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Restaurant Wannee
Restaurant Wannee
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Oudemirdumer Klif (cliff at Oudemirdum)
Oudemirdumer Klif (cliff at Oudemirdum)
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Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
Information point Koudum (De Kuilart)
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Stadslogement De Vooruitgang - Appartement De Franekervaart
Stadslogement De Vooruitgang - Appartement De Franekervaart
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IJsbaan Broek
IJsbaan Broek
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Reformed Church (Hofkerk)
Reformed Church (Hofkerk)
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Information point (Aquaresort It Soal)
Information point (Aquaresort It Soal)
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Huisboot Vakanties - VaarLoft 'Pur Sang'
Huisboot Vakanties - VaarLoft 'Pur Sang'
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Tornado Yachting Makkum - Delphia 10- Llampuga
Tornado Yachting Makkum - Delphia 10- Llampuga
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Jewish Memorial Sneek
Jewish Memorial Sneek
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Tourist Info
Tourist Info
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Jorwerd
Jorwerd
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Tornado Yachting Makkum - Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349- Drift
Tornado Yachting Makkum - Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 349- Drift
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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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Waterrecreatie Syperda - De Oolter
Waterrecreatie Syperda - De Oolter
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Westhem
Westhem
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De Oranjerie
De Oranjerie
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Snoozz Hotels - Standaard kamer
Snoozz Hotels - Standaard kamer
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De Terminus
De Terminus
The boundary marker ‘de Terminus’ on top of the dike marks the boundary between the new and the old land.
This boundary marker indicates the division between the old land and the newly reclaimed land. The land reclamation was highly valuable, creating new fertile agricultural land to cultivate. However, a dispute arose over who had the right to this land: the people of the old land or those of the newly reclaimed land.
Ultimately, the land went to the people of the newly reclaimed land. Today, land reclamation has ceased in order to protect the beautiful nature outside the dike.
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Vakantiewoonboot De Waterparel
Vakantiewoonboot De Waterparel
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B&B Langweer - Kamer 2
B&B Langweer - Kamer 2
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Recreatiebedrijf de Koevoet - Hoekappartement
Recreatiebedrijf de Koevoet - Hoekappartement
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Waterrecreatie Syperda - It Hop
Waterrecreatie Syperda - It Hop
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Bajes Streetfood Club
Bajes Streetfood Club
