{"id":219,"date":"2014-12-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kuilart.nl\/en\/leeuwarden\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T14:56:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:56:03","slug":"leeuwarden","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kuilart.nl\/en\/surroundings\/eleven-cities\/leeuwarden\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeuwarden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Capital of Friesland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeuwarden is the starting and finishing point of the famous Frisian Elfstedentocht on ice-skates, the last of which took place in 1997! It is a city with a stadholder past, with hundreds of monuments recalling those times and a shopping heart with many special shops and cosy restaurants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fries Museum, cultural hotspot<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wealth and splendour of Friesland&#8217;s past is visible behind every corner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friesmuseum.nl\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fries Museum<\/a>: the beauty of 17th century Frisian silver, stately portraits from the 16th and 17th centuries, fashionable Frisian costumes, the 18th century period rooms of the Eysingahuis and the mystery of Mata Hari. You will find all this and more in one of Friesland&#8217;s finest museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Oldehove<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leeuwarden&#8217;s leaning tower, every Leeuwarder is proud of it. The tower was built in 1529 to replace the old Saint Vitus church. Unfortunately, the tower already sagged during construction and despite attempts to fix it, construction was eventually stopped. the tower should have been twice as high, but unfortunately it didn&#8217;t succeed. Nevertheless, it has become one of the city&#8217;s most important symbols. In the summer months, you can climb the Oldehove, which is rewarded with breathtaking views over the city and the Frisian countryside, up to and including the Wadden!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capital of Friesland Leeuwarden is the starting and finishing point of the famous Frisian Elfstedentocht on ice-skates, the last of which took place in 1997! 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