Northern Netherlands
Friesland
Leeuwarden

Oldehove

The Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of . Oldehove is also the name of an artificial mound on which in the late 9th century a church dedicated to Saint Vitus was built.
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  • Opening hours: April—October 1:00 PM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: iconic leaning church tower in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Address: Oldehoofsterkerkhof 1, Leeuwarden, 8911DM
  • Wheelchair access: limited
Photo: RomkeHoekstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Princessehof Ceramics Museum and Historisch Centrum Leeuwarden.

Museum
Photo: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
The is a museum of ceramics in the city of in the . The museum's name comes from one of two buildings in which it is housed: a small palace built in 1693 and later occupied by Marie Louise, dowager Princess of Orange. is situated 160 metres east of Oldehove.

Museum
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, located in , , preserves documents pertaining to the history of Leeuwarden. is situated 160 metres northeast of Oldehove.

Park
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is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snakkerburen and Lekkum.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 225 in January 2017.

Village
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is a village in municipality in the province of the . It had a population of around 405 in January 2017. De Bullemolen in marks the finishing point of the Elfstedentocht. is situated 3 km northeast of Oldehove.

Village
Photo: EmielH, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 3½ km west of Oldehove.

Oldehove

Latitude
53.20297° or 53° 12′ 11″ north
Longitude
5.78971° or 5° 47′ 23″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Inception
1533
Height
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
9F576Q3Q+5V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 302429449
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
6946537
Wiki­data ID
Q2018608
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Frisian—“Oldehove” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Oldehove”
  • Catalan: “Oldehove”
  • Chinese: “奥尔德霍弗斜塔”
  • Danish: “Oldehove”
  • Dutch: “De Oldehove”
  • Dutch: “Oldehove (gebouw)”
  • Dutch: “Oldehove”
  • Dutch: “rijksmonumentnummer 24331”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اولدهوف”
  • French: “Oldehove”
  • German: “Oldehove”
  • Italian: “De Oldehove”
  • Italian: “Oldehove”
  • Italian: “Torre di Oldehove”
  • Latin: “Oldehove”
  • Polish: “Oldehove”
  • Portuguese: “Oldehove”
  • Russian: “Олдехове (башня)”
  • Russian: “Олдехове”
  • Russian: “Падающая башня (Леуварден)”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ooldehou”
  • Spanish: “Oldehove”
  • Swedish: “Oldehove”
  • Western Frisian: “Aldehou (toer)”
  • Western Frisian: “Aldehou”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oldehove”. Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.