A bust of writer Anne de Vries, author of Bartje, unveiled in 2006, with a small replica of the Bartje statue behind it.
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Art
Statues and artworks in Rolde's public spaces, from the Boerhoornblazer to Life Lines in the deer park.
Distances from de Jacobuskerk in Rolde.
300 m
A statue of a farmer's horn blower. The horn once called the village together, and stands for the neighbourliness of the Drenthe countryside.
450 m
A colourful 2016 sculpture by artist Eiiz Gihili, part of the Horsepower Mania project about racing around TT Circuit Assen.
A bronze sculpture by Kees Verkade that stood in the deer park from 2007 and was stolen in July 2018. It has never been found.
200 m
A small statue by Jaap Hartman from 1993: a boy in clogs with a lunch bag, in memory of the schoolchildren of the past.
300 m
A wooden artwork by Jeroen Boersma in the deer park, unveiled in 2021 to replace De Vreugdedans, which was stolen in 2018.
550 m
A 1993 bronze group of ten farmers and traders by Bert Kiewiet, on the Grolloërstraat by the Brink.
50 m
A white stone monument on the Kerkbrink: a man carrying a trough engraved with the names of war victims.
150 m
The old village pump in the centre, brought back to life in 2022 by artist Arie Fonk as a work of art and a water tap for passers-by.