| Balloo | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Native Name Lang: | nl |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Aa en Hunze - Ballo.png |
| Map Caption1: | Balloo in the municipality of Aa en Hunze. |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Aa en Hunze |
| Coordinates: | 52.9956°N 6.6317°W |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 15 |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.49 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 160 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 9458 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0592 |
Balloo is a small village in the northeast Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Aa en Hunze, Drenthe, about 5 km east of Assen.
The village has a population of around 150.
The nearest railway station is Assen railway station. The nearest bus service is provided along Rolde's Asserstraat, to the south of Balloo. Buses that can be boarded here are:
The hunebed (dolmen) is located near Balloo. It is one of the larger dolmen. It contains nine capstones and 19 side stones. In 1918, it was chaotic and most of the stones had fallen down. In 1978, the dolmen has been reconstructed. The sixth capstone contains cup-marks which have also been founded in Denmark and Schleswig-Holstein. The meaning of the cup-marks and its creation are still a mystery.[3]