3 Parks to Explore in Friesland

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Friesland

Friesland is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. Friesland is a unique region of the country as its locals speak their own language known as Frisian. The province is primarily an agricultural region and is the birthplace of the Frisian Cattle and black Frisian horse. Aside from agriculture, tourism plays a major role in the province’s economy.

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Parks to Explore in Friesland

Dark Sky Park De Boschplaat

Dark Sky Boschplaat is an international Dark Sky Park on the De Boschplaat nature reserve , which is located on the eastern part of the Wadden island of Terschelling in the north of the Netherlands. Dark Sky areas are usually located in nature reserves where the air is still clean, there is silence and special animal and plant species live that benefit from an environment that is as natural as possible.

Sybrandy's Speelpark

Sybrandy's Speelpark is a small-scale amusement park southwest of Oudemirdum in southwest Friesland on the IJsselmeer coast. The park is mainly aimed at children between 3 and 13 years old and consists of a large playground with various attractions. For that reason, the park is also called a playground amusement park . Despite its small size, Sybrandy's Speelpark is still considered one of the larger attractions in Friesland. This is partly due to the large reach of Friesland.

Vijversburg

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.

Map of Parks to explore in Friesland