Cycling through the west of Friesland

  • The Netherlands
  • Friesland
  • Waadhoeke
  • 67.91 km (Approximately 03:59 u)
  • Cycling route 340435
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Cycling through the west of Friesland

  • The Netherlands
  • Friesland
  • Waadhoeke
  • 67.91 km (Approximately 03:59 u)
  • Cycling route 340435

This route takes you through Franeker, Harlingen, Makkum: old Frisian towns with a rich history. Between these places it is wonderful to cycle through the wide polders and along the foaming Wadden Sea. After a cup of coffee at Hotel-Restaurant Poort van Franeker, you get on your bike. The town has dozens of national monuments. There is also plenty to see in Harlingen. For example, you can visit the Hannemahuis. Makkum was once located on the Zuiderzee and acquired wealth, especially in the seventeenth century. Some monumental buildings still bear witness to this. At Witmarsum you drive through the Flietsterbosk, a varied recreational forest where several species of deciduous trees grow. You pass It Fliet, a street where there is a monument for Menno Simmons, born in Witmarsum.

Directions

# Description Distance
Hotel-Restaurant Poort van Franeker (Stationsweg, 8801 JL, Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
Hotel-Restaurant Poort van Franeker (Stationsweg, 8801 JL, Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
9
9 (8801AB, Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.29 km
9
9 (8801AB, Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.31 km
Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium (8801 KE , Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 0.71 km
15
15 (8801TT, Waadhoeke, Friesland, The Netherlands) 1.12 km

Pause places

Hotel-Restaurant Poort van Franeker

Stationsweg 1
8801 JL Waadhoeke
http://www.poortvanfraneker.nl

Poort van Franeker is a cozy and accessible cafe in one of the eleven cities of Friesland! There is a cozy living room atmosphere and you can enjoy delicious food and drinks here. When the weather is nice, you can sit on the terrace! And do you want to stay the night? That is also possible. On the menu you will find changing seasonal dishes, three-course menus, lunch dishes and a la carte dishes. Owner Sonja is an experienced professional who, together with her husband and a dedicated team, receives guests with great enthusiasm. In short, an ideal starting, pausing and/or stopping point for your cycling or walking tour through the beautiful Frisian countryside!

Sights

Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium

3
8801 KE Waadhoeke
http://www.planetarium-friesland.nl/

The oldest working planetarium in the world is located on the ceiling of the living room of a beautiful canal house in Franeker. The iconic Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is Franeker's biggest attraction. The impressive scale model of our solar system embodies Eisinga's will to explain the universe and our place in it. Today, the model, powered by a gigantic wooden gear, still displays the current position of the sun and the planets. a fine piece of work! On September 19, 2023, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to place the Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker on the World Heritage List. With this inscription, UNESCO recognizes the exceptional and unique value of this heritage.

Het Hannemahuis Museum

Voorstraat
8861BG Harlingen

Izeren Kou

De Izeren Ko
8758 Súdwest-Fryslân
http://www.allemolens.nl

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were not only used to produce flour from cereals, but also for draining polder areas. Natural energy. The most famous windmills can be found in Kinderdijk, really set up as a polder model. A must see!

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