Camping De Vossenburcht, IJhorst, Netherlands

Life without a car

Car-free score: 4.5/10

Manageable without a car with a little planning. Local buses stop nearby. Shops, restaurants and IJhorst are reachable on foot. A bicycle makes exploring the wider area easy.

Train station

Meppel

10.4km away

Nearest town

IJhorst

17 min walk (1.3 km)

Local buses

Bus 592 to Ijhorst

roughly hourly · 7am–7pm

from Ijhorst, Heerenweg · 14 min walk

Mon–Sat — no Sunday buses

Cycling

Good option — cycle routes and quiet lanes nearby

Essentials nearby

Supermarket

37 min walk (2.8 km)

Bakery

81 min walk (6.1 km)

Restaurants

Available in IJhorst

Pharmacy

8.1km away

Getting here

Nearest station

Meppel (8km)

Nearest airport

Groningen Airport Eelde (55km)

Map

Accommodation types

pitch

Available to book

Camping De Vossenburcht

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Places to visit near Camping De Vossenburcht

Battle of Ane (1227)

The Battle of Ane was one of the most significant medieval conflicts in the northern Netherlands. It was fought between the Bishopric of Utrecht and the forces of the Lords of Coevorden.

39km away Find out more →

How to get to Camping De Vossenburcht

From the station

Meppel

From Meppel station, walk 1 minute to catch Bus 592 towards IJhorst, Heerenweg (30 minutes), then walk 35 minutes to reach Camping De Vossenburcht. The total journey takes about 1 hour 6 minutes.

From the airport

Groningen Airport Eelde

Walk to De Punt bus station (26 mins), then take Bus 50 to Assen (27 mins), transfer to a Sprinter train to Meppel (29 mins), catch Bus 592 to IJhorst (30 mins), and finally walk to the camping (35 mins). The total journey takes approximately 3 hours 16 minutes.

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Nearest airports

Groningen Airport Eelde

55km awayGRQ

Train stations

Meppel

8km away

Hoogeveen

14km away

Dalfsen

18km away

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