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Sneek
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Simone
March 29, 2016
Shopping! City closest to Langweer, very nice city, a lot of shops and restaurants and also a lot of watersport activities.
Corinne
August 25, 2019
Its a beautiful little city in Friesland at a 1 hour drive, the fun part to do, if you like it, you get to drive the Afsluitdijk. While in Sneek you pass Bolsward, also check out this small town!
Navaid
September 4, 2016
Sneek ([sneːk] ( listen); West Frisian: Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland (Netherlands). As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân. The city has approximately 33,000 inhabitants. Sneek is situated in Southwest-Friesland, close to the Sneekermeer and is well known for its canals, the Waterpoort (Watergate, the symbol of the city), and watersport (Sneekweek). Sneek is one of the Friese elf steden (Eleven cities). The city is very important for the southwest area of Friesland (the "Zuidwesthoek"). Sneek was founded in the 10th century on a sandy peninsula at the crossing site of a dike with an important waterway (called the Magna Fossa in old documents). This waterway was dug when the former Middelzee silted up. The dike can still be traced in the current street pattern and street names like "Hemdijk", "Oude Dijk" and "Oosterdijk". Sneek received several city rights in the 13th century, which became official in 1456. Sneek was now one of the eleven Frisian cities. This was also the beginning of a period of blooming trade for the city that would last until about 1550. In 1492 construction of a moat and wall around the city began. In those days Sneek was the only walled city in Friesland. The Waterpoort and the Bolwerk remain today. Since September 10, 1970, Sneek and the Japanese city Kurobe have been sister cities. In 1970, Mayor L. Rasterhoff of Sneek visited the city of Kurobe and was named an Honorary citizen. Mayor H. Terade of Kurobe made a visit to Sneek in 1972. In 2000 delegations of both cities visited each other again. The Japanese showed the citizens of Sneek a "Sneekplein" which was built in Kurobe. Sneek has its own dialect that dates back to the Dutch language before 1600. Snekers is part of the city Frisian dialects. The famous clothingstore C&A started in 1841 with a store in Sneek. The Candyfactory Leaf produces Peppermint under the name KING as well as chewing gum (Sportlife) and various other sweets. The name "KING" has nothing to do with the English word KING, it stands for 'Kwaliteit in niets geëvenaard'("Quality equaled by nothing"). Also Sneek has a Steel, Machinery and a Rope factory. Since 1964 there's a factory of Yoshida YKK from Kurobe. Besides that, the Supermarket branch Poiesz, Clothing brand Gaastra and Frisian gin called beerenburg from Weduwe Joustra are products that have their roots in Sneek. Sneek is well known as the center of watersports with over 130 watersport companies and 13 Marinas. It also it has a historic inner city replete with houses of old upper-class families. Watergate (1613) Town hall (1550) Martinichurch (1498), with a carillon of 50 bells Sint-Martinuschurch (1872) Tonnema Candy Factory (1955) the Wooden bridges across the Rijksweg 7. The following roads connect Sneek with other cities: A7 N354 Ring Sneek: the city's "ring road" Sneek is accessible by public transport; buses and trains are operated by Arriva. The following waterways connect Sneek with other cities. Houkesloot Between Sneek and the Prinses Margrietkanaal. de Geeuw Between Sneek and IJlst. de Zwette Between Sneek and Leeuwarden. Franekervaart Between Sneek and Franeker. On the following parking places you can park your car: Binnenstad Pay Martiniplein pay NS-terrein Free St. Antoniusplein Pay Bolswarderweg Free Normandiaplein Pay Oppenhuizerweg Pay Oppenhuizerweg (temporary) Free Veemarktplein Pay Boschplein Pay Fries Scheepvaart Museum Frisian Maritime Museum Nationaal Modelspoor Museum National Model Train Museum Het Bolwerk, very first poppodium of Friesland, since 1975. Member of the Fries Popnet. In 2010 there will be a Cultural Quarter, The municipality has made plans to connect various Cultural areas into one big Cultural Quarter. The total costs of the plans are about €35,000,000 and include The Noorderchurch will house a theatre and a Center of the Arts (CvdK - Centrum voor de Kunsten) The Bolwerk will house another part of the CvdK A new Theatre (Capacity of 600 people) at the location of the former postoffice-building The connection between the Theatre and the Bolwerk with a walking bridge and a floating podium in the city canal. This part won't be constructed because of high costs. The Public library and the Martinichurch will be linked to the Cultural Quarter The Culture Award of Sneek is called The Silver Ball and has been awarded 11 times. The award is given annually to a person that has done an improvement/good job on the areas of Music and Culture for Sneek and its surroundings. Some of the winners are: Henk van der Veer, writer 2005: Maaike Schuurmans, musical actress 2006: Yede van Dijk, actor 2007: Bennie Hoogstra, 25 years playing the Drum- & Showkorps Advendo Sneekweek, Sailevent on the Sneekermeer Swinging Sneek, live-music in cafés and on street Sneek has eleven primary schools and three high schools Spo
Sneek ([sneːk] ( listen); West Frisian: Snits) is a city southwest of Leeuwarden and seat of the former municipality of Sneek in the province of Friesland (Netherlands). As for 2011 it is part of the municipality Súdwest Fryslân. The city has approximately 33,000 inhabitants. Sneek is situated in S…
Bart
May 12, 2021
This city is definitely worth a day trip.
Ann
June 15, 2018
Beautiful Friesian city with lots of water. As how to get there you may refer to above information we give under "Entertainment and activities".
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