In a wheelchair through Leeuwarden

Fries Museum

The Fries Museum is located on Wilhelminaplein, also popularly known as Zaailand. The impressive museum is about 5 minutes from Central Station. Are you parked in the Zaailand car park? Then you can take the lift to the museum. Easy! Get to know the mysterious Mata Hari: dive into her diary and discover her sad fate as a possible double agent. Fight the 16th-century rebel Grutte Pier against the Dutch or fall prey to his huge sword if you can't say ‘bûter brea and griene tsiis’ (butter, bread and green cheese). Feel like the king or queen of Friesland for a moment with the sparkling gold and silver from the mounds. Or enjoy work by (world) famous artists and slow design by leading designers - tough and durable, with an eye for tradition and craftsmanship. In the Fries Verzetsmuseum (resistance museum), located inside the Fries Museum. You will get to know starving children who were brought to the Friesian countryside to recuperate.

The Frisian Museum is equipped with an elevator, accessible toilets, and you can also borrow a wheelchair at the entrance.

A Guide to Leeuwarden

On weekends, you can join a city tour by A Guide to Leeuwarden at 12:00 and 14:00. The city guides know everything about the city: from major events in Leeuwarden's history (such as the beer revolt!) to where the members of the royal family stayed. Leeuwarden is built on mounds, so there is some difference in height here and there: like little hills. The routes you can follow with the guide are free of major obstacles. Here and there may be a threshold, of course, but the guides can help where necessary. Thus, they try to keep their tours as wheelchair-friendly as possible! The tours can be followed with a ‘pay what you want/can’ principle. After the tour, you give the guide what you thought it was worth. 

Natuurmuseum Fryslân

After a delicious breakfast at the hotel, you're ready to hit the road. At Natuurmuseum Fryslân, (nature museum), you'll feast your eyes! Get to know Friesland under water - without getting wet yourself! - at the OnderWaterSafari (underwater safari), listen to the story of the giant sperm whale skeleton and marvel at the most extraordinary discoveries during expeditions. Did you know that Natuurmuseum Fryslân is housed in a former orphanage? Go back in time in the old classroom and see how children used to be taught. 

The Nature Museum Fryslân has a lift that goes to every floor of the building. Only the exhibition about the Dragon - an exhibition where children aged 4-8 can be guided around - is not accessible by wheelchair or mobility scooter. Two (paid) parking spaces for people with disabled parking cards have been created in front of the museum. There is also a special entrance for people in wheelchairs or mobility scooters. 

Go to Buuten

Get some fresh air in the Buuten area. This nature area - which includes several entrepreneurs and parks - can be found on the outskirts of Leeuwarden. And there is plenty to choose from! Go monkey-watching at AquaZoo? Enjoy nature at Park Vijversburg? Or get a hot chocolate with whipped cream at the Groote Wielen? With lots of parking spaces everywhere and spacious, paved paths, Buuten makes accessibility top priority