Flow the Collection · 9 April 2026
Ootmarsum is small, but you need a day for it. The town sits on a moraine in the north of Twente, with a medieval church at its heart and a web of narrow streets around it. For generations it has drawn artists, and you see it in the facades: behind many windows a gallery or studio glimmers.
A town to wander
Begin on the market square, by the old town hall. From there you walk into the streets without a plan and let yourself be surprised. The whitewashed facades, the cobbles underfoot and the doors here and there left open onto a workshop make wandering the plan all by itself.
Art around every corner
Ootmarsum is known for its galleries and studios, from painting to ceramics and glass. Many makers work from home, so you see not only the work but also the place where it is made. Take the time to step inside; a chat with the artist is often simply part of it.
The Twente kitchen
Twente is known as hospitable and Burgundian, and you can taste it. On the terraces around the market you settle in for coffee with something sweet, and in the evening, in and around the centre, you find kitchens that work with regional produce: game from the woods, vegetables from the land, cheese and beer from nearby. Eat slowly and let the evening last.
Sleeping in the centre
Stay in the town and everything is within walking distance: the galleries, the terraces and the nature that surrounds Ootmarsum. Hotel De Landmarke makes a pleasant base for this, in the middle of the artist town.
Combine your day in town with a morning in the green and you see both faces of this corner of Twente: the refinement of the galleries and the wildness of the hedgerow landscape around it.
