Historical tour Leeuwarden, Harlingen and Franeker

From here you cycle to Franeker, an Eleven Cities town with many historic buildings. Note the bell gable of the Planetarium (1774), where Eise Eisinga built a working model of the solar system in his living room. A little further on, beautiful, carefully restored warehouses and patrician houses adorn the picturesque skyline at the port of Harlingen. Via the gatehouse of the Liauckema State and Landhuis Schatzenburg you cycle to the stately Poptaslot, also called Azingastate or Heringastate. It was built in the 15th century as a summer residence for a wealthy lawyer from Leeuwarden. This stins (\\\'stone house\\\') was used as a retirement home for poor women after 1712. It is now open as a museum and furnished in 17th and 18th century style.