Hunebedcentrum Borger
Museum in Borger about the people who built the dolmens, next to the largest dolmen in the Netherlands.
The Hunebedcentrum (dolmen centre) is about the dolmen builders, the people of the Funnel Beaker culture who lived here more than 5,000 years ago. The exhibition shows how they lived and worked and what rituals they had, with films, display cases of funnel beakers, dioramas and interactive games. You also see how and why they built the dolmens.
Highlights include the reconstructed house of a family of dolmen builders, the fields where they grew their crops, the funnel beaker and the polished axe.
The largest dolmen
Right next to the Hunebedcentrum lies dolmen D27, the largest dolmen in the Netherlands. If you have seen the exhibition first, you look at it with different eyes.
Oertijdpark and Geopark
The Oertijdpark (prehistory park) and the Hondsrug UNESCO Geopark exhibition cover 150,000 years of history: how the landscape was formed and what people did with it. There is also a boulder garden.
With the Oerverhalen app you can view 200 stories across the whole site, with videos, texts and old photos. They go with numbered signs in the exhibition, the Oertijdpark, the boulder garden and at the large dolmen. You get the code for the app when you arrive.
Routes
The Hunebedcentrum has free walking and cycling routes past traces of prehistory in the surrounding area. They are also on the Hunebedcentrum's website, as are the opening times and admission prices.
