at 09:00 and ends around 16:00.

The Veenloopcentrum Weiteveen is doing it even bigger. There is a walk with three kings on Sunday 8 January! The route is signposted and goes for the most part through the Bargerveen nature reserve. Food and drink will be provided along the way. And the kings who walk along: it is not Willem-Alexander. And Filip and Mswati III (the king of Eswatini, ed.) are also not present. Who then? Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Correction: The Veenloopcentrum Weiteveen isn’t doing that big after all.

In Hoogeveen they will also make an attempt to bring in a king on Sunday 8 January. The King, even. Elvis Presley. Of course not the real one, it’s dead. In theater De Tamboer is the national premiere of Elvis the Music. That is a show with a ten-man band with members of, among others, Her Majesty, Herman Brood and SoulSisters with Erwin Nyhoff.

A major renovation at Treant in Emmen. In recent months, new construction has been realized there, where the First Heart Aid/Heart Monitoring department will be located. “Our colleagues are of course proud of their new accommodation. They would therefore like to give interested parties the opportunity to see this brand new department in advance.” An open day in this department, which is Saturday 7 January. Then the cardiac intervention center may also be visited. Registration for this is no longer possible.

“The orchestra enjoys a great reputation in the world of classical jazz.” It’s about the New Orleans Revival Stompers, a Belgian and Dutch jazz formation. It will play on January 8 at 2.30 pm in restaurant Zalen van Veen in Witten. The band aims to revive the traditional New Orleans jazz of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

Finally a long walk. Nature association Zuidwolde will hold its traditional winter walk on 8 January. This is at the village hall de Snikke in Veeningen from 1.15 pm. The walk takes about 2 hours, includes a ferry and is led by a guide.

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