Information Point Sneek (RCN de Potten)
Offingawier
The information point in Sneek is located at RCN de Potten.
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E-bike oplaadpunt - RCN vakantiepark De Potten
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Here, you'll find (digital) basic information about the region. You can access our inspirational newspapers and magazines, as well as a selection of other informative products. Our local staff can also provide you with extensive knowledge about the area. If you’re looking for the full range of our region and more detailed information, visit one of our Tourist Information Shops or Tourist Information Points.
When visiting Sneek, you definitely shouldn’t miss the Water Gate, and nearby, you'll find the 11fountains fountain. Read more information and tips for your visit to Sneek here.
Here you will find Information Point Sneek (RCN de Potten)
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Makkum War Memorial
Makkum War Memorial
By 16 April, the major part of Friesland had been liberated. But some important targets of the Canadians had not yet been achieved. They wanted to win the Frisian ports and the Head of the Afsluitdijk from the Germans as quickly as possible. But they would be hard fought. Both the ports and the Afsluitdijk were used by German soldiers to escape to North Holland.
As elsewhere in Friesland, the Canadians were helped by resistance fighters from the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (N.B.S.) They suffered several casualties near Makkum. On 16 April, Schelte Bruinsma and Simon Sipma were killed in an attack on a farm in which the Germans had entrenched themselves. The next day, another group tried to occupy a bridge under Makkum. However, the Germans caught sight of them and in the ensuing gunfight, Rinnert Anema, Roelof van der Meer and Hendrik Postma were killed. Makkum was liberated on 18 April, as one of the last villages in Friesland.
The monument at the Buren in Makkum was unveiled in 1952 in commemoration of the members of the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces who were killed around the village during the struggle for liberation.
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