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.
- Type: Town with 12,800 residents
- Description: city in Waadhoeke, Netherlands
- Also known as: “Franecker”, “Frentsjer”, “Froonacker”, “フラーナカー”, and “フラネカー”
- Postal codes: 8801 and 8802
Places of Interest
Highlights: Franeker City Hall and Korendragershuisje.
Franeker railway station
Railway station
Franeker is a railway station located in Franeker, Netherlands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dongjum and Schalsum.
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Village
Franeker
Latitude
53.1881° or 53° 11′ 17″ north
Longitude
5.541° or 5° 32′ 28″ east
Population
12,800
Elevation
4 metres (13 feet)
UN/LOCODE
NL FRK
Open location code
9F575GQR+69
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- Cebuano: “Franeker”
- Chinese: “弗拉訥克”
- Chinese: “弗拉讷克”
- Czech: “Franeker”
- Danish: “Franeker”
- Dutch: “Franeker”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فرانيكير”
- Esperanto: “Franeker”
- French: “Franeker”
- Georgian: “ფრანეკერი”
- German: “Franeker”
- Greek: “Φράνεκερ”
- Hebrew: “פרנקר”
- Hungarian: “Franeker”
- Irish: “Franeker”
- Italian: “Franeker”
- Japanese: “フラーネケル”
- 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”
- Russian: “Франекер”
- Saterfriesisch: “Frjentsjer”
- Silesian: “Franeker”
- Slovenian: “Franeker”
- Spanish: “Franeker”
- Swedish: “Franeker”
- Ukrainian: “Франекер”
- Urdu: “فرانیکر”
- Uzbek: “Franeker”
- Welsh: “Franeker”
- Western Frisian: “Frjentsjer”
- Zeeuws: “Franeker”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Binnenstad and Professorenbuurt.
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