| Exloo | |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Netherlands |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Drenthe |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Borger-Odoorn |
| Image Map1: | Map NL - Borger-Odoorn - Exloo.png |
| Map Caption1: | The village centre (dark green) and the statistical district (light green) of Exloo in the municipality of Borger-Odoorn |
| Pushpin Map: | Netherlands Drenthe#Netherlands |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Netherlands |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 17 |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.71 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1,665 |
| 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: | 7875 |
| Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
| Area Code: | 0591 |
Exloo (Low German: Eksel) is a village in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, part of the municipality of Borger-Odoorn. It lies about 12 km north of Emmen.
The village was first mentioned in 1376 as "tot Exle", and means "forest of the oak trees".[3] Exloo is an esdorp which developed in the Middle Ages probably from Odoorn. It has three essen (communal pastures), but no church.[4] The peat in the raised bog near Exloo was excavated around 1800. In 1850, it turned into an industry and excavation villages such as 1e Exloërmond and 2e Exloërmond were established.
Exloo was home to 570 people in 1840.[5]
In 2010, LOFAR, a low frequency radio telescope, opened near Exloo. There are 6 stations in Exloo with a 18 stations within a 2 kilometre radius, and a further 28 in eight European countries. The set up will give LOFAR a resolution comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope.[6]
The hunebed dolmen used to have four capstones, however one is missing. Unless the others which are placed east-west, it is placed north-south. In 1918, it was explored by Albert Egges van Giffen. There were five floors underneath, and you could stand up straight in the first part of the grave underneath.[7] D31 is also located in Exloo, but it is a mess of scattered stone. In 1822, the stones were still in their place.[8]