Bolsward
Bolsward is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands.
Bolsward is a city in Súdwest-Fryslân in the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. Bolsward has a population of just under 10,200. It is located 10 km W.N.W. of Sneek.
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Worth seeing in and around Bolsward
One place 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.
- 01Protestant church of Bolsward
St. Martin's Church is a Protestant church in Bolsward, Netherlands, and one of the medieval churches in Friesland.
500 m · church building in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Bierbrouwerij Us Heit
A beer brewery and whiskey distillery with a shop, tours and tasting sessions.
- 02Broerekerk
An 13th-century church that regularly has (modern) art exhibitions.
From Wikivoyage: Bolsward, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Bolsward
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 70 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 99 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 144 km
- Stations
- Sneek railway station, 8.8 km · IJlst railway station, 8 km · Sneek Noord railway station, 9.1 km
- Groningen → Bolsward71 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · €9–13
- Amsterdam → Bolsward88 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €12–16
- Rotterdam → Bolsward146 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · €18–26
- 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 Bolsward
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 Bolsward. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextThe old harbour town of Harlingen is 30 minutes away, and is also the ferry terminal for services to the Wadden islands of Vlieland and Terschelling.
From Wikivoyage: Bolsward, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Bolsward
- Sneektown in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands9.3 km
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- IJlsttown in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands8.9 km
- Witmarsumvillage in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands5.9 km
- Oudegavillage in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands8.3 km
- Makkumvillage in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands8.8 km