At the bar in the town’s inn, a refugee by the name of Tesfalem falls under the spell of the innkeeper, […]
Leeuwarden, August 1795 Radical revolutionaries storm the Grote Kerk, smash everything, take valuable metals from the graves and kick around […]
In around 1781, Hermannus Berkenbijl sailed from Leeuwarden to Mantgum every week for three years to work on the carvings […]
In 1678, Anna Maria van Schurman died at the age of seventy in Wiuwert. She was buried in the Nicolaaskerk. […]
Shouting in the port: ‘There they are!’ Women waving towels high above their heads and the shrill sound of the […]
Sunday morning: put on the Sunday clothes, comb your hair and head to church. The comb of the cloisters is […]
Lovers for 400 years. A bell has been hanging in the Koepelkerk in Berlikum since 1593. In 1663, it was […]
What did the Duke of Bavaria do in Sandfirden? Who was in the sarcophagus that was found? And why was […]
A vocal trilogy On a Sunday morning in 1842, the preacher Vitalis was at the pulpit in the Sint Vituskerk […]
Is love stronger than water? The fluyt, a commercial sailing ship, is journeying towards Riga. Second mate Wiebe Aukesz is […]
The church in Rijperkerk is suddenly full again. A case of acute godliness? No, a story is circulating about a […]
She just suddenly appeared, the girl from the bell. The villagers are no longer surprised by this. She likes to […]
One day in 1574, skipper Hendrik Spruyt arrived with his wife Trijntje Jans at their home port of Workum. They […]
It was a child from the nearby primary school who pointed out to the vicar of the Agneskerk the symbol […]
An artistic walk leads the visitor through a vast landscape and a small village, Eestrum. This village has a jewel […]
The Lemster Tower has seen Lemmer change over 300 years; the fishing community became a recreational hotspot. Under it is […]
Homer’s Odyssey in the heart of Friesland The homecoming of war hero Oeds (Odysseus) is played out under the towers […]
Een nacht in de Sint Janskerk (A night at the St. John’s Church) is a whirlwind of a music-theatre performance. […]
In 2018, Tytsjerk opens its doors for unknown visitors who will leave an indelible impression in and together with the […]
The story goes that two horses once died in the small church in Nijeberkoop. The horses had gotten loose and, […]
One of the Netherlands’ greatest poets, Jan Jacob Slauerhoff (1898-1936), came from Leeuwarden. His work has been translated in 26 […]
A performance about the importance of having a beacon in our lives. Klaas has seen much of the world. This […]
A helmet has hung in the porch of the Schettens church since time immemorial, just an old helmet. Until a […]
Once lonely in the field, nowadays sandwiched between railroad tracks and a dual carriageway, the Kapelle van Haskerdijken is still […]
A roaring sea. Raging sea monsters bash the embankments and storm into the city. They furiously drag children into the […]
In Lûd fan the Middelsee, 17 music associations bring the old Middelzee to life. The Middelzee: new territory of the […]
The pilgrims from the Stellingwerven, whose homecoming was celebrated in 1579 after they walked to Santiago de Compostela, got a […]
A performance about the determination of a carpenter’s assistant with a brilliant plan. Will Lytse Fedde get an audience with […]
The current Mariakerk was built without a tower in 1797. In 1896 the church board decided to have a tower […]
On 17 January 1586, the Spanish army encountered the Frisian army near the village of Boksum. Unfortunately it was not […]
In the spirit of Saint Martin, the Sint Martinuskerk shares its earthly possessions with the youth club, the breeding ground […]
Everything in life has a destination, a purpose. The mother who, in her sorrow, only lets her voice be heard […]
Thirty-two churches, thirty-two unique images made in lino. For the visual identity of Under the Tour, Barbara Jonkers, self-employed designer, […]
MORE INFORMATIONThe biggest sponsor of Under de Toer is the Prince Bernhard Culture Fund. The fund gave donated €500,000, which was crucial in […]
MORE INFORMATIONFor a moment, Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassels story has a voice, during the first reading of Marijke Muoi’s script. The […]
MORE INFORMATIONWe are all looking forward to it: 2018, the year of Leeuwarden-Fryslân as Cultural Capital of Europe. The cultural year […]
MORE INFORMATIONSunday January 15th was the last day on which partnerships across Friesland could submit their plans for Under the Tour. […]
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