Cycling route Joure - Nannewiid - Heerenveen
Visit Joure, cycle along the Nannewiid lake, and explore Heerenveen! A beautiful cycling route in the southern part of Friesland.
Joure
When you mention Joure, you're talking about coffee! At the birthplace of Douwe Egberts, be sure to visit the Joure Museum. This surprising production museum tells the history of Douwe Egberts and Pickwick tea. But it also combines other crafts such as clock making, printing, and metalworking. Joure is also called a "vlecke": a village with an urban character. There's plenty to discover and shop in the Midstraat.
Nannewiid
You'll cycle along the Nannewiid (Het Nannewijd), pa…
Visit Joure, cycle along the Nannewiid lake, and explore Heerenveen! A beautiful cycling route in the southern part of Friesland.
Joure
When you mention Joure, you're talking about coffee! At the birthplace of Douwe Egberts, be sure to visit the Joure Museum. This surprising production museum tells the history of Douwe Egberts and Pickwick tea. But it also combines other crafts such as clock making, printing, and metalworking. Joure is also called a "vlecke": a village with an urban character. There's plenty to discover and shop in the Midstraat.
Nannewiid
You'll cycle along the Nannewiid (Het Nannewijd), part of the Frisian Lakes. Lytse Wiid is next to the lake. Both lakes were formed by peat extraction. The lakes are connected by the Feanskieding (peat canal), a waterway that was used in the past for transporting peat. On the northeast side of Lytse Wiid, there's a viewpoint. Take a short break from your bike here for a beautiful view of the lake and the flora and fauna.
Heerenveen
After Nannewiid, you'll arrive in Heerenveen (it Hearrenfean): the largest village in Friesland (no, it's not a city). This sports village is known for Thialf ice stadium and the Abe Lenstra stadium and has a lively center.
Storyline Space
The Nannewiid is part of the Space Storyline. Through twelve special places in the Waterland of Friesland, you go on a 'space journey.' Here's a Frisian poem about the Nannewiid.
Sights on this route
VVV Joure
The VVV shop in Joure is located in a beautiful monumental building on Midstraat 99. At this unique location you will find the Museum Joure next to the VVV with a coffee room, an antiquity room and the museum shop De Witte Os.
Museum Joure
Museum Joure is an amazing museum in the centre of Joure. Famous centrepiece is the first factory of Douwe Egberts, where you will experience the story behind this world famous brand.
Monument Gaele Visser
On May 2, 2015, a monument was unveiled here for the Frisian-Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, born in Haskerhorne in 1920 and emigrated to Canada in 1930.
Monument Gaele Visser
On May 2, 2015, a monument was unveiled here for the Frisian-Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, born in Haskerhorne in 1920 and emigrated to Canada in 1930. Gaele Visser enlisted in the Canadian army in 1942, specifically in the Algonquin Regiment. He fought in the liberation of Western Europe and was killed on April 23, 1945, near Oldenburg (Germany).
He is buried at the Canadian War Cemetery in Holten. The monument provides information about both his private life and military career.
It Lytse Wiid - Uitzichtplateau
Waterplas omgeven door riet en bosjes.
The Nannewiid
The Nannewiid, along with the Douwe Pôlle and the Lytse Wiid, is a valuable natural area. Originally, it was a marshy wilderness. It transformed when peat diggers from Giethoorn extracted peat here.
De Heide Recreational Area
De Heide is a recreational area on the outskirts of the town of Heerenveen. Heidemeer Lake in the middle of the recreational area has a large sandy beach and is a lovely place to swim and enjoy the sun.
Oosterschar Nature Reserve
The Oosterschar (in Frisian Easterskar) nature reserve southwest of the town of Joure is a low peat-bog reserve. The landscape features here include old peat pits that were created by peat mining.
Haulsterbos
Southeast of Joure the Haulsterbossen can be found, in which you can enjoy a lovely stroll.
Dairy Scharsterbrug
In Scharsterbrug, a large dairy factory called the Maatschappij Hollandia was built at the end of the 19th century.
VVV Joure
The VVV shop in Joure is located in a beautiful monumental building on Midstraat 99. At this unique location you will find the Museum Joure next to the VVV with a coffee room, an antiquity room and the museum shop De Witte Os.
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