Kiesterzijl
Kiesterzijl is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland.
Kiesterzijl is a hamlet in the Dutch municipality of Waadhoeke in the province of Friesland. The hamlet is located southeast of Herbaijum and west of Franeker, adjacent to an industrial estate in Franeker. Kiesterzijl has a number of houses, a swing bridge over the Van Harinxma Canal, a shipping company and a power plant for transmission towers. Administratively, Kiesterzijl is a part of Franeker.
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Worth seeing in and around Kiesterzijl
4 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.
- 01Eise Eisinga Planetarium
The Royal Eise Eisinga Planetarium is an 18th-century orrery in Franeker, Friesland, Netherlands. It is currently a museum and open to the public.
2.6 km · museum in Franeker · Wikipedia - 02Franeker City Hall
Franeker City Hall is the city hall of the municipality of Franeker, Netherlands, one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland. The building dates from 1591–1594 and was built in Frisian renaissance style.
2.6 km · City hall of Franeker, Netherlands · Wikipedia - 03Sjaerdemaslot
The Sjaerdemaslot was a Frisian castle, a so-called "state", in Franeker, the Netherlands. In 1446 the construction of the castle was started and the state was demolished in 1727.
2.3 km · Castle · Wikipedia - 04Martenahuis
The Martenahuis or Martenastins is a stins in the centre of the Dutch city of Franeker, Friesland. The building is located on the Voorstraat.
2.5 km · building in Franeker, Friesland, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Getting to Kiesterzijl
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 72 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 109 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 154 km
- Stations
- Franeker railway station, 2.9 km
- Groningen → Kiesterzijl71 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · €9–12
- Amsterdam → Kiesterzijl99 km · quickest by road, 2h 17m · €12–17
- Rotterdam → Kiesterzijl156 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · €19–26
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kiesterzijl
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 Kiesterzijl. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inApart from coming in with your own boat, there are daily ferry services to the islands of Terschelling and Vlieland, operated by Rederij Doeksen.
- Go nextYou're right on the beach, so why not hop on a ferry and visit the island of Vlieland or Terschelling.
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