By Train

Leeuwarden is a railway junction and has an intercity railway station and two other stations.The future is a planned station.Station Leeuwarden is the main railway station in Leeuwarden.The station of Leeuwarden is one of the standard of the State Railway Station, built in the sixties of the 19th century.Unlike the other two stations which are still largely in old condition the station of Leeuwarden after major refurbishment.In 1890 came on the east side a new square construction, the wings were in 1924 rebuilt.Radical was the renewal of the middle part of 1904.At the site of the original building was a new high with a large hall window hemisphere.In 2000 the station was rebuilt and modernized.

By Bus

Adjacent to the railway Leeuwarden are two bus stations.A covered bus terminal for urban lines Connexxion.With these lines, which are driven by the formula Maxx, has reached every neighborhood.Behind are the platforms for buses to include Dokkum, Buitenpost, Drachten, Heerenveen, Joure, Bolsward Sneek, Franeker, Harlingen and Alkmaar.On the side (between the train and city bus station) are the last stop for all regional lines and stop lines for the students.

By Ferry

Leeuwarden is situated along the busy Van Harinxmakanaal, which connects with Harlingen and Leeuwarden, the Princess Margriet Canal.These routes are mainly used for shipping goods.For pleasure, for the Dokkumer between Leeuwarden and Dokkum Ee used.It is a continuous route that is important for the recreational boating in North Friesland.A (also continuous) zijvaart of Dokkumer Ee, Bonk is the canal, the end of the Skate-Elfstedentocht.The Leeuwarden Zwette connects with the Frisian Lakes region of southwest Friesland.

By Road

With the campaign "Make way for accessibility" the municipality maximum publicity to the infrastructural work.Improving the accessibility of Leeuwarden is a major goal of the Municipal Traffic and Transport (GVVP).With the implementation of maintenance and construction of new infrastructure that aims to achieve this Leeuwarden in the future remains accessible, easy and quick that it can find its way and that sufficient parking spaces.In 2007 a second large parking garage in the center have been added under the Oldehoofsterkerkhof.

Domino Day, Northern Film Festival, Elfstedentocht, Compass Photo Festival, The Harmony Theater, Fries Museum, Nature Museum Fryslan

Domino Day

was an annual event and television around the world record for the largest number falling dominoes set up by a group of people.The organization and production was in hands of Endemol.The current record stands at 4,491,863 dominoes.It was established on 13 November 2009 by the builders of Domino Day, led by Robin Paul Weijers.Domino Day is the biggest TV production in the Netherlands.In 1986 Robin Paul Weijers studied at the TU Delft.During this study along came Ron Wunderink domino saw in Japan.He asked whether there is promotional for the Netherlands could be made with dominoes.Robin Paul was one of the 45 students started doing.This was a great success and since then sees it as a communication Weijers.It provides entertainment, but more can be done with them and he wanted to develop.He started a company, which incidentally is the only company in the world that is entirely concerned with domino productions.Domino Day 1998, there were 2 other domino records broken by Robin Paul Weijers.

Northern Film Festival

takes place every year in Leeuwarden in November.It is more than 30,000 visitors in four days has become one of the biggest cultural events in the northern Netherlands and the largest regional film festival in the country.The main venues of the festival are the rooms of the Filmhouse and theater from The Harmony.Since 2006 part of the festival is also held on a number Wadden: a collaboration with the festival Oerol Terschelling and Vlieland Podium.The festival is characterized by the European Inter Regional Competition, the film premieres and previews of relevant films.Besides the main program there include children's and youth programs (school performances) and there is ample attention paid to new media. Also, (young) filmmakers using New Frisian Frisian Harvest stage, images are displayed in the Fries Film Archive and an extensive fringe program with interviews, discussion programs and workshops.

Elfstedentocht

is nearly 200 km long skating on natural ice , which is organized by the Royal Society, the Frisian Eleven Cities.Leeuwarden, the capital of Friesland, is traditionally the start and finish.The Eleven Cities Tour was the first time in 1909 and is held up to once per winter. Not all winter long is the journey taken, depending on the condition of the ice.In all, the trip held fifteen times.The last trip was in 1997.In 2005 it was announced that the Frisian place Berlikum (Berltsum) also had urban characteristics, and thus would be the twelfth Frisian town. That led not, however, that the name was changed Elfstedentocht. The course makes no difference: all the skaters riding past Berlikum, the Ried and Berlikumer wide between Franeker and Bartlehiem.

Compass Photo Festival

is a photo event that today every year alternately in Groningen and Leeuwarden is held.The event is highly regarded and even among the best 5 pictures included events in the world.Each event has its own theme.The themes are always a social aspect.The Frisian edition is traditionally dominated by non- Western photography. Originally, Northern Groningen only held every two years. The intervening years gave the possibility to broaden the event, which presented itself as a candidate to Leeuwarden.The first edition took place in Leeuwarden in 2000.Northern Lights Northern Lights is organized by the Foundation.

The Harmony Theater

is the theater and concert hall in Leeuwarden and is in the top five largest theaters in the Netherlands. It has been the stage for masterpieces such as Titanic and The Sound of Music . There are also many cabaret performances by artists like Sara Kroos , Bert Visscher , De Lama's , Karin Bloemen and many others.The building has three theaters, three smaller meeting rooms and two large foyers. The largest room can accommodate up to one thousand visitors. The building also provides space for an indoor movie house , which now houses the Centre for Film in Friesland is located. Annually, more than 650 activities for a total of 250,000 visitors.The Harmony is a member of the Association of Theatre and Concert Managements (VSCD).The mission of the theater is that it offers a program of theater and music and also to accommodate others who need room space. It is an exciting theater, where amazing things happen.

Fries Museum

is a museum in Leeuwarden.The museum was on 13 April 1881 opened by the Provincial Association for the Practice of Friesland Frisian Historical, Antiquities and Linguistics.In the early days it was called the Museum.Historical Exhibition of 1877 was such a success that the Society was able to involve building on the Rue Royale.One of the highlights of the museum is the silver Popta Treasure from the 17th century.The alleged sword of Grand Pier is owned by the museum. The Mata-Hari-room pays special attention to the life of the exotic dancer and alleged spy Mata Hari , Margaretha Zelle, who actually called and came from Leeuwarden.In 2006 / 4, the museum's 125th anniversary.The museum also houses the Resistance Museum Friesland.The preparation of new building of the Fries Museum in Zaailand (Wilhelminaplein) is in full swing.The architect Abe Bonnema has developed a legacy bequeathed to the municipality of Leeuwarden.About the new construction is a referendum held in which the vast majority of voters opposed the new spoke. Leeuwarden The council has the outcome of this referendum ignored. End of 2007, the Fries Museum in the new major construction project Zaailand stepped Non-compliance could meet the grant requirements entail deadlines for completion of the hull.

Nature Museum Fryslan

is a Dutch natural history museum in Leeuwarden, province of Friesland.It is housed in the former orphanage site.Natural history museum was created in 1923 from private initiative.The main initiator then breaking out "Fugeltsje" Bosch.In the first years of its existence the museum has no permanent housing.After the Second World War, the museum came up in the Lord Street in Leeuwarden, where it was located until 1987.Since that year, the natural history museum housed in the former orphanage Shoemaker Perk in Leeuwarden.The property was used by including the child, but was a major fire in 1984, largely destroyed.The municipality gave city architect Hans Heij Deman commissioned the building restoration and renovation for use as a natural museum.The existing entrance from 1534, flanked by the guardian room, however, offered a lobby too little space.Houses the museum at the former New Town Orphanage was only possible through the west side entrance to a new realization.In the style of the Flemish Mannerism built façade was a central stone terrace with an adjacent hall where a monumental marble staircase was installed.For museum visitors in the covered courtyard, a freestanding pavilion tea included. The courtyard is also decorated as a garden with pond, which it is submerged in the basement and visible part of the presentation Friesland underwater.In 2004 the building was again thoroughly renovated to designs by architect Jelle de Jong thus Vredeman de Vries Prize won.

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