Eise Eisinga Planetarium
The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public. The orrery has been on the top 100 Dutch heritage sites list since 1990.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: museum in Franeker
- Also known as: “Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium” and “Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Franeker City Hall and The Oort Cloud.
Franeker City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Franeker City Hall is the city hall of the municipality of Franeker, Netherlands, one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland. The building dates from 1591–1594 and was built in Frysian renaissance style.
Museum Martena
Museum
Photo: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museum Martena is situated 140 metres southwest of Eise Eisinga Planetarium.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franeker and Arkens.
Franeker
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Franeker is a city in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It is most notable for its Eise Eisenga Planetarium, the oldest still in operation, and a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2023.
Arkens
Hamlet
Arkens is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. It is located southwest of Schalsum and on the direct northeast side of Franeker, of which it is a part administratively.
Schalsum
Village
Photo: Quistnix, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Schalsum is a village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 134 in January 2014.
Eise Eisinga Planetarium
- Categories: museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Waadhoeke, Friesland, Northern Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Frisian—“Eise Eisinga Planetarium” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Eise Eisingaren planetarioa”
- Catalan: “Planetari Eise Eisinga”
- Chinese: “埃塞·埃辛加天文館”
- Chinese: “埃塞·艾新加天文馆”
- Chinese: “埃薩埃辛格天文館”
- Chinese: “斯·艾新加天文馆”
- Chinese: “王立艾瑟·艾辛哈天文館”
- Chinese: “王立艾瑟·艾辛哈天文馆”
- Chinese: “艾瑟·艾辛哈皇家天文馆”
- Croatian: “Planetarij Eisinga”
- Czech: “Planetárium Eise Eisinga”
- Dutch: “Eise Eisinga planetarium”
- Dutch: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Dutch: “Eisinga planetarium”
- Dutch: “Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Dutch: “Planetarium Eise Eisinga”
- Dutch: “Rijks-Planetarium te Franeker”
- Dutch: “Stichting Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Dutch: “Stichting Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Esperanto: “Planetario Eise Eisinga”
- Finnish: “Eisingan planetaario”
- French: “planétarium Eise Eisinga”
- French: “Planétarium Eise Eisinga”
- German: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- German: “Eisinga Planetarium”
- Hebrew: “פלנטריום אייסה אייסינחה המלכותי”
- Hungarian: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Hungarian: “Eise Eisinga Planetárium”
- Hungarian: “Eisinga Planetarium”
- Hungarian: “Királyi Eise Eisinga Planetárium”
- Hungarian: “Koninklijk Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Ido: “Planetaro Eise Eisinga”
- Italian: “Planetario Reale Eise Eisinga”
- Japanese: “エイセ・エイシンガ・プラネタリウム”
- Japanese: “ロイヤル・エイセ・エイシンガ・プラネタリウム”
- Lithuanian: “Eisės Eisingos planetariumas”
- Maltese: “Planetarju Rjali ta‘ Eise Eisinga”
- Maltese: “Planetarju Rjali ta’ Eise Eisinga”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Persian: “افلاکنمای آیسی آیزینگا”
- Polish: “Planetarium Eisingi we Franeker”
- Portuguese: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Russian: “Планетарий Эйсе Эйсинги”
- Spanish: “Planetario de Eisinga”
- Turkish: “Eise Eisinga Planetaryumu”
- Ukrainian: “Планетарій Ейсе Ейсінги”
- Vietnamese: “Cung thiên văn Eise Eisinga”
- Western Frisian: “Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
- Western Frisian: “Keninklik Eise Eisinga Planetarium”
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