De Alde Feanen National Park
Nationaal Park De Alde Feanen
A peat-bog wetland national park southeast of Leeuwarden, where you can glide through reed channels by small boat and watch cormorants and great white egrets.
De Alde Feanen is a national park of lakes, reed marshes and wet meadows formed by peat digging. It covers about 25 square km and is a habitat for cormorants, great white egrets, grey herons and other waterbirds. You can learn about the wetlands at the Earnewâld visitor center, then ride an electric boat or sightseeing boat through the waterways. There are also walking trails and bird-watching hides. It is about 15 km from Leeuwarden. Boat trips run in summer, and driving or cycling is the most convenient way to get there.
Opening hours
Open all day; visitor center approx. 10:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Blokhuispoort
- De Waag Leeuwarden
- Fries Museum
- Grote of Jacobijnerkerk
- Natuurmuseum Fryslân
- Nieuwestad & Canals
- Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
- Prinsentuin