Franeker
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 12,800 residents
- Description: city in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Frjentsjer”
- Postal codes: 8801 and 8802
Places of Interest
Highlights include Franeker City Hall and Keatsmuseum.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dongjum and Schalsum.
Dongjum
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dongjum is a village in Waadhoeke in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 326 citizens as of January 2014.
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.
Hitzum
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hitzum is a village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 225 in January 2014. Before 2018, the village was part of the Franekeradeel municipality.
Franeker
Latitude
53.1881° or 53° 11′ 17″ northLongitude
5.541° or 5° 32′ 28″ eastPopulation
12,800Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)United Nations Location Code
NL FRKOpen location code
9F575GQR+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 235270746OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Franeker” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Franeker”
- Arabic: “فرانيكير”
- Armenian: “Ֆրանեկեր”
- Asturian: “Franeker”
- Belarusian: “Франекер”
- Bulgarian: “Франекер”
- Catalan: “Franeker”
- Catalan: “Frjentsjer”
- Cebuano: “Franeker”
- Chinese: “Franeker”
- Chinese: “弗拉訥克”
- Chinese: “弗拉讷克”
- Czech: “Franeker”
- Danish: “Franeker”
- Dutch: “Franeker”
- Dutch: “Frjentsjer”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فرانيكير”
- Esperanto: “Franeker”
- French: “Franeker”
- French: “Frjentsjer”
- Georgian: “ფრანეკერი”
- German: “Franeker”
- German: “Frjentsjer”
- Greek: “Φράνεκερ”
- Hebrew: “פרנקר”
- Hungarian: “Franeker”
- Irish: “Franeker”
- Italian: “Franeker”
- Japanese: “フラーナカー”
- Japanese: “フラーネケル”
- Japanese: “フラネカー”
- Japanese: “フラネケル”
- Kurdish: “Franeker”
- Limburgan: “Franeker”
- Lithuanian: “Franekeris”
- Low German: “Franeker”
- Luxembourgish: “Franeker”
- Maltese: “Franeker”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Franeker”
- Northern Frisian: “Frjentsjer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Franeker”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Franeker”
- Persian: “فرانکر”
- Polish: “Franeker”
- Polish: “Frjentsjer”
- Russian: “Франекер”
- Saterfriesisch: “Frentsjer”
- Saterfriesisch: “Frjentsjer”
- Silesian: “Franeker”
- Slovenian: “Franeker”
- Spanish: “Franeker”
- Swedish: “Franecker”
- Swedish: “Franeker”
- Swedish: “Frjentsjer”
- Ukrainian: “Франекер”
- Uzbek: “Franeker”
- Welsh: “Franeker”
- Western Frisian: “Frjentsjer”
- Western Frisian: “Froonacker”
- Zeeuws: “Franeker”
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