Where the wheel once turned - from farm cart to Roden living room

You step into the gastrobar and immediately feel it. This is no ordinary catering establishment. This is a place where atmosphere breathes. Where you are allowed to be who you are. Where you linger. A cartwheel used to hang above the bar - big, heavy and full of character. A symbol of movement, of farm life, of connection. 

The wheel has since disappeared. But its spirit, its story, still hangs in the air. 

A wheel full of memories 

That old wooden cartwheel did not come from a factory. It had travelled miles on dirt roads, had seen sun and braved rain. Once it rolled through the Kop van Drenthe, across Roden's brink. When the wheel lost its function, it was given a new role: it became the heart of the bar at Onder de Linden. 

People stood under it with a beer in hand. People laughed, talked, flirted. It became a landmark, a story within itself. 

The gastrobar as a living room 

Today the wheel no longer hangs there, but the atmosphere remains. The bar is still the focal point. A place where you take off your coat and let go of your worries for a while. The tables are robust, the wood alive. The lighting is warm, the music subtle. And most importantly: the people make the space what it is. 

Whether you stop by for a quick espresso or a long evening of conversation and food - this place feels like a living room. Not only for regulars, but also for new faces. For those looking for conviviality, connection and a story that may linger. 

Big names, ordinary moments 

Familiar faces also knew how to find their way to this place. In his book, Johan Derksen describes how he and Johan Cruijff descended on the north of the country for evenings full of stories, football and friendship. Onder de Linden was not a star-studded place - it was a place where you could just be. That's exactly why people came back. Cruijff, Derksen, but above all: countless others with their own memories. 

Stories that keep spinning 

Although the cartwheel is physically gone, the story spins on. Every day. In the conversations at the bar. In the tastings. In the silences between sentences. This gastrobar is a place where life is allowed to slow down for a moment. Where you are together, without having to be. 

And perhaps that is the real legacy of the wheel: it no longer spins, but it still connects. 

Have you experienced a story in our gastrobar?

Leave it in our guest book at reception.
Writing is allowed, scribbling too. As long as it's real - just like this place.