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Sneekermeer Cycling Route

(66.0 km)

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This cycling route is a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Frisian Lakes. You also visit the town of Joure, where the world-famous Dutch coffee brand Douwe Egberts was born, and the village of Terherne, which served as the setting for the popular Dutch children’s book series, De Kameleon. There are also ways to shorten the route.

This cycle route takes you to the following places: 

Sneek
The route starts at the VVV Waterland tourist office at the Frisian Maritime Museum in Sneek. During your visit to the museum, you will learn more about the city of Sneek and the history of shipping in Friesland.

Sneekermeer lake
Sneekermeer (Snitser M…

Make it easy to navigate. Download the route from Routic!

This cycling route is a chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Frisian Lakes. You also visit the town of Joure, where the world-famous Dutch coffee brand Douwe Egberts was born, and the village of Terherne, which served as the setting for the popular Dutch children’s book series, De Kameleon. There are also ways to shorten the route.

This cycle route takes you to the following places: 

Sneek
The route starts at the VVV Waterland tourist office at the Frisian Maritime Museum in Sneek. During your visit to the museum, you will learn more about the city of Sneek and the history of shipping in Friesland.

Sneekermeer lake
Sneekermeer (Snitser Mar) is best known as a haven for water sports enthusiasts. The interconnected bodies of water in the area include Sneekermeer lake itself, Goïngarijpsterpoelen (Goaiingarypster Puollen) lake, Zoutepoel (Sâltpoel) lake and Gauwsterhoppen (Gauster Hoppen) lake. It is interesting to note that the city of Sneek is not situated next to the lake.

Tjeukemeer lake
You may be surprised to learn that Tjeukemeer (Tsjûkemar)is the largest inland lake in Friesland. The Frisian Lakes are the heart of the water sports scene in Friesland. But these lakes appeared relatively recently. There are several explanations of how the lakes were formed. They are generally thought to be the result of human activity. The extraction of peat and salt created depressions that filled with water. The major storm surges that hit Friesland in the late Middle Ages were also a contributing factor. As the lakes increased in size, some villages had to be moved to avoid being swallowed up by the water!

Terherne
The village of Terherne is situated on the banks of Sneekermeer (Snitser Mar) lake and is surrounded by water on all sides. So water sports and tourism are its main sources of income. The village is now known as ‘the chameleon’ village’ because the popular Dutch children’s book series, De Kameleon, written by Hotze de Roos is set in and around the village.

Joure
Many monuments and sights in Joure testify to the craftsmanship that flourished here in the past. The town was known for its clock makers, furniture makers and shipbuilders. It was also the birthplace of the Douwe Egberts coffee company founded by Egbert Douwes. Joure was granted the right to hold a market as far back as 1466. The Jouster Merke, the town’s famous annual market, continues to attract thousands of visitors. A beautiful place with a shopping street that is more than a kilometre long!

Haulsterbossen forest
This forest was planted by the Douwe Egberts company in the late 1940s. At the time, the Douwe Egberts factory in Joure produced tobacco. And people who smoked tobacco needed matches. A few years after it was planted, wood cut from the forest could be used to make matches. The Dutch word for ‘match’ is ‘lucifer’. So the forest is also known as Lucifer forest. In the forest there is a war memorial with the inscription ‘Droppingsveld 1944/1945’. Towards the end of the Second World War, the Allies regularly dropped weapons here for resistance fighters.

Refreshments
Want to stop for a drink and a bite to eat along the way? There are plenty of restaurants in Sneek, Terherne and Langweer and also along the route, where you can also charge your e-bike.

Sights on this route

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VVV Sneek

VVV Sneek

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Sneek

Sneek

Bezoek Sneek

Waterpoort Sneek
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Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath

Potschar Nature Reserve and Groene Dijk Cycle Track and Footpath

The Groene Dijk cycle track and footpath along the bank of Sneekermeer Lake and through the Potschar nature reserve leads past bird observation points, a roost used by bats and sand martins and a canoeing route.

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Sneekermeer - Potskar - Kijkheuvel met scherm

Sneekermeer - Potskar - Kijkheuvel met scherm

's Winters is dit een goede plek om nonnetje te zien. Soms komt de ijsvogel voorbij, welke hier in het verleden gebroed heeft. Sijzen, kepen en de kerkuil zijn met wat geluk ook te zien. U kijkt uit...

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Sneekermeer (Snitser Mar)

Sneekermeer (Snitser Mar)

Het Sneekermeer (Fries en officieel: Snitser Mar) is uiteraard bekend van de Sneekweek, de jaarlijkse zeilwedstrijden die hier op het meer gehouden worden.

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Terherne

Terherne

Terherne staat bekend als Kameleondorp en is een eiland in het Sneekermeer. Aan de ene kant vind je het meer en aan de andere kant de Terhernster poelen. Door deze ligging middenin het water is Terherne een ideale startlocatie voor een watersportvakantie.

Ontdek Terherne

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Kameleondorp Terherne

Kameleondorp Terherne

Discover the village Lenten. Look at the village where Hielke and Sietse lived.

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Goaiingarypster Puollen

Goaiingarypster Puollen

De Goaiingarypster Puollen staat op meerdere plaatsen in directe verbinding met het Sneekermeer.

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Kerk en Klokkenstoel Goïngarijp

Kerk en Klokkenstoel Goïngarijp

De kerk met losstaande klokkenstoel van Goïngarijp is ook weer een pareltje in het Friese landschap. De gebrandschilderde ramen uit 1770 zijn een mooie bezienswaardigheid voor toeristen.

kerk in Goïngarijp
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Broek Bell Tower

Broek Bell Tower

In the slightly raised waterside graveyard in Broek there is a white wooden bell tower with a four-sided dome roof. The swinging bell was cast by Hendrik Wegewaert in 1600.

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Joure

Joure

Joure is het dorp zonder stadse fratsen.

Verken Joure

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Hobbe van Baerdt Church in Joure

Hobbe van Baerdt Church in Joure

This church is named after Hobbe van Baerdt, who, as ‘grietman’ (a kind of mayor), presided over the former municipality of Haskerland from 1615 to 1650. The lettering on the decorative pediment over the door says ‘Mr Gritman Hobbe van Baerdt 1644'.

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Museum Joure

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.

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Haulsterbos

Haulsterbos

Southeast of Joure the Haulsterbossen can be found, in which you can enjoy a lovely stroll.

Een bospad in het Haulsterbos
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Tjeukemeer (Tsjûkemar)

Tjeukemeer (Tsjûkemar)

Het Tjeukemeer (Fries: Tsjûkemar), is het grootste binnenwater van Friesland.

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Strand aan het Tjeukemeer

Strand aan het Tjeukemeer

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The bell seat Oldeouwer

The bell seat Oldeouwer

The bell seat was originally built between 1650-1700 Bell chair A bell chair is a scaffold in which one or more bells hang. The bell chair as a separate building is probably due to the fact that certain...

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Melkfabriek Scharsterbrug

Melkfabriek Scharsterbrug

Al aan het einde van de 19e eeuw werd een grote zuivelfabriek in Scharsterbrug gebouwd, de Maatschappij Hollandia.

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Langweerder Wielen

Langweerder Wielen

De Langweerder Wielen liggen ten westen van Joure.

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Strandje Put van Nederhorst

Strandje Put van Nederhorst

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11Fountains Sneek

11Fountains Sneek

A man with a Horn of Plenty stands on a golden ball in the middle of the water.

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Water Gate Sneek

Water Gate Sneek

The Waterpoort in Sneek is a water gate, a gate in a defensive wall that connects a city to a waterway. In the 15th and 16th century, a defensive wall had been built around Sneek.

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Frisian Maritime Museum

Frisian Maritime Museum

The Frisian Maritime Museum focuses on the history of Frisian shipping.

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VVV Sneek

VVV Sneek

Directions

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VVV Sneek

VVV Sneek

Deze fietsroute is via de aanwijzingen ook makkelijk in te korten.

Inkorten route:

59 km: Na 38 km. bij knooppunt 5 naar knooppunt 81 en daar de route langs de knooppunten zoals omschreven verder volgen.

46 km: Na 30,5 km bij knooppunt 80 naar 79 en dan naar 62. Daar de route langs de knooppunten, zoals boven beschreven, verder volgen.

44 km: Deze optie is alleen mogelijk tijdens de vaarperiode van het pontje bij ‘Rufus’. Je gaat bij knooppunt 65 naar 61. Daar volg je de route weer zoals omschreven.

Vaartijden pontjes: Kijk voor actuele vaartijden op www.waterlandvanfriesland.nl/pontjes

Inkorten van alle routes met 8,5 km
Hiervoor laat je je overzetten bij knooppunt 42 met het pontje ‘Fietsa Versa’ naar Terherne en daarna fiets je verder naar knooppunt 43. Daar de route langs de knooppunten, zoals boven beschreven, verder volgen. Dit is alleen mogelijk tijdens de vaarperiode van het pontje.

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VVV Sneek

VVV Sneek

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