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19th-century stellingmolen- Harlingen is Pingjum. Menno
type mills known as De Hoop Simons (1496–1561), the
and Zeldenrust (see p29). evangelical preacher after
whom many of the Dutch
E Admiraliteitshuis Anabaptists named themselves,
Diepswal 27. Tel 0519-293134. started his religious life here.
Open Apr–Oct: 1–5pm Tue–Sat. & Mennonites from all over the
∑ museumdokkum.nl world now visit.
E Natuurmuseum Dokkum
Kleine Oosterstraat 12.
Tel 0519-297318. Open Oct–May: 5 Bolsward
Sat & Sun; Jun–Sep: Mon–Sat. Road Map C2. * 10,000. @ n
Closed public hols. Wipstraat 6 (0515-577701). ( Thu.
Modest Bolsward first arose in
3 Franeker the 11th century as a trading
post, enjoying the height of its
Road Map C1. * 13,000. @ £
n Voorstraat 35 (058-2572590). development in the 15th
( Wed & Sat. Planetarium Friesland century. Martinikerk, a pseudo-
basilica whose tower features a
Franeker was a university town E Kaatsmuseum saddleback roof, was built
from 1585 to 1811. Today, it is Voorstraat 2. Tel 0517-393910. Open during this period. The Stadhuis
the centre of skating in Friesland. 15 May–Sep: 1–5pm Tue–Sat. & (town hall), with its local history
In and around the Voorstraat E Museum Martena museum, the Oudheidkamer,
are several monumental Voorstraat 35. Tel 0517-392192. is the town’s centrepiece.
buildings, including the Open 10am–5pm Tue–Fri, 1–5pm Sat
15th-century Martenahuis. The & Sun. &
Cammingahuis, which dates E Planetarium Friesland
from the 14th century, now Eise Eisingastraat 3. Tel 0517-393070.
houses the Kaatsmuseum Open 10am–5pm Tue–Sat, 1–5pm Sun
(skating museum). The Museum (also Apr–Oct: 1–5pm Mon). & ^
Martena, in a fine 18th-century
building, has a collection about
the former university. The 4 Harlingen
Renaissance Stadhuis (town Road Map C2. * 14,500. @ £
hall) has an ornate façade. n Grote Bredeplaats 17b
Opposite is the Planetarium (0517-430207). ( Wed am, Sat.
Friesland (1781), built by wool
industrialist Eise Eisinga. For two The port town of Harlingen
centuries, the planets have retains much of its old charm.
rotated around its ceiling. Beside The Zoutsloot and
the Sjûkelân, a sacred place for Noorderhaven have been
Frisian skating, is the Bogt fen painstakingly restored. A statue
Guné (16th century), Holland’s of Hans Brinker (see p27) stands Bolsward town hall
oldest student residence. at the ferry port. South of
Local brews can be sampled at
Mata Hari the Us Heit Bierbrouwerij, the
smallest brewery in the country.
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle (1876–1917), who became known A museum has displays of beer-
to all the world as Mata Hari (Malaysian for “eye of the day”), making equipment while a
grew up in Leeuwarden. Her life came to a tragic end in guided tour shows how the
Vincennes outside Paris, where beer is made. Attached to the
she was executed by a firing brewery is a bar selling the
squad after a French tribunal house ales, with plenty available
found her guilty of spying for the by the bottle to take away
Germans. The Fries Museum tells as souvenirs.
you more about this legendary
woman, who has gained international E Oudheidkamer
notoriety through films and books Jongemastraat 2. Tel 0515-578787.
about her life. The house where she Open Apr–Oct: 9am–noon & 2–4pm
lived with her parents from 1883 to Mon–Thu. &
1890 on Grote Kerkstraat 212 now
houses the Frysk Letterkundig E Us Heit Bierbrouwerij
Museum (Frisian museum of letters). Snekerstraat 43. Tel 0515-577449.
Open Mon, Tue, Thu–Sat (call ahead).

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