Apartment

Rooms

Apartment

The apartments are on the first floor of the former hospital. Modern interiors with art by Outsider Arthouse, large windows and views of the vegetable garden and orchard.

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Room for the whole family in the old hospital

Where patients once stayed, your family now sleeps. The former wards have been converted into spacious, light rooms with their own character. Art by Outsider Arthouse adorns the walls and the large windows let in the Drenthe light.

Four apartments sleep 4 guests, with a seating area, dining table and mezzanine. Two apartments sleep 2 guests. An extra bed or cot is possible on request.

What to expect

  • Spacious room with seating area and dining table
  • Bathroom with toilet, bathtub and separate shower
  • Art by Outsider Arthouse on the walls
  • Extra bed or cot on request
  • Two family apartments reachable by lift

A hotel with family rooms in Veenhuizen

A family room inside a national monument is rare. Our apartments occupy the former hospital wards on the first floor: tall windows, plenty of daylight and a mezzanine where the children sleep while you stay up a little longer.

Four apartments sleep 4 people, two sleep 2. An extra bed or cot can be arranged on request, and two family apartments are reachable by lift.

  • Sleeps 2 or 4, with seating area and dining table
  • Two apartments accessible by lift
  • Art by Outsider Arthouse on the walls
  • Breakfast buffet included for the whole family

Out and about with children

There is plenty for children around the hotel: the National Prison Museum with its trails, the De Slokkert brook valley, and the kitchen garden and orchard on our own grounds. Bikes can be hired in the village and walking routes start at the door.

Want to stay longer? The 2 night and 3 night specials can also be booked in an apartment, dinner included.

Room photos

Apartment - A family stay
Apartment - Living area with mezzanine
Apartment - Kitchen
Apartment - Bathroom

Breakfast for the whole family

An extensive buffet with fresh bread, regional cheese, organic eggs, yoghurt, juices and fresh fruit. The little ones will find their favourite too.

Gertjan & Suzan - Owners, family business Bitter & Zoet
Where care once took centre stage, we now place hospitality at the heart of everything for you.

Gertjan & Suzan - Owners, family business Bitter & Zoet

Why Bitter en Zoet

Sleep in a monument that shaped Dutch history

Our hotel and restaurant occupy the monumental hospital of Veenhuizen - a place that wrote a century of the Dutch story. You sleep among the original walls, corridors and windows of that story, with every comfort of today.

Living history

A national monument in the unique colony village of Veenhuizen, UNESCO World Heritage.

Food with a story

Kitchen led by Chef Peter and Sous-Chef Jos: local, organic and full of character.

Space and quiet

Green avenues, forests and silence - right outside the monument's door.

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