Oldehove - Oldehoofsterkerkhof
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Contact Oldehove
| Address : | Oldehoofsterkerkhof, 8911 DE Leeuwarden, Netherlands |
| Phone : | 📞 +8 |
| Postal code : | 8911 |
| Website : | http://www.oldehove.eu/ |
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| City : | Leeuwarden |
| Description : | Off-kilter, unfinished Gothic bell tower dating from the 1500s & open to the public for visits. |
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chick on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Nice experience walking up. Not too expensive as well.
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Tobias “Tobe” Kejonen on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very cool place! Great view over the city and super fun climbing up the stairs inside. You get super dizzy!
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Prashant Choudhari on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We visited this place with a ticket to reach at the top. View from top is good. There is lift option for one portion of height. Other than that you have to take stairs. Building also has some presentations which is in Dutch about the building. While taking stairs you can feel the tiltedness of the building.
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Antoon Esaac on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Very nice and perfect place to take a photo
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Nikolett Ilonka on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A beautiful building. Even more beutiful from the inside and the view from the top was amazing! Truly this is the "Pisa Tower" of Leeuwarden! I was here last year but time to go back again!
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Robin Irwin on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What happens when you try to covet the Martinitower of your neighbours in Groningen? An incidental leaning tower of Pisa in the Netherlands is born.
When the Frysian people discovered that Groningen was building Martinitower, they wanted a bigger one in Leeuwarden. So in 1529, work started on a sand hill to build a bigger one.
Unfortunately, The top of the tower became displaced horizontally by 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) from the centre. This didn't stop the people of Leeuwarden from trying to correct it but ultimately failed. They stopped building the complete church and left the tower standing unfinished at a height 39 metres (127.95 feet) and 183 climbing steps.
This event made quite a laughing matter with the citizens of Groningen as they felt that the people of Leeuwarden are somewhat inadequate. A feeling that is still justified today in the mind of the citizens of Groningen ...
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Vinuthamanigar sofy on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Beautiful view of the city. Due to covid situation you need to book your slot prior to visit. Tickets are available at the entry
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Carl Cencig on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I wish I could have gone up to see but unfortunately it was closed at the time of my visit, so I had to settle for taking some photos outside and admiring the leaning architecture. My understanding is that the Oldehove has been around since the medieval ages of the city. Worth checking out if you're in the area.
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