Lemmer
Lemmer is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren, in the Dutch province of Friesland.

Lemmer is a town in the municipality of De Fryske Marren, in the Dutch province of Friesland. Lemmer lies adjacent to the IJsselmeer and the Frisian Lakes and is one of Friesland's best-known surface water sports locations. Lemmer is a bustling lakeside resort in the summer months and attracts not only day-trippers from surrounding communities such as Emmeloord, Urk, and Joure, but also national and international tourists.
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Worth seeing in and around Lemmer
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.
- 01Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal
The ir. D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station (ir.
2.1 km · steam-powered pumping station and museum in Lemmer, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
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Things to do
As the region is nearly literally drowning in water, it should not come as a surprise that water sports are a popular activity. Whether you're looking for a canoe (kano) or kayak rental, windsurfing school or general sailboat rental, a watersportcentrum shouldn't be hard to come across.
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Where to eat
- 01Bij de Luts
Meerweg 3, Balk,.
- 02De Koepoort
Koestraat 42, Sloten,.
- 03Taveerne 't Bolwerk
Voorstreek 116/117, Sloten, info@restauranthetbolwerk.nl.
- 04De Zeven Wouden
Voorstreek 120, Sloten, info@dezevenwouden.com.
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Getting to Lemmer
- Airports
- Groningen Eelde (GRQ), 66 km · Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 87 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 131 km
- Groningen → Lemmer71 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · €8–11
- Amsterdam → Lemmer76 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €11–15
- Rotterdam → Lemmer132 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €17–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lemmer
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 Lemmer. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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