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Fries Museum Leeuwarden - Vrijheid, Vetes, Vagevuur

Would you like to immerse yourself in art and culture for a weekend? You can do that in Leeuwarden like nowhere else! The rich history of the city goes hand in hand with modern art, theatre and music, which received a major boost in 2018, when Leeuwarden was named European Capital of Culture. Not only in the museums and theatres is There is not only lots  to experience ion museums and theatres, but on the streets too you will come across the most beautiful street art and the monumental canal houses and city palaces are a feast for the eyes. ​

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  • Natuurmuseum Fryslân (Frisian Museum of Natural History)

    Natuurmuseum Fryslân (Frisian Museum of Natural History)

    An interactive museum for the whole family to enjoy!

    Museum

  • Fries Museum

    Fries Museum

    Discover the Frisian in yourself at the Fries Museum! Here you will discover all about the eleven cities and the countryside, the love-hate relatio...

    Museum

  • Neushoorn

    Neushoorn

    Neushoorn is a magical place in the heart of Leeuwarden, not just for its spanking new music, dance, and film projects, but also because it is real...

    Cultural organizations

  • Old Burger Weeshuis

    Old Burger Weeshuis
    Heritage

  • Tresoar

    Tresoar

    Tresoar: the treasury of Frisian history.

    Library

  • Slieker Film

    Slieker Film

    Slieker Film is the arthouse cinema at the Wilhelminaplein, Leeuwarden in the Fries Museum.

    Cultural organizations

  • Grote of Jacobijnerkerk

    Grote of Jacobijnerkerk

    The Grote of Jacobijnerkerk is the oldest and, from an architectural point of view, the most important church in Leeuwarden.

    Church

  • Tryater

    Tryater

    Tryater is Friesland's most versatile theatre company and the oldest company in the Netherlands. We bring unique and contemporary theatre for young...

    Theatre Stage

  • Sint-Bonifatius Church

    Sint-Bonifatius Church

    The church is named for the heavenly Saint Boniface. It was built in around 1882/4 in Leeuwarden to designs by the architect P.J.H. Cuypers.

    Church

  • Dorpskerk Huizum

    Dorpskerk Huizum

    Cultuurpodium Dorpskerk Huizum (Cultural Venue Dorpskerk Huizum) regularly organizes concerts, lectures and exhibitions in the Dorpskerk Huizum, Le...

    Church

  • Historic Centre Leeuwarden

    Historic Centre Leeuwarden

    The HCL is the centre for Leeuwarden's historical heritage. Thousands of linear meters of historical documents, from the Middle Ages to the present...

    Heritage

  • Blokhuispoort

    Blokhuispoort

    The Blokhuispoort is a cultural business-centre in the lively centre of Leeuwarden. Housed in a former prison, it is now full of creative initiativ...

    Heritage

  • Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)

    Fries Landbouwmuseum (Frisian Agricultural Museum)

    Friesland has been an agricultural province for centuries. Since time immemorial, farmers have kept livestock and worked the land. In the Frisian A...

    Heritage

  • De Utrecht

    De Utrecht

    A hidden gem in the middle of downtown Leeuwarden. Built in 1904 in art nouveau style, crammed with sayings, lavishly decorated and full of symboli...

    Architecture

  • Pier Pander Museum

    Pier Pander Museum

    Temporarily closed

    The Prinsentuin, the beautiful city park on the edge of downtown Leeuwarden, houses the museum and temple dedicated to the Frisian sculptor Pier Pa...

    Museum

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