It is located in the municipality of Hellendoorn, about 2 km south of the town of Vroomshoop.

[3] The village was first mentioned between 1851 and 1855 as Daarler Veen, and means "peat excavation settlement belonging to Daarle".

[4] In 1850, the Overijssels Kanaal was dug, and excavation of the raised bog to east of Daarle started.

[5] During the excavation several archaeological finds were discovered including a wooden bridge and a canoe.

At the time, it was the biggest bank robbery in the history of the Netherlands.