Wadden Sea Dike - Herbaijum | Elfstedenpad Hiking Trail: Section 9
This section of the trail leads north as you walk along the high Wadden Sea dike – with sheep for company – to Harlingen. You continue past the beach at Harlingen and through the Nieuwe Willemshaven port area where you can see the Whale Fountain that surfaced here a few years ago.
The trail weaves through the beautiful city centre of Harlingen, taking you along canal belt, past old warehouses and through many quaint narrow streets. The more than 600 monuments in Harlingen testify to its importance as a port city. And ships continue to arrive and depart, though today most of them carry tourists.
Here the skaters began the gruelling tre…
This section of the trail leads north as you walk along the high Wadden Sea dike – with sheep for company – to Harlingen. You continue past the beach at Harlingen and through the Nieuwe Willemshaven port area where you can see the Whale Fountain that surfaced here a few years ago.
The trail weaves through the beautiful city centre of Harlingen, taking you along canal belt, past old warehouses and through many quaint narrow streets. The more than 600 monuments in Harlingen testify to its importance as a port city. And ships continue to arrive and depart, though today most of them carry tourists.
Here the skaters began the gruelling trek across the ice to the north of the province. This was one of the most challenging passages especially if the wind was blowing from the east. This stretch is also hard going for walkers with little of interest along the road.
Fortunately, at junction 63 you turn off to the villages Wijnaldum and Herbaijum. Long ago high dwelling mounds or ‘terps’ were built on land that was once beneath the sea. In more modern times significant archaeological finds have been unearthed here.
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TOP Harlingen/Westerzeedijk
TOP Harlingen/Westerzeedijk
From the Harlingen/Westerzeedijk Tourist Transfer Point, you can easily head into the beautiful city of Harlingen and explore the surrounding area!
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De Stenen Man statue in Harlingen
De Stenen Man statue in Harlingen
The Stenen Man (Stone Man) is a statue that was erected in Harlingen in 1576. Today, it is a national monument that sits on the Westerzeedijk next to the beach at Harlingen. In 1570, a storm surge caused a flood that came to be known as the...
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11Fountains Harlingen
11Fountains Harlingen
Harlingen used to be all about whaling. Nowadays we no longer kill these big and grandiose animals, but prefer to conserve them.
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Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Harlingen
Eleven Cities Tour sculpture Aukje in Harlingen
The Eleven Cities skater Aukje in Harlingen by Evert van Hemert. Aukje is part of a series of eleven sculptures donated by the artist to the Eleven Cities, as a tribute to the women who took part in the “Tour of Tours.”
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The Hannemahuis
The Hannemahuis
The Hannemahuis - Centre for Harlinger culture and history is a unique combination of a museum and a city archive, partly located in a majestic 18th-century merchant’s house. Next to presentations about the Harlinger history or art, you will also find tem
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUPPPORT POINT WIJNALDUM
ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUPPPORT POINT WIJNALDUM
Meet the Frisian king treasures in Wijnaldum
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Tjitsma-state Koningsterp Wijnaldum
Tjitsma-state Koningsterp Wijnaldum
A unique 7th-century gold brooch, known as the Fibula of Wijnaldum, was discovered at the Tjitsma terp. It is one of Friesland's most important archaeological finds. Excavations have shown that Wijnaldum was a major centre of trade and power during the Early Middle Ages.
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