June 27, 2016 – 40thousandkm

Drenthe – a province (since 1796) in the northeastern Netherlands, with capital in Assen and sparsely populated rural area of 2680 km2. Bordered by Overijssel, Friesland, Groningen (The Netherlands) and Lower Saxony (Germany). The name “Drenthe” most likely comes from “thrija-hantja” (“three lands”). More than half of Drenthe inhabitants speaks the Drents dialect (with different versions in each town/village), from the Low Saxon language group.