20 Attractions to Explore Near De Leijen

The Burgumer Mar is a lake near the town of Burgum in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is a popular water sports area with multiple yacht harbours. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area and also there are so many things to do and see.

De Spitkeet is an open air museum and theme park in Harkema in the Dutch province of Friesland . It shows how people used to live in the region around Harkema, the Friese Wouden .

The National Landscape Noardlike Fryske Wâlden is an area of ​​over 25,000 hectares , part of the Frisian Woods , a region in the east of Friesland. The strip allotment, which is associated with a very large length of alder canals, is very characteristic of the landscape . The result of this bocage landscape is an intimate and small-scale feeling of seclusion. Such a landscape pattern is often seen in peat meadow areas, but nowhere in such a large size.

Museum Drachten, is a museum for modern and contemporary art located in the center of Drachten , on Museumplein. Its collection include Dada , De Stijl , Constructivism and Expressionism . They largely represent the period 1885-1965 with an extension to contemporary art. The core collection includes works of art by Theo van Doesburg , Kurt Schwitters , Thijs Rinsema , HN Werkman , Ids Wiersma, Sierd Geertsma, Pier Pander and so more.

Observeum is a unique combination of a regional museum and public observatory . Observeum is located in the village of Bergum in the Dutch province of Friesland . Visitors have access to the regional museum and the observatory.

De Alde Feanen National Park is a national park in the Netherlands province of Friesland. The Alde Feanen contains morasses, lakes, forests, peat and meadows. In the area at least 450 plant species and 100 bird species can be found. A very prominent bird is the white stork. Tall wooden poles have been installed so that the storks can build nests. Another attraction is provided by Shetland ponies. Some of the paddocks can be entered so that ponies can be petted by visitors.

A beautiful open air museum in Nij Beets , Friesland.The museum aims to show the visitor what the activities were during the peat extraction and, in particular, the conditions in which the peat diggers lived and worked during that period, 1863-1920. Various buildings have been (re)built on the two-hectare museum site and the Tjasker Nij Beets is also located on this site.

The Skierstins is a medieval Stienhús built c. 1300 out of brick in Feanwâlden. It is the only remaining Stienhús in Friesland and is listed as Rijksmonument, number 11700 and is rated with a very high historical value. The building is first mentioned in 1439 on a piece of parchment.

Sanjeszoo Zoo or SanjesZoo is an animal park in Zwaagwesteinde . The animal park is part of the SanjesFertier play park and SanjesPlezier amusement park .The zoo opened its doors in July 2012 and was an extension of the existing Sanjes parks.

Jardín botánico De Kruidhof is a botanical garden and museum in the Buitenpost in the Dutch province of Friesland , Netherlands. it is one of the iconic attraction in this area and attracts a lot of tourists here. Therer are iconic flowers and also so many herbs and shrubs too.

Vijversburg is a historic estate in the Dutch municipality of Tietjerksteradeel , located south of the national road N355 at the height of Zwartewegsend . It consists of a publicly accessible park around the villa Vijversburg and an overtuin . The estate is managed by the Op Toutenburg foundation. The park consists of lingering ponds and trails, an orchard , two bridges, a viewing hill, an island, park forest, and a stork 's nest site.

AquaZoo Leeuwarden is a zoo located east of Leeuwarden in the recreation area De Groene Ster in the province of Friesland . It is part of Libéma. Here you can mainly see animals that live in, on or near the water, such as Nile crocodiles, polar bears, ring-tailed lemurs and flamingos. Or have fun in the playgrounds and on the discovery trails.

The Fogelsangh State is a 17th-century state in the Frisian village of Veenklooster . The state forms the core of the 180 hectare estate of the same name. It was founded about 1650 by Dirck Fogelsangh near the former site of the Premonstratensian monastery Mons Oliveti (the Mount of Olives) that was closed in 1580. In the 18th and 19th centuries the state was repeatedly renovated, giving the Fogelsangh state its current neoclassical appearance.

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 Blokhuispoort is a complex of buildings that served as a detention center in the city of Leeuwarden until December 2007 . The current building was built in the second half of the nineteenth century on the site where a prison already stood around 1500. It has undergone many adaptations and extensions over the centuries and has served as a prison since 1580. In its present form, the complex is 130 years old and has 180 cells.

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 Fries Museum is dedicated to Friesland and the Frisian people. Its activities revolve around the eleven cities that make up the province and the surrounding countryside. The collection of the Fries Museum consists of 1 million objects and is dedicated to arts, crafts, and history from the years 1200 to 2000. Around 8000 objects are currently on display in the museum. The most iconic objects in the museum are the Hindelooper Room, the Popta Treasure and the legendary sword of Grote Pier.

The Natuurmuseum Fryslân is a nature museum in the city of Leeuwarden in the Dutch province of Friesland. The exhibit that has attracted the most visitors in the museum's history is the Animal Inside Out exhibit , produced by Gunther von Hagens . More than 62,000 visitors came to the museum to view the many plastinated animals. Four floors full of information, remarkable animals and plants, exercises, games and other surprises invite you to discover the beauty of nature in Fryslân.

Museum De Grutterswinkel is a museum in the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. The grocery store is located in a five - bay building from 1596. The facade has a checkered cornice and the central window is decorated with Rococo carvings . The building is a national monument . It was a mayor's residence and housed a coppersmith . In 1901 , the Feenstra family started out as a wholesaler in groats and colonial goods . Later it became a shop.

The Princessehof Ceramics Museum, located in the Leeuwarden, showcases a beautiful collection of ceramic, tiles, pottery and ceramic sculpture housed in a luxurious 18th century palace. The museum has a café and often hosts visiting art exhibitions. The museum also permanently exhibits the former studio of the Dutch ceramist Jan van der Vaart.