{"id":3026,"date":"2014-10-22T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yachtchartergrou.nl\/tourist-information-friesland\/de-friese-11-steden\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T14:28:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T13:28:05","slug":"frisian-11-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/yachtchartergrou.nl\/en\/tourist-information-friesland\/frisian-11-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The 11 Frisian Cities!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tourist Information\u00a011 Frisian Cities!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
– Leeuwarden<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Sneek<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– IJlst<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Sloten<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Hindeloopen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Workum<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Harlingen<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Bolsward<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Franeker<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Stavoren<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
– Dokkum<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n

History<\/h2>\n

The Frisian 11 Cities are not the biggest towns in Friesland. This has to do with the fact\u00a0that some of the\u00a0cities\u00a0are\u00a0very old and\u00a0became their city rights of the international trading function in the early days. Other cities has its origin from\u00a0acquiring\u00a0\u00a0market rights on the countryside.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This way Leeuwarden is far-out the biggest town in Friesland, but Drachten is second with almost 45.000 inhabitants, Sneek\u00a0becomes third and Heerenveen is the fourth biggest town in Friesland with\u00a0approximately 30.000 inhabitants. On ground of their inhabitant number, Drachten and Heerenveen can also be regarded as cities.<\/p>\n

Publicity<\/h2>\n

The eleven Frisian cities owe their reputation to the \u2018Frisian Eleven Cities Tour\u2019 (Fries: \u00c2lvest\u00eadetocht, an ice-skating race along the frozen canals). From the first one in 1909, the tour has been held only fifteen times, usually under harsh conditions, raced by thousands of skaters. The \u2018tour of all tours\u2019 has become less and less frequent, due to climate change. But as soon as the first night frost appears, the Frisians suffer from “elfsteden\u201d fever.<\/p>\n

Frisian Language<\/h2>\n

Within The Netherlands, Friesland is the only province with its own official language. Many people are brought up bilingual, so don\u2019t be surprised if people talk Frisian to you in a shop or restaurant. You\u2019ll often see two names on the place name signs in the province, the Frisian and the Dutch names. Below is an overview of the eleven Frisian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Dutch<\/strong>:<\/td>\nFrisian<\/strong>:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leeuwarden<\/td>\nLjouwert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sneek<\/td>\nSnits<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IJlst<\/td>\nDrylts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sloten<\/td>\nSleat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stavoren<\/td>\nStarum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hindeloopen<\/td>\nHylpen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Workum<\/td>\nWarkum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bolsward<\/td>\nBoalsert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harlingen<\/td>\nHarns<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Franeker<\/td>\nFrjentsjer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dokkum<\/td>\nDokkum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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