Indoor activities in Friesland
Even if the weather lets us down, you won't get bored in Friesland. Come enjoy our indoor activities. How about an indoor playground, arcade or go-kart track, for example? And don't forget our paresl in Franeker and Lemmer: the Eise Eisinga Planetarium and the Woudagemaal. Are you coming through the Afsluitdijk? Then take a look at the Afsluitdijk Wadden Center!
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Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Janssloot&Âlde Feanen
Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Janssloot&Âlde Feanen
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St. Hippolytuskerk Olterterp ((Church of Saint Hippolytus)
St. Hippolytuskerk Olterterp ((Church of Saint Hippolytus)
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Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Janssloot
Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Janssloot
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Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem
Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem
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Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Âlde Feanen
Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem - Vakantiehuis Âlde Feanen
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Aquanaut 1000 Antares
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Aquanaut 1000 Antares
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Blaupoatsje
Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodge Blaupoatsje
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Camping it Krúswetter - Kampeerpod 29
Camping it Krúswetter - Kampeerpod 29
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Valk-Voyager 1450 Maxima
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Valk-Voyager 1450 Maxima
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Vacance 1400 Lorraine
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - Vacance 1400 Lorraine
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Gast op stal
Gast op stal
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille
Yachtcharter Wetterwille
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Paviljoen De Leyen
Paviljoen De Leyen
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Holiday home Vrij aan het Water
Holiday home Vrij aan het Water
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Camping it Krúswetter - Appartement Sweltsje
Camping it Krúswetter - Appartement Sweltsje
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Kampari - Bosk
Kampari - Bosk
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Camping de Kleine Wielen
Camping de Kleine Wielen
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Camping it Krúswetter - Zespersoons blokhut
Camping it Krúswetter - Zespersoons blokhut
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Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodges Swarm
Pean-buiten Akkrum - Waterlodges Swarm
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Fietspont en theeschenkerij Nye Skou
Fietspont en theeschenkerij Nye Skou
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Camping it Krúswetter - Kampeerpod 30
Camping it Krúswetter - Kampeerpod 30
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Yachtcharter Wetterwille - BWS 1500 Faam Doutzen
Yachtcharter Wetterwille - BWS 1500 Faam Doutzen
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Minicamping Lyts mar Smûk
Minicamping Lyts mar Smûk
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The bombing of Terherne lock
The bombing of Terherne lock
On 11 November 1944, pilots of the Royal Canadian Air Force, based at Welschap airfield near Eindhoven, were ordered to bomb the lock at Terherne in two groups. The reason for the bombardment of Terherne lock was to restrict (German) transport movements. The lock complex was situated on the main shipping route from Germany via Groningen to the Randstad, along which the Germans transported goods and military equipment.
After the railway strike in September had already disrupted rail transport considerably, actions against shipping traffic followed in the months thereafter. The southern part of the country may have been liberated, but fierce battles were still to be fought in the other parts.
Such was the case on that 11th November just after nine o'clock in the morning when the two groups of Hawker Typhoon fighter-bombers took off shortly after each other from Eindhoven for their mission. Around 10:00, the lock at Terherne was bombed from the north for the first time and then again around 10:30.
The consequences were huge for the people living on the lock. The wives of both lock keepers, a one-year-old baby and a German soldier were killed. Also, pilot John Gordon Fraser's aircraft was damaged to such extent that he had to make an emergency landing at St. Johannesga. Although the bombing resulted in the northern passageway being deactivated and no longer usable, the southern passageway remained open and could still be used.
Today, a boathouse for the State yacht of the province of Friesland has been built over the southern passage. A new building, that serves as a guest house for the province, was put up on the site of the lock keeper's house on the south side.
A monument has been erected on the northern pier in memory of those who perished at the lock. This monument was unveiled on 10 November 1985 by Hattum Hoekstra, son of 1st lock keeper Wiemer and Tietje Hoekstra. Since then, the commemoration of the dead in Terherne has always taken place at the old lock, and the children of primary school 'It Kampke' have adopted the monument.
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