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Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden is the capital of the Dutch province in the north of the country. Leeuwarden and Friesland as a whole are often overlooked by visitors.
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  • Type: City with 92,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Leewadden”, “Lieuwarden”, “Liwwadden”, “Ljouwert”, and “Luwt”
  • Postal codes: 8911-8919, 8921-8927, 8931-8939, and 8941

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oldehove and Cambuur Stadion.

Photo: Ben Bender, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. is also the name of an artificial mound on which in the late 9th century a church dedicated to Saint Vitus was built.

Photo: stefanoost, CC BY 2.0.
The is a football in the east side of the city of Leeuwarden, . It was used for the home matches of SC Cambuur. The stadium is able to hold 10,500 people and it opened on 12 September 1936.

Museum
Photo: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
The is a museum of ceramics in the city of Leeuwarden 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snakkerburen and Marsum.

Village
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 225 in January 2017.

Village
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or Marssum is a village in in the province of , the . It had a population of around 1,052 in January 2017. Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.

Village
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in Leeuwarden 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.

Leeuwarden

Latitude
53.2006° or 53° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
5.7919° or 5° 47′ 31″ east
Population
92,000
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
IATA airport code
LWR
United Nations Location Code
NL LWR
Open location code
9F576Q2R+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 235278210
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2751792
Wiki­data ID
Q25390
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Leeuwarden” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Leeuwarden”
  • Albanian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Arabic: “ليوواردن”
  • Aragonese: “Ljouwert”
  • Armenian: “Լեուվարդեն”
  • Asturian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leuvarden”
  • Azerbaijani: “Leyvarden”
  • Balinese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Basque: “Leeuwarden”
  • Basque: “Ljouwert”
  • Belarusian: “Леувардэн”
  • Belarusian: “Леўвардэн”
  • Belarusian: “Леэўвардэн”
  • Bengali: “লিবার্ডেন”
  • Breton: “Leeuwarden”
  • Breton: “Ljouwert”
  • Bulgarian: “Леуварден”
  • Catalan: “Leeuwarden”
  • Catalan: “Ljouwert”
  • Cebuano: “Leeuwarden”
  • Chinese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Chinese: “利瓦頓”
  • Chinese: “吕伐登”
  • Chinese: “呂華登”
  • Croatian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Croatian: “Leewadden”
  • Croatian: “Liwwadden”
  • Croatian: “Ljouwert”
  • Croatian: “Luwt”
  • Czech: “Leeuwarden”
  • Danish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Danish: “Ljouwert”
  • Dutch: “Leeuwarden”
  • Dutch: “Ljouwert”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليوڤاردين”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ليوواردن”
  • Esperanto: “Leeuwarden”
  • Esperanto: “Ljouwert”
  • Estonian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Estonian: “Ljouwert”
  • Faroese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Finnish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Finnish: “Ljouwert”
  • French: “Leeuwarden”
  • French: “Leuvarde”
  • French: “Leuwarde”
  • French: “Ljouwert”
  • Galician: “Leeuwarden”
  • Galician: “Ljouwert”
  • Georgian: “ლეუვარდენი”
  • German: “Leeuwarden”
  • German: “Ljouwert”
  • Greek: “Λέουαρντεν”
  • Greek: “Λέουβαρντεν”
  • Gujarati: “લીઉવાર્ડન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Hebrew: “לייוורדן”
  • Hindi: “लीऊवार्डन”
  • Hungarian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Hungarian: “Ljouwert”
  • Icelandic: “Leeuwarden”
  • Ido: “Leeuwarden”
  • Indonesian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Irish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Irish: “Ljouwert”
  • Italian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Japanese: “レーワルデン”
  • Javanese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Kannada: “ಲೀಯುವರ್ಡೆನ್”
  • Korean: “레이와르던”
  • Korean: “레이와르덴”
  • Korean: “레이우아르던”
  • Korean: “레이우아르덴”
  • Kurdish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Latin: “Leovardia”
  • Latin: “Lewardum”
  • Latvian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Latvian: “Leuvardena”
  • Latvian: “Ljouwert”
  • Limburgan: “Leeuwarde”
  • Limburgan: “Leëuwarde”
  • Limburgan: “Leeuwarden”
  • Limburgan: “Leewarden”
  • Limburgan: “Lieuwarde”
  • Limburgan: “Liewarde”
  • Lithuanian: “Leuvardenas”
  • Livvi: “Ljouwert”
  • Low German: “Leeuwarden”
  • Low German: “Liwwadden”
  • Low German: “Ljouwert”
  • Luxembourgish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Macedonian: “Леуварден”
  • Macedonian: “Љоуверт”
  • Malay: “Leeuwarden”
  • Maltese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Manx: “Leeuwarden”
  • Manx: “Ljouwert”
  • Marathi: “लीयुवार्डेन”
  • Marathi: “लीवार्दन”
  • Mazanderani: “لیوورت”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Minangkabau: “Leeuwarden”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ليوردن”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leeuwaarden”
  • Northern Frisian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ljouwert”
  • Northern Sami: “Ljouwert”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leeuwarden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ljouwert”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leeuwarden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ljouwert”
  • Norwegian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Leeuwarden”
  • Ossetian: “Лееварден”
  • Ossetian: “Лееуварден”
  • Ossetian: “Леуварден”
  • Ossetian: “Льоут”
  • Papiamento: “Leeuwarden”
  • Persian: “لیوواردن”
  • Polish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Portuguese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Portuguese: “Leuvarda”
  • Pushto: “لیوواردن”
  • Quechua: “Leeuwarden”
  • Romanian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Romanian: “Ljouwert”
  • Russian: “Лееварден”
  • Russian: “Лееуварден”
  • Russian: “Леуварден”
  • Russian: “Льоут”
  • Sardinian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Ljouwert”
  • Scots: “Leeuwarden”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Leeuwarden”
  • Serbian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Serbian: “Леварден”
  • Serbian: “Леуварден”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Silesian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Sinhala: “ලීවුවෝර්ඩ්න්”
  • Slovak: “Leeuwarden”
  • Slovenian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Spanish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Spanish: “Ljouwert”
  • Swahili: “Leeuwarden”
  • Swedish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Swedish: “Ljouwert”
  • Tamil: “லியூவார்டன்”
  • Tatar: “Леуварден”
  • Telugu: “లీయువార్డెన్”
  • Thai: “Leeuwarden”
  • Thai: “เลวาร์เดิน”
  • Turkish: “Leeuwarden”
  • Ukrainian: “Леварден”
  • Ukrainian: “Лейварден”
  • Ukrainian: “Леуварден”
  • Ukrainian: “Льовет”
  • Urdu: “لیوردن”
  • Urdu: “لییوواردین”
  • Venetian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Vietnamese: “Leeuwarden”
  • Vlaams: “Leeuwarden”
  • Volapük: “Leeuwarden”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Leeuwarden”
  • Welsh: “Leeuwarden”
  • Welsh: “Ljouwert”
  • Western Frisian: “Leeuwarden”
  • Western Frisian: “Ljouwert”
  • Wu Chinese: “吕伐登”
  • Yue Chinese: “呂戈登”
  • Zeeuws: “Leeuwarden”
  • “Leeuwarden”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Leeuwarden”. Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.