Frisian Natural History Museum calls for emergency help as a third of staff dismissed
The Natuurmuseum Fryslân has been a day-out destination in Leeuwarden since 1923 Translated by Thomas Ansell The Natuurmuseum Fryslân, one ...
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A guide on what to Do and Eat, Drink and Shop in Leeuwarden and Friesland, by the local experts at The Northern Times
Welcome to Leeuwarden! The capital of Friesland, and an artsy, bustling city. Lots of venerable titles have put together their ...
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 ...
Leeuwarden puts itself forward to host Eurovision Song Festival 2020
The Dutch singer Duncan Laurence won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, and now cities across the Netherlands are ...
Claudia Woolgar: a one-woman cultural tour de force
Born and raised in the UK, she’s run theatres, directed art festivals, and was one of the leading lights in ...
Argentine theatre group Fuerza Bruta coming to Leeuwarden
A two-week residency by the Argentine postmodern theatre group Fuerza Bruta in Leeuwarden in December is set to be the ...
All eleven Frisian fountains completed, but funding questions remain
On Friday, all of the fountains in the LF2018 11Fountains project in Friesland were finally working. Whilst the fountains are ...
LF2018 Royal de Luxe giant marionettes performance wins public event of the year
The three-day performance “Big Skate in the Ice” by the French street theatre company Royal de Luxe in August of ...
LF2018 generated 230 to 330 million euros for Friesland
Organisers of Leeuwarden-Friesland’s year as a European Capital of Culture say that they are satisfied with the economic impact of ...
YourPost Leeuwarden: a legacy of LF2018
YourPost.eu, a crowd sourced, multi-lingual news site, was launched as part of Leeuwarden-Friesland Capital of Culture. Its citizen journalists are ...