Activities and sightseeing in Friesland

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There is so much to do in Friesland that you can book an extra overnight stay! Summer festivals. The most beautiful exhibitions. Events on the water. Culture in the cultural capital of Europe. Bicycle tours, mountain biking and cycling events. Walks that take you to the most beautiful places. Discover it for yourself!

“ Friesland, where rich history is embraced by modern culture ”
Sara van Geloven

Woudagemaal: largest steam pumping station in the world
Woudagemaal: largest steam pumping station in the world

Visit the largest steam pumping station in the world!
Lemmer
Fries Museum
Fries Museum

The Fries Museum is about the Frisians and about Friesland, a quirky piece of 'abroad in the Netherlands'. About the eleven cities and the countryside, the love-hate relationship with water, the search for the typically Frisian and the place of Friesland
Leeuwarden
A Guide to Leeuwarden
A Guide to Leeuwarden

A Guide to Leeuwarden provides the best city walks in Leeuwarden!
Leeuwarden
Afsluitdijk Wadden Centre
Afsluitdijk Wadden Centre

Direct boekbaar

On the Afsluitdijk causeway, at Kornwerderzand, you will find a remarkable building resembling a foaming wave, breaking on the causeway wall: this is the Afsluitdijk Wadden Centre.
Kornwerderzand
Water ski and wakeboarding track
Water ski and wakeboarding track

Action and sensation! Come wake boarding and water skiing at our cable park. Fun to do and to watch.<br /> In the middle of Friesland in the hard of t...
Sneek
Eise Eisinga Planetarium
Eise Eisinga Planetarium

The oldest working planetarium in the world.
Franeker
Natuurmuseum Fryslân (Frisian Museum of Natural History)
Natuurmuseum Fryslân (Frisian Museum of Natural History)

An interactive museum for the whole family to enjoy!
Leeuwarden
Boerderijrecreatie
Boerderijrecreatie

Experience Bjusterbaarlike* country pursuits Clad in blue overalls and a red spotted neck tie, a fresh breeze rifling through your hair, not a care in the world... In recent years our modern dairy farm with its herd of 150 cows has evolved into a f...
Delfstrahuizen
11Fountains Stavoren
11Fountains Stavoren

The sea gives, the sea takes. Stavoren, once a rich Hanseatic city, has much to say on this subject. Floods, maritime trade wars, a port that silted up: the city fell into poverty several times.
Stavoren