20 Attractions to Explore Near Titus Brandsma Museum

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. The style of the gate, now the symbol of Sneek, can be described as Manierist. Above the gate itself, which originally would have had wooden fences, is a loggia and above that are what were the quarters of the gatekeeper. On each side is an octagonal tower. It is listed as a Rijksmonument, number 34075.

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.

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.

The Kazemattenmuseum is a war museum in Kornwerderzand in the Dutch province of Friesland. It consists of a visitor center, a number of casemates (command casemate, kitchen/anti-aircraft depot casemate, machine-gun casemate, cannon casemate and searchlight casemate) and a guardroom. Three monuments have been erected in commemoration: for the fallen in the Wonsstelling, for those on board the gunboat and for Captain Christiaan Boers and Deputy Commander Lieutenant Ham.

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 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.

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.

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.

The Hannemahuis is the municipal museum , located in a patrician house in the center of the Frisian city of Harlingen. Objects are collected and exhibited that are closely related to the history and art history of Harlingen , such as Harlinger tile and pottery, maritime objects, ancient paintings, photographs , silverware , various old documents and furniture . There is also a Simon Vestdijk room.

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 .

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. The height of the tower is 39 metres. The tower has 183 steps. The top of the tower is displaced horizontally 2 metres from the centre. The original plan included attaching a new church to the tower, which would replace the old saint vitus church, but this was never realized. Custodian of the tower is Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden.

Pier Pander Museum is a museum in Leeuwarden for the artistic legacy of the Frisian sculptor Pier Pander (1864-1919). The creation of the Pier Pander Museum Leeuwarden in 1954 is on Nicolaas Petrus de Koo to thank.