The Fight for Equality
This cycling tour narrated by journalist Jort Kelder revisits the strongholds of socialism in Friesland. The leading character in this journey into the past is Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, who together with the socialists fought for ‘the land of freedom’.
This 39-kilometre cycling tour through the southeast corner of Friesland takes you back to the last two decades of the 19th century. Just prior to this there was an economic crisis in rural areas. This was partly due to the growing use of American wheat. At the same time coal was increasingly replacing peat as a fuel. Peat cutters and agricultural workers were hard hit financially. And they were already among the poorest in the land.
When Ferdinand Domela Nieuw…
This cycling tour narrated by journalist Jort Kelder revisits the strongholds of socialism in Friesland. The leading character in this journey into the past is Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, who together with the socialists fought for ‘the land of freedom’.
This 39-kilometre cycling tour through the southeast corner of Friesland takes you back to the last two decades of the 19th century. Just prior to this there was an economic crisis in rural areas. This was partly due to the growing use of American wheat. At the same time coal was increasingly replacing peat as a fuel. Peat cutters and agricultural workers were hard hit financially. And they were already among the poorest in the land.
When Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis travelled to Friesland and spoke in the villages, the peat cutters and agricultural workers saw him as their saviour. Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis attracted large crowds and incited a revolt, calling for a return to freedom.
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Sights on this route
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
Korenmolen De Volharding (voormalig)
Korenmolen De Volharding (voormalig)
Koornbeurs Building
The Koornbeurs building, was once a tavern. Later it served as a station and a post office. Few people know that the Dutch socialist politician Domela Nieuwenhuis once lectured here in 1882, 8 years before the famous right to vote meeting in Het Meer.
Museum Opsterlân
Museum Opsterlân in Gorredijk brengt het verleden dichtbij maar verliest het heden niet uit het oog. Naast het verleden van Opsterland organiseert het museum (kunst) tentoonstellingen en evenementen.
Hegedyk
Hegedyk is een cultureel wandelpad vanuit Gorredijk naar Heerenveen. Een verveend stukje Friese natuur langs ouderlijke woningen waar flora en fauna zich rijk manifesteert. Kom en laat de Friese buitenlucht tot je inwerken!
Museam Belvédere
The sleek museum building was designed by Eerde Schippers from Inbo architects in Heerenveen. The building is intrinsically connected with the landscape and the art. The dark basalt façade almost disappears against the trunks of the trees in...
Directions
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
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