Fierljeppen season springs into action
The Frisian ‘fierljeppen’ season kicked off on the 15th of May with the first competition of the year in Buitenpost. ...
Tag: Fryslan
Fryslân to build first colony houses in Weststellingwerf
Minnie Wiersma, director of the Society of Benevolence, wants to build new 'colony houses' in Weststellingwerf. Translated by Mehret Haile-Mariam ...
Museums across Friesland launch exhibitions to celebrate re-opening on Saturday
Museums and other indoor cultural institutions may re-open from June 5 Translated by Thomas Ansell After several long months of ...
Diversity in Friesland: numbers of residents with a migrant background rises by 25 percent in ten years
Proportionally, the largest migrant background in Friesland is German Translated by Thomas Ansell More and more Frisians have a migrant ...
Friesland’s 11fountains in one special photo exhibition
A special photo exhibition about the 11fountains across Friesland, an ambitious art project which came to life during the Leeuwarden-Friesland ...
Elections update: GroenLinks largest party in Groningen provincial council, Water Natuurlijk big water board winners (UPDATE)
All of the votes in the provincial council elections have now been officially counted, and GroenLinks has come out on ...
Russian tall ships avoiding Harlingen for fear of creditors
Two enormous Russian sailing ships, Sedov and Kruzenstern, participating in the Tall Ships Race will not be mooring in Harlingen ...
Leeuwarden and Fryslân get their own Monopoly board game
Friesland and Leeuwarden will soon have their own version of the popular board game Monopoly. A special Cultural Capital of ...
Concerns about Frisian fire crew response times
The Leeuwarder Courant reports that planned changes to fire departments across Friesland include getting rid of some emergency vehicles in ...