Assen MotoGP 28th June to 1st July 2012

Introduction

Assen has a very special atmosphere, with fans coming from all over Europe to make their pilgrimage to 'the cathedral of motorsport', as the circuit is known.
The meeting is known as the Dutch TT because it is their version of the Isle of Man event. It is a very accessible place and many fans return year after year. In keeping with tradition the race is held on Saturday.

Think of the Dutch TT as Northern Europe’s equivalent to Mugello. A three day celebration of motorcycling, the highlight of the weekend being a superb street party held in the centre of Assen enjoyed by tens of thousands of fans.

Hotel

Our Assen MotoGP Hotel

You're sure to enjoy your stay at our family run hotel situated just 15 minutes from the circuit and the official MotoGP parties. From the Thursday evening welcome dinner to your departure on Sunday morning, your hosts go out of their way to make sure you have the best time ever. Breakfasts and three course evening dinners are included in the price!

LOCATION
Just 15 minutes ride south of the the circuit and the town centre of Assen our hotel is ideally located for a fabulous MotoGP weekend.

INTRODUCTION
The family run hotel is one of the most popular hotels in the Drenthe region of Holland. It's standard rooms are well furnished and comfortable with ensuite facilities.

ROOMS
The hotels Standard rooms are well appointed, comfortable and come equipped with ensuite facilities. Double rooms have a single large bed. twin rooms have 2 x single beds. Single person occupancy is the rooms is possible.
To make your stay truly memorable consider booking one of the Themed rooms These special rooms are available in a variety of flavours including golf, bakery, library, wellness and BMW.
To book one of these fun rooms select the Suite option.

BEER GARDEN & TERRACE
The hotels large outside beer terrace has won a number of regional awards. This is a place with beer in hand to watch the Moto world passing in front of you.

MEALS
For the MotoGP weekend the hotel is only available to guests staying on half board basis. 3 nights bed, breakfast and evening dinner are included in the event price.

PARKING
The hotel has a large private car park, a reserved area at the back of the hotel is reserved for bike parking. The hotel reception is manned 24 hours around the clock/

TAXIS / BUSES
There will be a good availability of taxis and buses to take guests to and from the town centre parties

Ticket choice

As Assen tradition dictates the race is held on the last Saturday of June.
The included tickets are general admission for Friday qualifying and Saturday race day.
On Friday you can access all the 'Green' embankments plus the grandstands. On Saturday you can access the 'Green' embankments only.

You can upgrade to add Saturday race day grandstands with reserved seating. These are our highly recommended options.

Strubben & TT World Grandstands - Grandstands with reserved seating. This is the Assen stadium sector and it offers fantastic viewing. Great area for overtaking. The atmosphere is brilliant. Dedicated Giant Video Screens keep you up to date with the race action.

Winterdijk Tribune - Grandstand with reserved seating. You will be amazingly close to the bikes. Superb viewing! This is one of the prime spots for overtaking. Giant Video screens complete the experience.

Highlights

Assen TT circuit the 'the cathedral of motorsport'

One of the best circuits in the world to watch motorcycle racing. You can walk around the entire circuit and enjoy fantastic views of the bikes in action. An open yet twisty circuit the race always seams to throw up up surprises. The race attracts enormous crowds and in keeping with tradition takes place on the last Saturday in June.

Assen Street Party

During the race weekend the centre of Assen becomes a giant festival and 2 wheel celebration. The huge crowds are a combination of MotoGP fans and the local population. The best night to visit is Friday when the party is at biggest.

Ride to Assen

With so many ferry routes from the UK to France and Holland riding to the MotoGP is easy and inexpensive but most of all fun. Visit our Facebook page and let others no you are riding to the race. 

Our Westerburcht Hotel

Our hotel is one of the best hotels in the Assen neighbourhood. A comfortable hotel close to the circuit. The hotel has a giant outdoor beer terrace that is wonderful place to socialise with fellow guests. A bus stop just outside the hotel with a regular service to Assen town centre makes it easy to visit the street parties.

Getting there

RIDING / DRIVING
An abundance of ferry routes and great roads through France, Belgium and Holland makes for great ride to hotel in Assen.

P & O operate services between Dover - Calais; Hull - Rotterdam and Hull - Zeebrugge.
Sea France between Dover - Calais.
Stena between Harwich and the Hook of Holland.

Channel tunnel services offer low prices for bikes.
Distances
Calais - Assen = 300 miles (500km)
Hook of Holland / Rotterdam - Assen = 140 miles (225km)

FLIGHTS
All major airlines fly to Amsterdam - Schiphol airport. From Amsterdam you can take a train towards Assen. The rail station of Beilen is 1 mile from our hotel just before Assen.

TRAIN
It's easy to reach Amsterdam with Eurostar; simply change at Brussels and travel on to Amsterdam. You just need to change platforms at Brussels Midi. From Amsterdam you can take a train towards Assen. The rail station of Beilen is 1 mile from our hotel just before Assen.

Previous year's photos

Here is small selection of photos from previous Assen events.

During the race weekend we capture the spirit of the event in photos which we publish on our Photo Album for your lasting enjoyment.

You can access all our event photos by clicking the following link. Motoexpress Photo Album

What you've said

Good afternoon john
sorry i didn't get to say goodbye before we left early this morning, very early in fact lol but just to say thanks for a superb weekend, well organised, good hotel, great atmosphere and the others there made it even better. i was thinking i had missed out not not getting with big rock but with hindsight i am pleased they had fully booked as preferred the way things went the way they did and also not being in assen itself
i hope to see you again in the future and hope that everyone got back safely
regards
Richard Smith

John
Many thanks for the Assen GP, we had a great time and everything was organised well. Further to our conversation at dinner about next years Misano/San Marino MotoGP, we definitely would like to book a package with you. We will be travelling by motorcycle (route yet to be determined) and would like to book a VIP package, but further to your comments regarding being confined to the start/finish grandstand on race day, we will require general admission tickets also. Your advice would be appreciated on this matter. You mentioned that this GP gets booked quickly so please advise when we can book.
Many thanks again for Assen and hope to join you next year.
Kind regards,
Neil & Catherine

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