One day in Leeuwarden, Netherlands
A day through Leeuwarden’s best-known sights that lie close together: Oldehove, Tresoar, Princessehof Ceramics Museum, Grote of Jacobijnerkerk, Stadhouderlijk Hof and Fries Museum. 6 stops, about 1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.
The route
- OldehoveTower · On the map
- TresoarMuseum · 0.1 km on from Oldehove · On the map
- Princessehof Ceramics MuseumMuseum · 0.1 km on from Tresoar · On the map
- Grote of JacobijnerkerkTemple or shrine · 0.4 km on from Princessehof Ceramics Museum · On the map
- Stadhouderlijk HofPalace · 0.2 km on from Grote of Jacobijnerkerk · On the map
- Fries MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Stadhouderlijk Hof · On the map
6 stops, 1.4 km on foot along the streets: about 17 min of walking.
More for Leeuwarden
- Things to do in Leeuwarden, Netherlands · 40 places to see, led by Eise Eisinga Planetarium and Oldehove
Day trips from Leeuwarden
- Amsterdam111 km awayRijksmuseum6 stops in a day, starting at Rijksmuseum
- Utrecht132 km awayRietveld Schröder House6 stops in a day, starting at Rietveld Schröder House
- Arnhem136 km awayKröller-Müller Museum6 stops in a day, starting at Netherlands Open Air Museum
- Leiden146 km awayNaturalis Biodiversity Center6 stops in a day, starting at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Photo credits
- Oldehove: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tresoar: AcroniusZ, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Princessehof Ceramics Museum: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
- Grote of Jacobijnerkerk: Wutsje / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Stadhouderlijk Hof: J.P. de Koning, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fries Museum: Wutsje / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0
Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.
Good to know
- Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
- The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
- Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.
Other places nearby
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- Amsterdam111 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, Port and ships, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Haarlem121 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather and Hiking routes
- Utrecht132 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Arnhem136 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather and Hiking routes
- Leiden146 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- Nijmegen151 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather, ISS passes, Sunrise and sunset and Hiking routes
- The Hague161 km away · Right now, Things to do, Plans, Transit, Cameras, Flights, Weather and Hiking routes