Cycling route Joure - Nannewiid - Heerenveen

(37.3 km)

Visit Joure, cycle along the Nannewiid lake, and explore Heerenveen! A beautiful cycling route in the southern part of Friesland.

Joure
When you mention Joure, you're talking about coffee! At the birthplace of Douwe Egberts, be sure to visit the Joure Museum. This surprising production museum tells the history of Douwe Egberts and Pickwick tea. But it also combines other crafts such as clock making, printing, and metalworking. Joure is also called a "vlecke": a village with an urban character. There's plenty to discover and shop in the Midstraat.

Nannewiid
You'll cycle along the Nannewiid (Het Nannewijd), pa…

Visit Joure, cycle along the Nannewiid lake, and explore Heerenveen! A beautiful cycling route in the southern part of Friesland.

Nannewiid
You'll cycle along the Nannewiid (Het Nannewijd), part of the Frisian Lakes. Lytse Wiid is next to the lake. Both lakes were formed by peat extraction. The lakes are connected by the Feanskieding (peat canal), a waterway that was used in the past for transporting peat. On the northeast side of Lytse Wiid, there's a viewpoint. Take a short break from your bike here for a beautiful view of the lake and the flora and fauna.

Heerenveen
After Nannewiid, you'll arrive in Heerenveen (it Hearrenfean): the largest village in Friesland (no, it's not a city). This sports village is known for Thialf ice stadium and the Abe Lenstra stadium and has a lively center.

Storyline Space
The Nannewiid is part of the Space Storyline. Through twelve special places in the Waterland of Friesland, you go on a 'space journey.' Here's a Frisian poem about the Nannewiid.

Sights on this route

Tourist Information Joure

The Tourist Information in Joure is located in a beautiful monumental building on Midstraat 99. At this unique location you will find the Museum Joure next to the VVV with a coffee room, an antiquity room and the museum shop De Witte Os.

Joure (De Jouwer)

Joure is the village without city antics.

Visit Joure

Museum Joure

Museum Joure is an amazing museum in the centre of Joure. Famous centrepiece is the first factory of Douwe Egberts, where you will experience the story behind this world famous brand.

Monument Gaele Visser

On May 2, 2015, a monument was unveiled here for the Frisian-Canadian soldier Gaele Visser, born in Haskerhorne in 1920 and emigrated to Canada in 1930.

It Lytse Wiid - Uitzichtplateau

Waterplas omgeven door riet en bosjes.

The Nannewiid

The Nannewiid, along with the Douwe Pôlle and the Lytse Wiid, is a valuable natural area. Originally, it was a marshy wilderness. It transformed when peat diggers from Giethoorn extracted peat here.

Bezoek It Nannewiid

Heerenveen

Heerenveen is the most sports-oriented and largest village in Friesland!

Visit Heerenveen

De Heide Recreational Area

De Heide is a recreational area on the outskirts of the town of Heerenveen. Heidemeer Lake in the middle of the recreational area has a large sandy beach and is a lovely place to swim and enjoy the sun.

Oosterschar Nature Reserve

The Oosterschar (in Frisian Easterskar) nature reserve southwest of the town of Joure is a low peat-bog reserve. The landscape features here include old peat pits that were created by peat mining.

Haulsterbos

Southeast of Joure the Haulsterbossen can be found, in which you can enjoy a lovely stroll.