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Elfstedentocht Turning Point - Dokkum
Elfstedentocht Turning Point - Dokkum
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Bagels & Beans Leeuwarden
Bagels & Beans Leeuwarden
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Duinvilla 4 personen
Beach Resorts Makkum - Duinvilla 4 personen
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B&B De Scharren - Loft
B&B De Scharren - Loft
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De Weyde Blick
De Weyde Blick
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skûtsje Gudsekop
skûtsje Gudsekop
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Statue ‘Lapkepoep and Frisian farmer's wife’
Statue ‘Lapkepoep and Frisian farmer's wife’
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Vakantiehuis Yn e Lijte
Vakantiehuis Yn e Lijte
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Public toilet on Voorstraat in Stavoren
Public toilet on Voorstraat in Stavoren
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Jachtwerf Oost B.V. - De Drait Deluxe 42 ‘Us Schipp’
Jachtwerf Oost B.V. - De Drait Deluxe 42 ‘Us Schipp’
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Blokslootpolder Nature Reserve
Blokslootpolder Nature Reserve
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Swan Hunting in Wijnaldum
Swan Hunting in Wijnaldum
Fishing once took place here along the Ried, and swans were kept in the surrounding wetlands. The exclusive right to hunt swans was a valuable privilege and provided an important source of income for centuries.
In the past, the Frisians fought the sea by building dams. As a result, a marshy area developed north of Wijnaldum. The former tidal channel known as the Ried formed its southern boundary.
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Camping de Finne - Yurt
Camping de Finne - Yurt
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Skûtsjeverhuur Twee Gezusters
Skûtsjeverhuur Twee Gezusters
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The Wylde Boerinne
The Wylde Boerinne
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Aqua State - Efkes Pypskoft
Aqua State - Efkes Pypskoft
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Greenjoy Gytsjerk
Greenjoy Gytsjerk
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Groepsaccommodatie De Kikkert
Groepsaccommodatie De Kikkert
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Rondvaartbedrijf De Oorden
Rondvaartbedrijf De Oorden
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Stadswaag
Stadswaag
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St Martin’s Church in Bolsward
St Martin’s Church in Bolsward
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Wijde sloot Gaastmeer
Wijde sloot Gaastmeer
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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland.
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.
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Galerie Hoogenbosch
Galerie Hoogenbosch
