Every design for Leeuwarden
The big city that shaped you
13 unique designs from the city of Leeuwarden in Fryslân – map designs, local expressions and symbols only people who know the place will read. Also available as t-shirt, hoodie or tote bag.
T-shirt
from 249 SEK
Hoodie
from 499 SEK
Tote bag
from 129 SEK
About Leeuwarden
Elfstedentocht
capital of Friesland
the leaning Oldehove
Have you ever stood at the start of the Elfstedentocht, or only dreamed of it? Leeuwarden, Ljouwert in West Frisian, is where the legendary Eleven Cities Tour on the ice both begins and ends, and the capital of Friesland wears that honour with quiet pride.
The Oldehove is the image everyone carries away, named after one of the three villages on terps that merged into Leeuwarden in the early ninth century. The city grew from those man-made dwelling-hills, which give the name its ending, warden. Leeuwarden became a royal residence, a European Capital of Culture in 2018 and a UNESCO City of Literature in 2019. It also has more museums than you might expect, from the Fries Museum to the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof and the Natuurmuseum Fryslân.
And then there are the statues Us Mem and Us Heit, which every Leeuwarder passes sooner or later. Put the Oldehove and Us Mem on your chest and anyone from Friesland will know exactly where you belong.
Shown on the map
Location: Fryslân, Netherlands
Coordinates: 53.2006°N, 5.7919°E
