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Hindeloopen
City in Friesland, Netherlands

Hindeloopen

Hindeloopen is an old city on the North of the Netherlands on the IJsselmeer.

Plan a trip to Hindeloopen→From Groningen

It lies within the municipality of Súdwest Fryslân. It is famous because of the Hindeloopen art and hindeloopen costume.

Get in

Getting to Hindeloopen

Like other cities with a similar fate as Hindeloopen such as Stavoren, which once used to be a rich Hanseatic city, Hindeloopen does not have a direct connection to a highway. Instead, take the A7 in the direction of Sneek. When coming from the Afsluitdijk, leave the A7 at Bolsward, shortly before Sneek. When coming from the south or east, i.e. not using the Afsluitdijk, use the A6 or A32 to connect to the A7.

See

Worth seeing

The Westertoren. A tower built in 1593.

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    The Grote Kerk

    The Protestant church of Hindeloopen, built in 1632 The former city hall, which now functions as a museum.

Do

Things to do

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    Museum Hindeloopen

    Dijkweg 1, 8713 KD, info@museumhindeloopen.nl.

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    Eerste Friese Schaatsmuseum
Eat

Where to eat

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    Argentijns Mexicaans Restaurant "El Paso"

    Tuinen 32, 8713 KM,.

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    Ame Gijs

    Het Oost 8, 8713 JP,.

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    Cafe Restaurant De Hinde

    Het Oost 4, 8713 JP,.

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    Restaurant De Drie Harinkjes

    Buren 39, 8713 KC, info@de3harinkjes.nl.

How locals move

Getting around Hindeloopen the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.