5 Sights in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (with Map and Images)

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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Leeuwarden, Netherlands! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Leeuwarden. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.

Sightseeing Tours in LeeuwardenActivities in Leeuwarden

1. Pier Pander Museum

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The Pier Pander Museum is a museum in the city of Leeuwarden dedicated to the artistic legacy of the Frisian sculptor Pier Pander (1864-1919). The establishment of the Pier Pander Museum in Leeuwarden in 1954 is thanks to Nicolaas Petrus de Koo.

Wikipedia: Pier Pander Museum (NL), Website

2. It Sil Heve

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The Eleven Cities Monument is a photo mosaic made by the visual artists Maree Blok and Bas Lugthart. It Sil Heve is the name in Westerlauwers Frisian. The monument is placed on the Canterland bridge over the Murk canal near Giekerk on the border of the municipalities of Tietjerksteradeel and Leeuwarden in the Dutch province of Friesland.

Wikipedia: Elfstedenmonument (NL), Website

3. Keramiekmuseum Princessehof

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The Princessehof Ceramics Museum is a museum of ceramics in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The museum's name comes from one of two buildings in which it is housed: a small palace built in 1693 and later occupied by Marie Louise, dowager Princess of Orange. The other annexed building is the Papinga stins, a former stronghold from the 15th century. The museum buildings are of interest, and so are its collection of tiles, pottery, and ceramic sculpture.

Wikipedia: Princessehof Ceramics Museum (EN), Website

4. Bullemolen

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De Bullemolen English: The Executioner's Mill is a smock mill in Lekkum, Friesland, Netherlands which was built in 1825. The mill has been restored to working order and is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 24505.

Wikipedia: De Bullemolen, Lekkum (EN)

5. Himriksmole

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Himriksmole Stefan Teeling / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Himriksmole, also known as Groene Ster after the recreational area and nature reserve where it is located, is a drainage mill near the village of Tytsjerk, Friesland, Netherlands. It is a hollow post windmill of the type called spinnenkop by the Dutch. The mill is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 35675, and is used to raise the water level in the nature reserve.

Wikipedia: Himriksmole (EN)

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