Dokkum
Dokkum is a Dutch fortified city in the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân in the province of Friesland. It has 12,669 inhabitants. The fortifications of Dokkum are well preserved and are known as the bolwerken.
- Type: Town with 12,600 residents
- Description: city in Noardeast-Fryslân, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Dockum”, “Докум”, and “ドッキュム”
- Postal codes: 9101-9103
Places of Interest
Highlights: Museum Dokkum and Sint-Bonifatiuskerk, Dokkum.
Verenigde christelijke kerk, Dokkum
Church
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aalsum and Betterwird.
Bornwird
Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, Public domain.Dokkum
Latitude
53.32435° or 53° 19′ 28″ north
Longitude
5.99923° or 5° 59′ 57″ east
Population
12,600
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL DOK
Open location code
9F578XFX+PM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Dokkum” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Dokkum”
- Arabic: “دوكوم”
- Armenian: “Դոկյում”
- Asturian: “Dokkum”
- Belarusian: “Докюм”
- Bulgarian: “Докьом”
- Catalan: “Dokkum”
- Cebuano: “Dokkum”
- Chinese: “多克姆”
- Czech: “Dokkum”
- Danish: “Dokkum”
- Dutch: “Dokkum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دوكوم”
- Esperanto: “Dokkum”
- Faroese: “Dokkum”
- French: “Dokkum”
- German: “Dokkum”
- Greek: “Ντόκουμ”
- Hebrew: “דוקום”
- Hungarian: “Dokkum”
- Irish: “Dokkum”
- Italian: “Dokkum”
- Japanese: “ドックム”
- Kurdish: “Dokkum”
- Latin: “Dokkum”
- Limburgan: “Dokkum”
- Lithuanian: “Dokumas”
- Low German: “Dokkum”
- Luxembourgish: “Dokkum”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Dokkum”
- Northern Frisian: “Dokkum”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Dokkum”
- Norwegian: “Dokkum”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Dokkum”
- Persian: “دکوم”
- Polish: “Dokkum”
- Portuguese: “Dokkum”
- Romanian: “Dokkum”
- Russian: “Доккюм”
- Slovak: “Dokkum”
- Slovenian: “Dokkum”
- Spanish: “Dokkum”
- Swedish: “Dokkum”
- Ukrainian: “Доккюм”
- Urdu: “ڈوکم”
- Welsh: “Dokkum”
- Western Frisian: “Dokkum”
- Zeeuws: “Dokkum”
- “Dokkum”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Binnenstad and Fonteinslanden.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Woudpoortsbrug and De Zijl.
Friesland: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Leeuwarden and Heerenveen.
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