Places of interest 

Places of interest

1. Waterpoort. (Water Gate). A fortification built in 1613.

2. Stadhuis (Town Hall). Marktstraat 15. A 15th century building with Rococo facade. A large number of coats of arms are displayed in the militia chamber. ‘Grutte Pier’s’ (a Frisian folk hero) helmet can also be seen.

3. Martini Church. Built in 1498, with a 16th century sacristy, old foundations are indicated in the paving stones of the Old Churchyard. Open: 8th of June till 11th of Sept. Tuesday till Saturday 2.00p.m.- 4.30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday evening:
7th till 28th of July also from 7.30 p.m.-9.00 p.m..

4. The Frisian Shipping Museum and Sneek Local Antiquities Room.
Kleinzand 14. 32 Rooms. The collection contains: ship models, (seascape) paintings, shipbuilding and woodwork tools, a reconstruction of a deck-house of a “skûtsje”, several real ships, a mast maker’s yard, ship’s ornaments, sailor’s souvenirs, silver objects, historical interiors, artefacts concerning transportation over ice (ice-yacht, skates, skating prizes).

Open: Monday till Saturday from 10.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m..
Sunday from 12.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Closed on festival days. Tel. 0515-414057.

5. Epema-State. Ysbrechtum, 1 km from Sneek. A house with gate - way built in 1652 on 15th century foundations. Church and crypt can also be viewed. Open: information Epema-S tate
Tel.: 0515-412475, e-mail: info@epemastate.nl,
or the Tourist Information Sneek tel.: 0515- 414096.

6. National Model Railway Museum. At the Central Railwaystation in Sneek.
Open: Tuesday till Saturday from 10.00 a.m.- 5.00 p.m.
On Sunday from 12.00 p.m.-5.00 p.m. in July and August also from on Monday from 12.00 p.m. – 5 p.m.Tel.: 0515-430021.

7. R.C. St.Martins Church (1871). Singel 64. Neo-Gothic cruciform basilica with interior in late Medieval style.

Open from 9th of June till 1th of September 2.30 p.m. till 5.00 p.m. and Thursday evening from 7.30 p.m. till 9.00 p.m.

8. ‘The Widow Joustra’.
Kleinzand 32. Off-licence with interior dating from 1864. With an original ‘drankorgel’ still intact.
Tel. 0515-412912.

9. Children’s farm
Harste 11a, Sneek

Open:  
April till October: Thuesday till Friday 10.00 a.m. till 5.00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 1.00 p.m. till 5.00 p.m. Closed on Monday.
In schoolholidays also open on Monday. Tel.: 0515 - 430299.