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Fries Scheepvaart Museum

The Fries Scheepvaart Museum is a maritime museum in the Kleinzand area of , . Located in the province of , it contains a library, film viewing room, and focuses on local seafaring life.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM and Sunday noon—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum
  • Also known as: “Scheepvaartmuseum sneek”
  • Address: Kleinzand 16, Sneek, 8601BH
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Harinxma bridge and Sint-Martinuskerk, Sneek.

Bridge
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
is situated 170 metres south of Fries Scheepvaart Museum.

Church
Photo: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 250 metres south of Fries Scheepvaart Museum.

City gate
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Hoogendster Pijp is a water gate, a gate in a defensive wall that connects a city to a waterway. It is situated in , the . is situated 440 metres southwest of Fries Scheepvaart Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sneek and Offingawier.

Photo: robertdebock, CC BY 2.0.
, in Frisian called Snits, is a pleasant city right in the heart of the district, in the . It's a bustling centre for water sports, boating and ice skating, but also home to monumental architecture and lovely town views.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood of and former village in municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 205 in January 2017.

Village
Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
is a 1 km from the city of in , . It had a population of around 690 in January 2017. contains the Epema State, an old estate.

Fries Scheepvaart Museum

Latitude
53.03235° or 53° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
5.66327° or 5° 39′ 48″ east
Open location code
9F572MJ7+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34050830
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q893334
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Frisian—“Fries Scheepvaart Museum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “弗里斯航运博物馆”
  • Chinese: “弗里斯航運博物館”
  • Dutch: “Fries Scheepvaart Museum”
  • Dutch: “Fries Scheepvaartmuseum”
  • Galician: “Museo Marítimo de Frisia”
  • German: “Friesisches Schifffahrtsmuseum”
  • Western Frisian: “Frysk Skipfeart Museum”
  • Western Frisian: “Frysk Skipfeartmuseum”

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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 “Fries Scheepvaart Museum”. Photo: Condor3d, CC BY-SA 4.0.