Friesland - 89 Attractions You Must Visit

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.

Oudemirdumer Klif is a nature reserve in the Gaasterland region in the Dutch province of Friesland .The Oudemirdumer Klif is located south of Oudemirdum on the southern boulder clay ridge in the National Landscape Southwest Fryslân. It has been managed by the Vereniging Natuurmonumenten since 1927 .It was created during the Saalian by advancing land ice. The harebell , small bird 's foot , sand blue , crested grass and strawberry clover can be found in the area and sand martins breed here.

Paardengraf Ameland is a grave for horses at Hollum on Ameland in the Dutch province of Friesland. The horses are buried in the dunes on the east side of the Lifeboat Path. It is not a horse grave with a deceased person. A memorial stone commemorates the disaster day. The stone of Swedish granite was donated to the island by the company Hoogenberg-Wegerif. The funerary monument was placed on Saturday morning December 15, 1979.

De Peazemerlannen is a nature reserve of 485 hectares near Paesens and Moddergat in the north of Friesland . This area outside the dykes is part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage and a transition area between the sea dyke and the mud flats of the Wadden Sea. The area is frequented by bird species such as brent goose , barnacle goose and avocet. The beaches created by the breached dike provide a breeding ground for some pairs of the ringed plover and the sand plover.

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.

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.

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 Prinsentuin is a garden built in renaissance style that is located in Groningen, behind the Prinsenhof This Garden consists of a rose garden, a herb garden, a part with berceaus and a sundial on the wall above the entrance.

Richel is a permanently dry sandbank in the Wadden Sea, in the gap between the Dutch islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. The sandbank has an average surface area of 116 hectares. It is completely flooded only during extremely high tides. Richel is uninhabited and virtually barren. It is too low to support any permanent vegetation. The sandbank is only able to support some temporary colonisation by the grass species sand couch.

Rif is a sandbank in the Dutch Wadden Sea, lying between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, north of Engelsmanplaat. The sandbank has an area of 0.9 square kilometres at high tide and is popular as a high-tide resting area for birds as well as for seals. Additionally, the sandbank is a breeding place for birds and seals use it to give birth on.

De Rottige Meente is a Dutch nature reserve in the province of Friesland , along the border with Overijssel . It was created in the 19th century and 20th century by peat painting . The area is part of the main ecological structure of the Netherlands and is a Habitats Directive area . As of 2005 , more than 1000 ha in this area were owned by Staatsbosbeheer .

Schelpenmuseum Paal 14 is a shell museum on the Wadden Island of Schiermonnikoog in the Dutch province of Friesland. In addition to a number of general information about molluscs, the museum also contains many beautiful shells. You will find all species that can be found on Schiermonnikoog, as well as more than 1,500 species from countries all over the world.

Schiermonnikoog is one of the five Wadden Islands. The island is characterized by diverse landscapes including beaches, dunes, forests, tidal marshes, polders, lakes and tidal flats.The island arose during the last glacial period and its shape has been very variable since then. Dominant processes are sand drifting, erosion and sedimentation along the coasts, characteristic for a tidal landscape.

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.

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 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.

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 .

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.

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.

Museum Tromp's Huys is a museum in Oost-Vlieland on the Wadden Island of Vlieland in the Dutch province of Friesland. The museum is housed in a national monument . The collection includes the Art by Betzy Akersloot-Berg, Silver, photo and clock collection, Nautical Charts and Ship Models ,Information about the history of the island, such as the disappeared village of West-Vlieland , the whaling industry and the ship Lutine .