Hindeloopen
Hylpen
A town on the Ijsselmeer shore, one of the Eleven Cities, known for its brightly painted Hindeloopen furniture and small canals with wooden bridges.
Hindeloopen is one of the Eleven Cities of Friesland. Once wealthy from trade with the Baltic, it developed a distinctive style of dress and “Hindeloopen painting,” a floral painted furniture art. The town has only a few streets. Its canals, wooden bridges, captains’ houses and church leaning tower make a picturesque scene. You can visit the Hindeloopen Museum and painting workshops, then walk to the lake dike to watch the sunset. It takes about one hour by train from Leeuwarden, via the Stavoren line.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Jopie Huisman Museum
- Stavoren
- Afsluitdijk Wadden Center
- Bolsward Town Hall
- Harlingen
- Sloten
- Waterpoort Sneek
- Fries Scheepvaart Museum