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About the city walk
The Frisians are proud of their language. We are also proud of the Hindeloopen language, it is a unique dialect. In this dialect, the medieval vowels are kept, resulting in a very distinctive sound. Hindeloopen used to be a city that lived from what nature offered. The people lived from fishing, the harbour and the sale of gin and wool… The skippers of Hindeloopen set off in their ships to the Baltic Sea to trade. In the old days, the people of Hindeloopen had their own unique attire. Nowadays these outfits can still be admired during performances and other events. During this 25-minute walk, you will discover the historical highlights of this unique city.
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On Het Oost…
About the city walk
The Frisians are proud of their language. We are also proud of the Hindeloopen language, it is a unique dialect. In this dialect, the medieval vowels are kept, resulting in a very distinctive sound. Hindeloopen used to be a city that lived from what nature offered. The people lived from fishing, the harbour and the sale of gin and wool… The skippers of Hindeloopen set off in their ships to the Baltic Sea to trade. In the old days, the people of Hindeloopen had their own unique attire. Nowadays these outfits can still be admired during performances and other events. During this 25-minute walk, you will discover the historical highlights of this unique city.
Easy navigation?
View the route in Google Maps
Addition to Google Maps route
On Het Oost, keep going a little further and take the small bridge of SV Hielpen for an even more scenic route. Via the Waterkeringspad you will reach Nieuwstad again and can continue the Google Maps route from there.
On the Nieuwe Weide, walk up the stairs to experience the walking route from the dyke. This dyke path runs parallel to the streets Westerdijk, Molenstraat and again Westerdijk. At the end of the dyke path, you can return to the Google Maps route via Dijkweg.
About the fountain
The source of inspiration for the fountain of Hindeloopen is the tree of life on the city’s coat of arms, with the buck and the doe surrounding it. The tree symbolizes the life force, but also stands for wisdom. The buck and the doe feed themselves with it. Magnificent exotic birds reside in the tree. If you sit on the large, wooden antlers that surround the tree, you can see how, by spewing water, they ‘talk’ to each other. About us?
The city coat of arms, with its tree of life, with the deer and the doe surrounding it, is the source of inspiration for the fountain in Hindeloopen.
Nieuweweg 1
8713 KJ Hindeloopen
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De 'skyline' van Hindeloopen wordt al van kilometers afstand bepaald door deze Grote Kerk. Deze oude kerk van Hindeloopen werd in 1570 tijdens de Tachtigjarige Oorlog verwoest.
Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima opende dinsdagmiddag 18 juni 2024 het vernieuwde Museum Hindeloopen. Het museum dat sinds 1919 is gehuisvest in het voormalige stadhuis van de stad, is geheel gerenoveerd en uitgebreid met een bezoekerscentrum. In het museum staat de rijke Hindelooper cultuur centraal.
Een herinnering aan het volksverhaal ‘it Kweade Wiif fan Hylpen’ is nog te vinden op het huis aan de Buren 44 in Hindeloopen. Een gevelsteen laat een hond zien met daarboven een engeltje, wat de vleugels uitgespreid heeft boven de hond.
Hindeloopen is rijk aan rijksmonumenten, zoals ook de sluis en het bijbehorende Sylhús. De sluis was er al in de 17e eeuw en vormt de verbinding voor de pleziervaart tussen het centrum en de haven en IJsselmeer.
Roosje Oud Hindelooper Kunst anno 1894. Meer dan 125 jaar echte ambacht. Gespecialiseerd in de traditionele oude Hindelooper kunst. Hand en op maat gemaakte meubelen in eigen meubelmakerij.
Nieuwstad 44
8713 JM Hindeloopen
Het Eerste Friese Schaatsmuseum is te vinden in Hindeloopen, een pittoresk stadje gelegen in de Zuidwesthoek van Friesland, direct aan het IJsselmeer. In april 1983 opende elfstedenwinnaar Jeen van den Berg het museum.
The city coat of arms, with its tree of life, with the deer and the doe surrounding it, is the source of inspiration for the fountain in Hindeloopen.
The city coat of arms, with its tree of life, with the deer and the doe surrounding it, is the source of inspiration for the fountain in Hindeloopen.
The city coat of arms, with its tree of life, with the deer and the doe surrounding it, is the source of inspiration for the fountain in Hindeloopen.
