Editing Assen (section)

==Tourism, culture and sport==
[[File:Assen-plaats-OpenTopo.jpg|upright=1.35|thumb|Topographic map of Assen, Sept. 2014]]

===Tourist Trophy===
The [[TT Circuit Assen]] is one of the most famous [[motorcycle racing]] [[Race track|circuit]]s in the world and is the only circuit that has been in the [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|MotoGP]] calendar since its beginnings in 1949. It is also regarded as the "Cathedral of Motorcycle Racing."

===Drents Museum===
The [[Drents Museum]] provides a view of the world and of Drenthe, with stories about archaeology, art and history.

===[[Yde Girl|The Yde Girl]]===
Before her execution, one half of this girl's head was shaved. She was only sixteen, about 140&nbsp;cm tall and she had blond hair. Around the beginning of the Common Era, this adolescent was strangled with a woolen band which the executioner had wrapped around her neck three times. Possibly, she was also stabbed in the neck near the left collarbone. She rested in the peat bog near the village of Yde for almost two thousand years, until two workers discovered her in May 1897 - and then ran away in fright. Days later most of her body parts and fragments of a cloak were dredged up from the peat. Unfortunately, the villagers had also heard about this find. They had secretly removed nearly all her teeth and tore off most of her hair.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

===Dance===
In November of each year Assen becomes the centre of international attention for the world of Ballroom and Latin American dancers when the city hosts the Assen Dance Festival which includes the Dutch Open Championships. This is an open event for dancers from all countries.

===Cycling===
Assen is also the capital of the "cycling province" of the Netherlands, [[Drenthe]]. There are many high quality cycle paths in the city and surroundings and it is host to regular cycling events such as the Drentse [[fietsvierdaagse]] and the [[Jeugdtour]]. In 2009 the prologue and opening stage of the [[Vuelta a España]] took place in Assen.

The city has twice hosted the [[International Six Days Enduro]].

===Association football===
[[Asser Christelijke Voetbalvereniging]] was founded in 1939 and is one of the most successful amateur clubs in Dutch football.