This beautiful route introduces you to another side of Friesland: the Gaasterland, a sloping and wooded area. You can also enjoy the characteristic wide Frisian lake area.
Fortified city of Sloten
A little further on you can enjoy the historic atmosphere in the old center of Balk. The poet Herman Gorter also had a good time here: his poem Mei is an ode to Balk. You will also pass through Sloten, which, with its 50 national monuments, exudes a wonderful historic atmosphere. Almost everything of the original walls and structure is still there, wow!
Frisian Forests
In Nijemirdum you can see a solitary church tower from the fourteenth century. Further on you enter the rolling Gaasterland. You drive through Elfbergen, the Lycklamabos and the Starnumanbossen: three beautiful contiguous forests. How wonderfully quiet it is here!
# | Description | Distance |
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68 | 68 (8561BC, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 0.00 km |
32 | 32 (Menno van Coehoornweg, 8563AD, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 2.63 km |
44 | 44 (8556XB, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 6.14 km |
43 | 43 (8522MW, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 10.29 km |
42 | 42 (8522MW, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 10.52 km |
53 | 53 (8522MW, De Fryske Marren, Friesland, The Netherlands) | 10.73 km |