20 Attractions to Explore Near Waterpoort

The Frisian Maritime Museum in the city of Sneek shows the history of the Frisian shipping and trade from the 17th to the 20th century. It also gives a picture of the culture in this part of The Netherlands. it contains a library, film viewing room, and focuses on local seafaring life. It is housed in canal buildings dated to 1844 and offers collections of old sailing ships models, naval paintings, and silver pieces.

Lake Sneek is a Dutch lake in the province of Friesland. The lake was born in the Middle Ages from the extraction of peat . Today, it constitutes a place dedicated mainly to nautical activities and has several marinas .

This is an amusement park that is completely dedicated to the book series De Kameleon by Hotze de Roos , and is located in the Frisian town of Terhorne. You can enjoy the chameleon farm, the cruise and the adventure island again. The 'Grande Tour' consists of searching the farm, a round trip in which everything is told by a guide and an adventure on the Chameleon Island. Nice working together, getting dirty and getting acquainted with the 4 elements.

The Heegermeer is a lake in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân , province of Friesland. It is located southwest of Heeg, and it merges into the Fluessen in the southwest . There are a few islands in the lake , of which the Rakkenpolle is the largest. A concrete shipping route runs through the middle of the lake, which is part of the Johan Friso Canal .

The Titus Brandsma Museum is a museum in the Frisian city of Bolsward that is dedicated to Titus Brandsma , who was born near the city. Exhibitions are about the life of and the memory of this Frisian Carmelite and professor of philosophy and mysticism who died in Dachau during the Second World War. The permanent collection includes some of Brandsma's personal belongings and writings, including an overcoat.

Museum Joure is a museum in Joure in the Dutch province of Friesland . The museum presents itself as a 'museum of making' and shows four clusters of collections: Douwe Egberts / coffee and tea, Frisian clocks, printing and metal. The museum is supported by the Friends of Museum Joure association.

The Slotermeer is a lake in the southwest of the province of Friesland . The lake is sometimes only 1.20 meters deep outside the navigation channels. On the eastern side next to the fairway, the water depth is approximately 1 meter. The lake is often a bottleneck in the route: it freezes over relatively late and both cloning and ice transfer are impossible. One must therefore wait until the ice has grown naturally.

De Fluessen is a lake in the municipalities of Súdwest-Fryslân and De Friese Meren , in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is the second largest lake in Friesland after the Tjeukemeer and is located northeast of De Holken . The lake changes into the Heegermeer in the northeast. There are a few islands in the lake , of which the Langehoekspolle is the largest. A concrete shipping route runs through the middle of the lake, which is part of the Johan Friso Canal.

Jopie Huisman Museum is a majestic museum, dedicated to the work and life of the Frisian master painter Jopie Huisman. Love for nature, compassion, but also giving the inconsiderable value. It is the human dimension that forms the common thread in his oeuvre, which is as versatile as it is fascinating.

De Deelen is a vast complex of peat bogs in the lower middle of the Dutch province of Friesland , in the municipalities of Heerenveen and De Friese Meren. The Deelen consists of reed beds , draft holes with a relatively large amount of open water, thickets and grasslands. The lower middle of Friesland largely consisted of low peat swamps, which stretched south to the swamps of Northwest Overijssel.

The Tjeukemeer is the largest inland waterway of the Dutch province of Friesland . It is located in the Zuidwesthoek in the municipality of De Friese Meren , on the border of the former municipalities of Lemsterland and Skarsterlân .It used to be just a shallow lake with no special tourist attractions. In 1957 several provinces began to cooperate under the name of Marrekrite with the aim of developing the area for tourism. Shoals were eliminated, and in 2000 two artificial islands were created.

The Fries Landbouwmuseum is a museum on the south side of the city of Leeuwarden with the theme of agriculture. The farmhouse was built in a transitional style in 1908 by order of the Sint Anthonygasthuis to a design by Willem Cornelis de Groot. The bell of Saint Anthony is depicted on a stone in the facade of the house . The building is a national monument. The collection consists of 6000 objects, many of which are agricultural implements.

The Eise Eisinga Planetarium from the late 18th century is the oldest working planetarium in the world. The planetarium represents the values of the Enlightenment and of the long regional and cultural tradition of the 'lay scholar'. The house and its planetarium was purchased by the Dutch state in 1825, and later given to the city of Franeker which exploits it as a museum.

The Keatsmuseum is a museum dedicated to bouncing . It is based in the town of Franeker in the Dutch province of Friesland. The museum has been housed on the top floor of the Camminga House since 1995.

Museum Heerenveen ,is a cultural history museum in the center of Heerenveen . The museum tells the history of the area through archaeological finds, historical objects and a collection of works by significant artists of the area such as Jan Mankes .

The Museum Hindeloopen is a cultural history museum in the Dutch town of Hindeloopen , one of the Frisian eleven cities. The collection of the Museum includes Hindelooper painting , traditional costumes and interiors . Also on display are objects related to shipping history and fishing . In addition, attention is paid to the history of the city.

The Slauerhoffbrug is a fully automatic bascule bridge in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It is a road bridge that carries the Slauerhoffweg over the Harlingervaart. The bridge uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out of place. This movable bridge is also known as the “Slauerhoffbrug ‘Flying’ Drawbridge”. One of the main designers is Emile Asari. A tail bridge can quickly and efficiently be raised and lowered from one pylon.

The ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station is a pumping station in the Netherlands, and the largest still operational steam-powered pumping station in the world. On October 7, 1920 Queen Wilhelmina opened the pumping station. It was built to pump excess water out of Friesland, a province in the north of the Netherlands. In 1967 the 47 years old coal furnaces were converted to run on heavy fuel oil. It has a pumping capacity of 4,000 m3/min.

Poptaslot is a type of luxurious house often used by and/or built for the nobility of Frisia, many of which are built to look like castles (the term literally means "stone-house")—in the Dutch province of Friesland . It was founded somewhere between 1512 and 1525, probably by Sasker van Camstra. It was probably named Heringastate when it was founded, using his mother’s surname Heringa. Around 1631 it was significantly changed and modernised.

A beautiful beach located in the lakeside resort of Lemmer is on the east shore of Lake IJsselmeer. Amenities at the beach include play structures for kids, public toilets and free parking. Bikes can be hired in the town. swimming is allowed here and also wind surfing. unfortunately sailing and surfing are not permitted.