Drenthe 's a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. The capital city's Assen. It's bordered by Overijssel to the south, Friesland to the west, Groningen to the north, and Germany (districts of Emsland and Bentheim) to the east. History Drenthe, unlike many other parts of the Netherlands, has always been a sparsely populated rural area. Other parts of the Netherlands didn't really see this “territory” as a part that belonged to the rest of the Netherla… (More on Drenthe)