Blessum
Blessum is a small village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.

Blessum is a small village in Waadhoeke municipality in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a population of around 89 in January 2017. Before 2018, the village was part of the Menameradiel municipality.
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Worth seeing in and around Blessum
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Van Harinxmakanaal
The van Harinxmakanaal is a major canal in western Frisland. It runs from the sea at Harlingen eastwards to Leeuwarden.
3.4 km · canal in Friesland · Wikipedia - 02Protestant church of Jorwert
The Protestant church of Jorwert or Saint Radboud's church is a medieval religious building in Jorwert, Friesland, Netherlands. It is an early 12th-century Romanesque church with a long round closed choir and a late 12th-century tower.
4 km · church in Jorwert, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Protestant church of Deinum
The Protestant church of Deinum or Saint John the Baptist church is a religious building in Deinum, Netherlands, one of the medieval churches in Friesland. It is an early 13th-century building with a tower that dates from 1550-1567.
1.5 km · church · Wikipedia - 04Protestant church of Bears
The Protestant church of Bears or Saint Mary church is a religious building in Bears, Netherlands, one of the medieval churches in Friesland. The early Gothic nave was built in the 13th century and the quintuple closed choir dates from the 14th century; both are built out of yellow and red brick.
3.2 km · medieval church in Beers, Friesland, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 05Dairy Campus
The Dairy Campus in the Netherlands is a test farm and centre for scientific research and practical training in the field of dairy farming, located, the capital of the province of Friesland. The decision to launch this centre was made in 2011, and it was opened in 2016.
3.1 km · test farm and research facility of Wageningen University, located in Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands · Wikipedia - 06Poptaslot
Poptaslot or Heringastate is a stins — a type of luxurious house often used by and/or built for the nobility of Frisia, many of which are built to look like castles —in the Dutch province of Friesland. It was founded somewhere between 1512 and 1525, probably by Sasker van Camstra.
3.4 km · museum and castle in Marssum, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Blessum
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 58 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 116 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 161 km
- Stations
- Deinum railway station, 1.5 km
- Groningen → Blessum57 km · quickest by road, 1h 24m · €7–10
- Amsterdam → Blessum105 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · €14–19
- Rotterdam → Blessum163 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · €20–29
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Blessum
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Blessum. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere is a ferry running from Enkhuizen in Noord Holland to Stavoren.
- Get inIn the summer the ferry runs up to three times daily, but in April and October not as frequent.
From Wikivoyage: Friesland, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-04.
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