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along…
the Lits-Lauwersmeer route.
The new route from Drachten to Dokkum is a beautiful opportunity
to experience Friesland from the water.
We can help you with hiring a boat. So after having enjoyed an
elaborate breakfast here, you can then set off for a boat trip.
Height of the boat can be up to 2.95 m, depth 1.50m and width
6.00 m. This route is also connected with the rest of the Frisian
lakes. Discover this exceptional area to eventually reach the
nature reserve “Lauwersmeer”.
Eat out in an enjoyable atmosphere
 De Pleisterplaats
in Noard Burgum
Pizzeria
in Buitenpost
Buffet in
the Chinese restaurant China Garden in Buitenpost
Grill-diner/barbeque/bakpan
op houtvuur in het Farm-house
Old Dutch,
a high standard and popular restaurant in Zwaagwesteinde
De Roskam
in Kollum, lovely restaurant with splendid food.
All you can
eat American style in Drachten
Enjoy our
very own grill dinner/barbeque prepared on a wooden fire, or go
out in the picturesque cosy cities Groningen and Leeuwarden or
in the historic town Dokkum.
Peace and quiet in the midst of nature
We are situated in the Frisian ‘Wâlden’ where
fields and trees shape the countryside.
In the beautiful
botanic gardens of ‘De Kruidhof’ in Buitenpost you
can relish in 30.000 m2 of flowers, plants and herbs.
Follow one
of the tourist routes, taking you along the peaceful countryside
and through typical cosy Frisian villages.
Take a daytrip
to the beautiful car-free island of Schiermonnikoog.
See the typical
mounds on which villages and churches were built as protection
against rising water, take a trip along the dykes or go wading
with a guide through the Frisian Wadden shallows.
Art and culture
Art and ceramics
in Ulrum
Gallery in
the gardens of the ‘Beeldentuin De Boog’
in Westernieland.
Corn-, husking
and wood sawing mill in Birdaard
Monumental
steam pumping station in Lemmer
War museum
in Uithuizen
Open-air
museum ‘De Spitkeet’ in Harkema, where you can see
how people in the area lived between 1850 and 1950.
Exhibitions
in what was originally a monastery from ca. 1439 ‘De Schiertins’
in Veenwouden
Clogs museum
in Noard Burgum
Tea museum
in Houwerzijl – In this cute museum one can also enjoy a
bite to eat and choose from the worlds most extensive tea menu.
The
Groninger museum
For birdlovers
 We
are located in the middle of the Frisian wood and lake area and
are surrounded by the special nature reserves the “Mieden”.
This is a nesting area for many bird kinds. The low, open parts
are rich with meadow birds. Several endangered and delicate species
live here, as the Teal, Ruff, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank, Whinchat
and Common Snipe.
For the last sort, the Common Snipe, The Mieden are the most important
nesting area in Friesland. This makes the Mieden very important
for the whole of the Netherlands. The rest of the area has more
of an enclosed character through the presence of thicket, trees
and bogs. In the thickets and at the edge of young woods, species
like short-toed treecreeper, Olive-Backed Pipit, Common Redstart
and Marsh Warbler brood. Wet elements like shallow natural ponds
or water ditches are important for foraging water birds and there
are many kinds of dragonflies here as well. A couple of particularities
are the Irish Damselfly and the Brilliant Emerald.
For bird watching huts you can look search on
www.vogelkijkhut.nl .
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Sportive activities
Tennisclub
'De Sanjes' in Veenwouden
When available, we can reserve tennis courts for you
and we can provide tennis rackets en balls.
For groups from 7 to 32 persons it is possible to arrange a tennis
clinic varying from 1 to 3 hours.
This is a fun and sportive program that is made up of different
playful and challenging activities. In consultation this program
can be made to suite your wishes, inside or outdoors.
Fishing
in
the pingo on our grounds
in de troutpond around the corner
seafishing from Dokkum or Lauwersoog
in the many canals and lakes in the area
All around the Farm-house there is an expansive network of
cycling-tracks and footpaths. You can take a trip, in anyway you
please, starting from the Farm-house to i.e. one of these destinations
which are part of the famous skating route 'De Elfstedentocht':
Historic Footpaths
A web of 50 historic footpaths is being developed throughout the
authentic landscape of Northeast Friesland. In total 400 km of
possible walks through past and present.
Step into the footsteps of the past and feel the rich historic
culture whilst walking along for example church paths, trade or
pilgrim routes.
:
Leeuwarden: Het princessehof
Sneek: Frisian Shipping Museum
IJlst: wood sawing mill ‘de Rat’
Sloten: bistro ‘t Bolwerk
Stavoren: Whiskey bar
Hindeloopen: ice skate museum
Workum: museum of the 20th century painter Jopie
Huisman.
Bolsward: see where the typical Frisian liquor
Berenburg has its origins and is still made.
Harlingen: see the harbour and the lighthouse
or enjoy cycling along the peaceful cycling-paths
Franeker: oldest functioning planetarium in the
world built between 1774 and 1781 by Eise Eisinga.
Dokkum: the turning point of the ‘Elfstedentocht’
and home to the roman-catholic parish church of St. Boniface and
St. Martin
We’ll see you back at our Farm-house
In Zwaagwesteinde
one can learn the modern Frisian sport ‘fierljeppen’
within a day, which is jumping across ditches with a long stick,
which is how people used travel across the country. In the winter
they did it by skating and in the summer they did it this way.
There is
the agricultural route of North-East-Friesland in Lauwersland.
Lodewijk Meter
can take you sailing on his typical Friesian sailing boot (Skûtsje)
the Freija for the day.
Also Lauwersmeer
offers many recreational and sportive possibilities, like canoeing
and sailing or simply swimming.
Or you can
go golfing in Leeuwarden.
For the little ones
We have a
little pool (4 m wide), an outside shower, a sandbox and a lawn
to play volleyball and other ball games.
Entertainment
Park ‘Sanjesfertier’ in Zwaagwesteinde
Swimming pools
in Kollum, Dokkum, Drachten and Leeuwarden.
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