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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

  • Stadswaag

    Stadswaag

    Come and experience tasty treats in this lunchroom in the centre of Leeuwarden, with a Dutch kitchen.

    Monument

  • 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

  • Old Burger Weeshuis

    Old Burger Weeshuis
    Heritage

  • Van Ravesteijn Theater & Events

    Van Ravesteijn Theater & Events

    Van Ravesteijn Theater & Events has been producing theatre dinners, street theatre and theatrical city walks since 1997. Unforgettable moments for...

    Tours

  • 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

  • Slieker Film

    Slieker Film

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

    Cultural organizations

  • Theater De Bres

    Theater De Bres

    Theater De Bres is a stage for cabaret, poetry, (acoustic) music, small-scale theater performances and is an independent place for social debate.

    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

  • Galerie De Roos van Tudor

    Galerie De Roos van Tudor

    Gallery De Roos van Tudor is located in two monumental buildings in the centre of Leeuwarden and focuses on contemporary art by both emerging and e...

    Museum

  • Podium Explore

    Podium Explore

    Podium Explore offers a café, a large hall, a studio and several smaller spaces where you can create, present and meet: a place for stories in all...

    Theatre Stage

  • The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics

    The Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics

    In the middle of Leeuwarden's historic city centre stands the 18th-century city palace of Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel, princess of Orange Nassau...

    Cultural organizations

  • 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

  • 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

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