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Woudagemaal: largest steam pumping station in the world

Visit the largest steam pumping station in the world!

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Joadetsjerkhôf Teakesyl

Op verzoek van de vroegere Joodse gemeenschap van Lemmer beheren wij deze bijzondere plek. Het reguliere onderhoud gebeurt door de stichting joodse begraafplaats ‘Tacozijl’ in Lemmer. Een gedenkplaat doet de bezoeker stilstaan bij de oorlogsp...

Museum Sloten

In the middle of Sloten – a truly enchanting museum: experience the rich history of the city and the magical world of magic lanterns.

Your ideal starting point for the ideal city

11Fountains Sloten

The ‘Peewit’ shows a girl standing on the shoulders of a man. She holds a bird in her hand. Under the man’s feet a disheveled pile of buckets, jerry cans and barrels form the base of the fountain.

Memorial Torch Graveyard in memory of Jeen Hornstra

By two Dutch officers in hiding, some of the dropped weapons for the resistance were taken to the Marechaussee barracks in Sloten in a wagon covered with straw. Along the way, the KP (Resistance Team) soon ran into problems…

Gaasterlands Streek Museum Eppinga Sate

Museum with an old 'farm ark' in a beautiful farmhouse.

Radar station Sondel

In the early 1940s, German air defense consisted of a belt of floodlights and anti-aircraft guns. To intercept the Allied bombers, a covering system of radar stations from Norway to the south of France was constructed. A radar station was also built.

Bos Elfbergen - Oudemirdum

Bos Elfbergen is the largest forest in Gaasterland.

Execution monument in the forest Elfbergen

On Friday 23 February 1945, Jacob Wilbers was arrested during a raid in Woudsend, a day later Johannes Wissink in Gaastmeer. Both had been arrested by the Germans as Dutch resistance fighters. They were executed a few days later.

Fountain Church

The Fountain Church is a Dutch Reformed church in the charming little village of Oudemirdum. It was built in 1790 on the foundations of a 13th-century tuff stone church. The second nave on the north side of the church was added in 1926.

Mar en Klif Visitor Center

In the visitor centre, you will discover many aspects of National Landscape Southwest Fryslân

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Sondeler Leien Nature Reserve

The Sondeler Leien nature reserve is in Gaasterland. The small inland lake here probably formed when the waters of the former Zuiderzee broke through the dikes.