Lodge Hartsuiker

One of the first people Van Gogh encountered in Drenthe will have been Albert Hartsuiker. He was a railway official and had a lodging house. Vincent rented part of his attic during his stay with him. In the lodging, Vincent wrote letters to his brother:

'Doch sat in a large gelagkamer as in Brabant, where a woman was sitting peeling potatoes, a rather nice figure. I have been talking to people and one of these first days I will take the barge down the entire Hoogeveen canal through the peat bogs, right through the south-east corner of Drenthe. Then, northwards from here it seems to be beautiful heathland as far as Assen. I am curious, you may think.'

Vincent spent three weeks in Hoogeveen. He spent one night at Hartsuiker's on 12 October and most probably stayed there when he left Veenoord, before heading south again.

After three weeks in Hoogeveen, Vincent was ready to travel further to the southeast corner of the province. He picked up the train barge to Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord at Hoogeveen's Crossroads on 2 October 1883.