Sneek Heritage Walk: The Water Gate That Stayed

Waterpoort

Public quay and bridge. No ticket. Waterpoortsgracht / De Kolk, 8601 Sneek. Built about 1492 with the wall. Ornamental rebuild 1613. Watch house 1785. Night cl…

De Kolk

Public quays. No ticket. De Kolk, 8601 Sneek. Town basin outside the last water gate. Sneekweek opens on this water. Geeuwkade on the town side is a later stop…

Fontein van Fortuna

Public quay. No ticket. Hoogend, 8601 EM Sneek. 11Fountains piece by Stephan Balkenhol. Gold ball and horn of plenty in the Hoogend water. Self-guided in the S…

Martinikerk

Public churchyard. Rooms on service and summer days. Grote Kerkstraat 9, 8601 ED. Tuff origin 11th century. Westwork about 1300, lost 1681. Tradition: Grutte P…

Stadhuis

Public street front. Rooms mainly on Open Monumentendag. Marktstraat 15, 8601 CR. Origins 1478. Porch 1745 by Gerben Jesse Nauta. Rococo facade 1763. Friesland…

Marktstraat

Public street. No ticket. Marktstraat, 8601 CR Sneek. Trade lane between Stadhuis and the inner canals. Narrow medieval plots under later shop fronts. House in…