Museum · Assen · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Stoottroepen museum in Assen

Stoottroepen museum is a museum in Assen, Drenthe. This place has a story in the app. Within 250 m you'll find a bench.

The story

Story · Stoottroepen museum

You're standing at the Stoottroepen Museum in Assen. It's on the grounds of the Johan Willem Friso barracks, on the Balkenweg. It's a small museum with a big story: more than seventy years of service and courage by the Stoottroepen, soldiers of the Royal Netherlands Army traditionally known as the Stoters.

Read the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Opening hours and admission

Opening hours: We-Fr 13:00-17:00; PH off

Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.

Photos

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Facilities near Stoottroepen museum

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.

Bench on Vaart Noordzijde, AssenBench · 250 m

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