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BinnenInn 2-6 persoons Appartementen
BinnenInn 2-6 persoons Appartementen
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Eben Haëzerkerk Earnewâld
Eben Haëzerkerk Earnewâld
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Holwerd - Kees Weverswadpost - vogelkijkhut
Holwerd - Kees Weverswadpost - vogelkijkhut
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Restaurant Herberg De Pater
Restaurant Herberg De Pater
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De Waard van Napels
De Waard van Napels
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Elfstedenmonument Tegeltjesbrug Gytsjerk
Elfstedenmonument Tegeltjesbrug Gytsjerk
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De Leijen Beach
De Leijen Beach
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Museum Tusken de Marren
Museum Tusken de Marren
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Boerderijcamping de Koaipleats
Boerderijcamping de Koaipleats
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Ternaard (Ternaard)
Ternaard (Ternaard)
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Noarderleech Bunker and Training Base
Noarderleech Bunker and Training Base
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Wyns
Wyns
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Camping Vergezicht
Camping Vergezicht
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Lendevallei - Catspoolder - Vogelkijkhut Peperga
Lendevallei - Catspoolder - Vogelkijkhut Peperga
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Nicolaaskerk Koarnjum
Nicolaaskerk Koarnjum
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TOP Earnewâld
TOP Earnewâld
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Memorial stone for Fallen Canadians
Memorial stone for Fallen Canadians
Sunday 15 April 1945, Friesland's official liberation day, was also the day Sneek welcomed the Canadian liberation forces. It had been an exciting day, and the Dutch Domestic Armed Forces (NBS) had fought quite a battle with the occupiers.
A day earlier, German troops had begun to withdraw from Sneek and the NBS had tried to hinder their retreat along the Leeuwarderweg as much as possible. Until a column of German parachute troops had entered the fray and forced the NBS to retreat.
The Waag building in the middle of the city centre was used as a weapons cache by the occupying forces during the war. To prevent it from falling into Allied hands, the fleeing troops set it on fire at around three o'clock on Sunday. Loud explosions and bangs resounded throughout the city for half an hour.
Once the enemy had left the city, the NBS operatives gathered at the HBS school for instructions and the distribution of weapons and armbands. They went into the city to round up traitors. Then, rumour had it that hundreds of German soldiers were on their way to Sneek from Lemmer. Immediately, fortifications were built at the Water gate.
Canadian units were alerted. They were now in possession of the latest defence plans for Sneek thanks to NBS intelligence and were advancing from Joure towards the town.
In the evening around half past seven, the first patrol of the Canadian infantry battalion Le régiment De La Chaudière rode into town with flame-throwers and machine guns. The German troops stayed away, and the full Canadian battalion followed.
Sneek was liberated, but freedom was not yet guaranteed as German troops tried to escape via the Afsluitdijk towards Friesland. The Canadian Regiment of the Queens Own Rifles moved through Sneek to the Afsluitdijk and fiercely fought at Wons. Six Canadian soldiers were killed. They were temporarily buried at Sneek General Cemetery. In 1946, they were reburied at the Canadian Field of Honour in Holten.
Canadian guests
While waiting to return to their homeland, hundreds of Canadian soldiers were lodged with families in Sneek for about five months. On 1 June, the Perth Regiment arrived in the town, which they temporarily renamed Stratford. They were involved in the liberation of Groningen. A committee was set up to entertain the soldiers with various activities. From dances to sailing competitions and special church services.Cordial ties developed between the liberators and the people of Sneek. And sometimes more than that. For Gordon C. Compton and Atty Bouma, one could even speak of "love at first sight". When the last soldiers return home at the end of November, Gordon decided to stay in the Netherlands. On 9 May 1946, he married Atty in Sneek. Not long after, Gordon and his "war bride" left for Canada.
Several monuments in the city recall the special bond with the Canadian military, which remains very close to this day.
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Siblu Villages Lauwersoog
Siblu Villages Lauwersoog
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De Ferbining
De Ferbining
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Hervormde Kerk Niawier
Hervormde Kerk Niawier
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Kloosterman natuurvoeding
Kloosterman natuurvoeding
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Kollumerwaard Hiking Trail
Kollumerwaard Hiking Trail
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Veerpont Schiermonnikoog
Veerpont Schiermonnikoog
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Papegaaienbuurt Drachten
Papegaaienbuurt Drachten
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Gedicht: Underwrâld | Elske Kampen
Gedicht: Underwrâld | Elske Kampen
Bekijk hier het gedicht in gebarentaal (NGT)
ÛNDERWRÂLD
moarn draach ik de bernespultsjes,
sjuery foar fersierde weinen, bûn fan jonge
feinten, de man dy’t stroffelet oer de grins
tusken dronken nacht en matinee
de band mei jierren-80-hits, froulju dy’t
as frije fammen út it sicht fan manlju dûnsje
oant stilte ûnferwacht nei middernacht
wreed de betsjoening brekt
ik dimp it roppen, razen, garje glês en
flessen, draach it doarpsfeest trije dagen oant
fantoomfoarm kantich giel neitiid oantsjut
wêr’t op myn fjild de tinte stie
krekt dan wit ik yn my in stille wrâld as
skielk mei kâlde hân winter boppe my it wetter
huverjend ta stilstân set, in souderflier fan
iis oer my hinne leit
fan grien nei brún myn gers rustkje mei yn
rêst, myn oerflak wurdt ta ûnderwrâld, ik my
ta sliepen lis en mins en feest ferjit, troch
myn dream it lûd fan izers sjit
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Dokkumer Bolwerken
Dokkumer Bolwerken
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Boerderij de Omleiding
Boerderij de Omleiding
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Natuurlijk Kollumeroord Groepsaccommodatie De Vlinderbalg
Natuurlijk Kollumeroord Groepsaccommodatie De Vlinderbalg
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Eetcafe De Winze
Eetcafe De Winze
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Zwembad De Sawn Doarpen
Zwembad De Sawn Doarpen
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Soestpolder Nature Reserve
Soestpolder Nature Reserve
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B&B 1774
B&B 1774
