Travel & Accomodation advice Moto GP Assen?

Question

Myself & my husband are flying to Amsterdam to go to the Moto GP (Dutch TT) in June. I am having difficulty trying to find somewhere to stay. I have worked out that I can get a train from Amsterdam to Assen (via Amersfoort) but there are no available rooms near the circuit.
Would anyone be able to provide some advice on where there could me some available accomodation that is either on a train or bus route to the circuit or train station in Assen?
Also, any advice on how much the train will cost etc?

Answer 1

Travel time from Schiphol, Amsterdam Airport is just under 3 hours, but does require 2 or 3 changes, one way ticket € 26.20 each.

Traveling from Amsterdam Central station you still have 2 or 3 changes, but the travel time will be about 15 minutes less and the cost one Euro less.

There are trains running each 30 minutes for most of the day.



If you travel in the weekend, go to the ticket window and ask for the cheapest option, as depending on when you travel there might be a weekend return or a special offer for the spring, that is a first class rover ticket for just one day for two that will cost you less than 2 one way tickets.



Find your train times on this site: http://www.ns.nl/servlet/Satellite?cid=1083234338201&pagename=www.ns.nl%2FPlanner%2Fplannerplus2stap&p=1083234338201&lang=en



For a place to stay, best contact the tourist office in Assen, there telephone number on the site is an paid number that only works within the Netherlands, so fax or e-mail and ask their 'normal' phone number if you want to talk to them, English will be no problem, I think.

Telephone number: 0900 202 23 93 *only within the Netherlands and you pay extra, but they do not tell how much.*

Faxnumber: 0592 241 852

E-mail: [e-mail]



Their website ( http://www.vvvassen.nl/ ) is in Dutch and German, and does not allow to link to a specific page, so if you want to try to arrange your own accommodation, select Accommodaties (on the Dutch version,) you now get a menu with several options, Bed and breakfast, Bungalows en Appartementen, Campings and Hotels, Particuliere verblijven, Trekkers-, blok- en plaggenhutten are your better bets.



Campings are campsites.

Particuliere verblijven means stays with private people, I do not know what they mean by that.

Trekkers hutten, Blok hutten and Plaggen Hutten are cabins, and as only one campsite offers them, you get cabins according to the picture I saw.



The next screen asks which town, alle plaatsen is mostly just Assen or also one village near Assen, so you are safe just to select that.

Next you get a listing, select one of the list and you get details.

From there you will have to contact the people to find if they still have vacancies.



I would e-mail the tourist information and ask them to arrange something.



I have not been in Assen so I can not give you local info there.

Answer 2

Hi,



I live about 2 km from the TT Circuit (as a matter of fact I wil work at the circuit during the TT this year), and I believe most people stay on camp sides near the Circuit. There are many temporary campsites, to accomodate the visitors. But I think they are mainly used by people who come to the Moto GP by bike, and take their own tents with them. So I don't suppose that's an option for you.



The actual Circuit is in Witten, a very small (and with small I mean about 10 houses and one café) town bordering Assen. The accommodation nearest to the circuit would be Park Witterzomer, a campsite which also offers bungalows and chalets. This is their website: http://www.witterzomer.nl/?id=43 (the TT-part of it). Unfortunately it is only in Dutch. But there is a phone number and I'm sure they will speak English. (Don't forget the country code, which is 0031.



Assen is normally not very much visited by tourists, so I'm not really sure about hotels and other accomodation. Because, like I said, most people will simply camp. But you could try the VanderValk-hotel, which is a bit more fancy(http://www.hotelassen.nl/pages/Default.aspx?ID=280). It would be advisable to make a reservation as soon as possible, because the whole city will be flooded with people.



And yes, your other option is to go to Groningen, but I wouldn't recommend that. Groningen is a nicer and more beautiful city, but as you are going to the GP you're probably more into motorcycles and the whole city is about the GP. There is a festival during the TT in Assen, with many well known artists and many other activities, like a 'carnival' and places to eat and drink. Although if you can, it's great to stay in the Netherlands a little longer and then visit Groningen, because Assen offers a very poor representation of our country!

Answer 3

The train is not so expensive, the website you need is www.ns.nl, and there should be a translation into English.



As for accommodation, the tourism website for the Netherlands is www.vvv.nl, and it is also translated into English.



What you could also do is stay in the city of Groningen, it's only 20 minutes away by train, and there are three trains between Assen and Groningen every hour. Groningen has lots of accommodation options, some quite close to the city's main railway station. Again, use www.vvv.nl to find and book accommodation in Groningen.



Anyway, the range of cafes and restaurants is much better in Groningen than in Assen.

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Answer 7

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Answer 9

I'll be going too and have the same problem. It looks like our only option is to camp.