A day with lots of variety. First you visit the provincial capital Assen, still a large village, with monumental buildings, plenty of shops and a beautiful museum on the Brink. Eastwards, you come to Rolde and in the forestry area of Gieten, you can walk the Boomkroonpad. After Borger's Hunebed Museum, you traverse the forests of Exloo. You dine in an authentic farm inn in Valthe, 3 km away.