Dokkum Heritage Walk: Boniface and the Elfstedentocht Turn
120 min
1.6 km
10 stops
About this tour
Dokkum is the Frisian town where Boniface was killed and where the Elfstedentocht still turns on the canals. A self-guided small-town walk with quizzes in the StepQuests app.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote of Sint-Martinuskerk
Public square. Church rooms on service and concert days. Markt 2, 9101 LS Dokkum. Small parish church enlarged with abbey bricks after the abbey church came do…
Markt
Public square. No ticket. Markt, 9101 LS Dokkum. Village terp plus a memorial mound after 754. Premonstratensian abbey later occupied the north side. Abbey out…
Waag
Public street. Cafe in the old weigh rooms. Waagstraat / centre, 9101 Dokkum. First weigh hall 1593. Present house 1754. Butter scale and military watch in one…
Sint-Bonifatiuskerk
Public street. Church rooms on Mass days. Koningstraat 25-26, 9101 LS. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica, 1871-1878, by P.J.H. Cuypers. Tower collapsed 1874 and wa…
Stadhuis
Public quay facade. Civic offices inside. De Zijl 2, 9101 LK. Rebuilt 1607-1610 from the Mockema house. Opened 29 November 1610. Mason Jacob Lous of Harlingen.…
Vleesmarkt
Public quay. No ticket. Vleesmarkt, 9101 MH Dokkum. Kleindiep turning point and last Elfstedentocht stamp. Riders pass under the Bontebrug (1869). Last full ra…
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