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Koetshuisje
Koetshuisje
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Sybrandy’s Speelpark Amusement and Nature Park
Sybrandy’s Speelpark Amusement and Nature Park
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Kampeerterrein Stortemelk
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Blessebrugschans
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Beelden Hein Mader MFA Mejander
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Groepsaccommodatie Appelscha - de Specht
Groepsaccommodatie Appelscha - de Specht
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Veldzicht Metslawier
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De fierljepper
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Gedicht: Iisbaan yn ‘e maaitiid | Syds Wiersma
Gedicht: Iisbaan yn ‘e maaitiid | Syds Wiersma
IISBAAN YN ‘E MAAITIID
de besiele stilte
fan it ferlitten hillichdom
it is maaitiid mar bûten de tiid
briedt it fersûpte gers
mei nij grien
de tút fan bestimming deryn
yn it sin bringer fan
it streekjen it frij fielen ûnierdsk
njonken
it knoffeljen it minsklik mislearjen
ah jasses
hakkekruk dreamt fan iisprinsesse
yn in nije winter tute
as by in âlde hit de wrâld in dûnsflier
dy kâldreade blommewangen
ûnder har mûtse fan suvere ingelewol wei
te plôkjen
de tút
de dream oer de tút
de tút fan de dream oer de tút
hakkekruk knoffelet troch
de hope op de tút fan de dream oer de tút
waard in wynwak
drûget op, lit de feiten sprekke:
ferlitten timpel, dea iis
gjin prinsesse by machte
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Strandpaviljoen ’t Badhuys
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Speelman Bloemen
Speelman Bloemen
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Harlinger Watersports Association
Harlinger Watersports Association
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De Weyde Blick - het Hofje
De Weyde Blick - het Hofje
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Hegedyk
Hegedyk
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Sint Josephkerk Heeg
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De Jouster Toer
De Jouster Toer
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Minicamping Blauforlaet
Minicamping Blauforlaet
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Van Harenstraat 39
Van Harenstraat 39
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E-bike oplaadpunt - Rufus aan het water
E-bike oplaadpunt - Rufus aan het water
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Wadlopen met Jaap
Wadlopen met Jaap
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Alpherbosch & Grote Vijver
Alpherbosch & Grote Vijver
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Tourist Information Sloten
Tourist Information Sloten
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Special Beer Cafe de Markies
Special Beer Cafe de Markies
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Memorial stone for Fallen Canadians
Memorial stone for Fallen Canadians
Sunday 15 April 1945, Friesland's official liberation day, was also the day Sneek welcomed the Canadian liberation forces. It had been an exciting day, and the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) had fought quite a battle with the occupiers.
A day earlier, German troops had begun to withdraw from Sneek and the NBS had tried to hinder their retreat along the Leeuwarderweg as much as possible. Until a column of German parachute troops had entered the fray and forced the NBS to retreat.
The Waag building in the middle of the city centre was used as a weapons cache by the occupying forces during the war. To prevent it from falling into Allied hands, the fleeing troops set it on fire at around three o'clock on Sunday. Loud explosions and bangs resounded throughout the city for half an hour.
Once the enemy had left the city, the NBS operatives gathered at the HBS school for instructions and the distribution of weapons and armbands. They went into the city to round up traitors. Then, rumour had it that hundreds of German soldiers were on their way to Sneek from Lemmer. Immediately, fortifications were built at the Water gate.
Canadian units were alerted. They were now in possession of the latest defence plans for Sneek thanks to NBS intelligence and were advancing from Joure towards the town.
In the evening around half past seven, the first patrol of the Canadian infantry battalion Le régiment De La Chaudière rode into town with flame-throwers and machine guns. The German troops stayed away, and the full Canadian battalion followed.
Sneek was liberated, but freedom was not yet guaranteed as German troops tried to escape via the Afsluitdijk towards Friesland. The Canadian Regiment of the Queens Own Rifles moved through Sneek to the Afsluitdijk and fiercely fought at Wons. Six Canadian soldiers were killed. They were temporarily buried at Sneek General Cemetery. In 1946, they were reburied at the Canadian Field of Honour in Holten.
Canadian guests
While waiting to return to their homeland, hundreds of Canadian soldiers were lodged with families in Sneek for about five months. On 1 June, the Perth Regiment arrived in the town, which they temporarily renamed Stratford. They were involved in the liberation of Groningen. A committee was set up to entertain the soldiers with various activities. From dances to sailing competitions and special church services.Cordial ties developed between the liberators and the people of Sneek. And sometimes more than that. For Gordon C. Compton and Atty Bouma, one could even speak of "love at first sight". When the last soldiers return home at the end of November, Gordon decided to stay in the Netherlands. On 9 May 1946, he married Atty in Sneek. Not long after, Gordon and his "war bride" left for Canada.
Several monuments in the city recall the special bond with the Canadian military, which remains very close to this day.
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