The military heritage along the coast of Friesland tells many different stories. The Casemates are a reminder of the defence of the Afsluitdijk, for friend and foe. The history that played out in the expansive salt marshes Noarderleech is less visible. The observation bunker is the only thing that points to the dummy airport constructed by the Germans. Monuments in various towns and villages tell the tragic stories of ordinary people during the war, such as the unusual story of minister Josef Cohen from Dokkum.
The admiralty disappeared from Dokkum in 1645, but the city still celebrates its past with a major festival.
The Resistance Museum, part of the Frisian Museum, tells the stories of the people of Friesland during the Second World War.
The only surviving bunker of Stelling Koehoal is a permanent reminder of the air war over Friesland
Titus Brandsma spoke against Nazism and that proved fatal. The museum tells his story and that of other, anonymous victims of the war.
No doubt you've heard of it: in the far north of the Netherlands, along the Wadden coast, you can go mudflat hiking. But what is mudflat hiking exactly? 'Wadlopen is treading on the mud flats at low tide,' Wikipedia says. But we want to know more!
Walls, wooden shoes, milk cans. Naive painter Ruurd Wiersma created paintings on everything in his surroundings. They give wonderful insight into farm life on the Frisian clay north of Dokkum.
Het Bildt is relatively new land. The inpoldering began in early 1505 and took about two and half centuries. The result was rich agricultural land perfect for cultivating, for example, bildtstar potatoes.
Space around you gives you space in your head. Maybe that's why the Wadden coast south of Harlingen has produced so many freethinkers, like Menno Simons, throughout the centuries.
Of all the Wadden islands, Terschelling occupied a particularly important strategic air position. Allied planes en route to targets in Germany flew from the North Sea straight over Terschelling.
De Afsluitdijk speelde een belangrijke strategische rol bij de verdediging van Nederland. Deze fietsroute voert u langs de...
