Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden is the capital of the Dutch province Friesland in the north of the country. Leeuwarden and Friesland as a whole are often overlooked by visitors.Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: City with 92,000 residents
- Description: capital city of Friesland, the Netherlands
- Postal codes: 8911-8919, 8921-8927, 8931-8939 and 8941
Notable Places in the Area
Cambuur Stadion
Photo: stefanoost, CC BY 2.0.
The Cambuurstadion is a football stadium in the east side of the city of Leeuwarden, Netherlands.
Oldehove
Photo: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oldehove is a leaning and unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden.Oldehove is also the name of an artificial mound on which in the late 9th century a church dedicated to Saint Vitus was built.
Princessehof Ceramics Museum
Photo: Bouwe Brouwer, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl.
The Princessehof Ceramics Museum is a museum of ceramics in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands.
Localities in the Area
Snakkerburen
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Snakkerburen is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Marsum
Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marsum or Marssum is a village in Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Lekkum
Photo: Gouwenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lekkum is a village in Leeuwarden municipality in the Friesland province of the Netherlands.
Leeuwarden
Latitude
53.2006° or 53° 12' 2" northLongitude
5.7919° or 5° 47' 31" eastPopulation
92,000IATA airport code
LWRUnited Nations Location Code
NL LWROpen Location Code
9F576Q2R+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 235278210OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2751792Wikidata ID
Q25390Leeuwarden Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Leeuwarden
- Albanian: Leeuwarden
- Arabic: Leeuwarden
- Arabic: ليوواردن
- Aragonese: Ljouwert
- Armenian: Լեուվարդեն
- Asturian: Leeuwarden
- Azerbaijani: Leuvarden
- Azerbaijani: Leyvarden
- Basque: Leeuwarden
- Basque: Ljouwert
- Belarusian: Леувардэн
- Belarusian: Леэўвардэн
- Belarusian: Леўвардэн
- 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: ليوواردن
- Egyptian Arabic: ليوڤاردين
- English: Leewadden
- English: Liwwadden
- English: Ljouwert
- English: Luwt
- 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
- Hausa: 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: Leeuwarden
- Limburgan: Leewarden
- Limburgan: Leëuwarde
- Limburgan: Lieuwarde
- Limburgan: Liewarde
- Lithuanian: Leuvardenas
- Livvi: Ljouwert
- Low German: Leeuwarden
- Low German: Liwwadden
- Low German: Ljouwert
- Luxembourgish: Leeuwarden
- Macedonian: Леуарден
- Macedonian: Леуварден
- Malay: Leeuwarden
- Maltese: Leeuwarden
- Manx: Leeuwarden
- Manx: Ljouwert
- Marathi: लीयुवार्डेन
- Marathi: लीवार्दन
- Min Nan Chinese: Leeuwarden
- Minangkabau: Leeuwarden
- Moroccan Arabic: ليوردن
- Northern Frisian: Leeuwaarden
- Northern Frisian: Leeuwarden
- Northern Frisian: Ljouwert
- Northern Sami: Ljouwert
- Norwegian: Leeuwarden
- Norwegian Bokmål: Leeuwarden
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ljouwert
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Leeuwarden
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ljouwert
- Occitan (post 1500): Leeuwarden
- Ossetian: Лееварден
- Ossetian: Лееуварден
- Ossetian: Леуварден
- Ossetian: Льоут
- 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
- Lieuwarden
Other Places Named Leeuwarden
Localities in the Area
- BinnenstadNeighborhood
- StationskwartierNeighborhood
- HollanderwijkNeighborhood
- TransvaalwijkNeighborhood
- VosseparkwijkNeighborhood
Popular Destinations in Friesland
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