The 9 Best Things to do Good for Big Groups in Leeuwarden, Friesland Province

Every week we organise Free Walking Tours in Leeuwarden. In 1,5 to 2 hours a passionate guide will show you Leeuwarden through their eyes. Expect funny historical stories, beautiful street-art and cute little shops and art galleries. The walking tours are every week (rain or shine). Meet us at the Oldehoofsterkerkhof. We will start next to the entrance of the Obe paviljon. Near the Ut Streekie shop and the Brasserie Maria Louise. Most of our tours are in Dutch. But on Saturday 12PM we also have an English guide and we have regular tours in German. Check our website to see the full scheduale and to sign up. All of our regular walking tours are Free Tours. If you liked the tour, you can give the guide a donation according to your own budget. It is also possible to book a private guide for a fixed price.

Escape Room 058 is the leading thrilling reallife escape adventure in Leeuwarden! By combining basic logic with out-of-the-box thinking, riddles have to be solved, locks cracked and secret information needs to be decoded, in order to escape withing 60 minutes. Experience an intense, nerve-wrecking journey in which time and reality blur and behind that lies great danger, since time is key! scape Room 058 is perfectly suited for groups of friends, teambuilding, family gatherings, bachelor parties and other groups from 2-21 people who dare to face the challenge. In Leeuwarden we offer 3 Rooms: Terrorist Threat Room The AIVD (General Intelligence and Security Service) is keeping a close watch on a terrorist headquarters. All of a sudden the suspects rush out of the location. Shortly thereafter a video is received in which they threaten with bombings. With great urgency you, a team of specialists, is mobilized to save The Netherlands. You have only one hour to find the bomb and dismantle it. Tic-tac-tic-tac! 2-7 persons (recommended 5-6) Prices from: €17 p.p. Duration: max. 60 minutes The Cabin Officially the property has been empty for years, but it is swarming with bums and drug addicts. However, you have been witnessing strange things. An inexplicable scent, minivans arriving in the dead of night… Curiosity beats fear and you enter the building. Was this a good idea? 2-6 persons (recommended 4-5) Prices from: €18,00 p.p. Duration: max. 60 minutes Room 313 Several guests before you have disappeared and no one has heard from them since. Is there really truth in that old curse? You daredevils defy fate and book room 313 nonetheless. Upon arrival the janitor is behaving very peculiar. This does not feel right… Will you make it till the end of the night? 2-6 persons (recommended 4-5) Prices from: €18,00 p.p. Duration: max. 60 minutes Combine the Escape Room with a snack/drinks and/or diner? Together with restaurant/pub Paddy O'Ryan we have composed a few delicious deals: Snacks & Dranks deal(4-21 personen) Your group will be split in teams up to 7 persons. At the same time 3 teams can play our 3 Escape Rooms. The first group will play the exciting Terrorist Threat Room, group number two will play the mysterious hotelroom Room 313 and the last group will play the abonded squat The Cabin. After the Escape Room you head towards Paddy O'Ryan (walking distance) where you enjoy a couple of drinks and delicious (cold an warm) snacks. – Duration: ca. 3 hours – Included: Game accompaniment and Escape Room, 4 drinks p.p. (beer, soda or wine) and a variety of snacks, taxes. – Excluded: other drinks/snacks – Price: €35,00 per person Diner Deal(4-21 personen). Your group will be split in teams up to 7 persons. At the same time 3 teams can play our 3 Escape Rooms. The first group will play the exciting Terrorist Threat Room, group number two will play the mysterious hotelroom Room 313 and the last group will play the abonded squat The Cabin. After the Escape Room you head towards Paddy O'Ryan (walking distance) where you enjoy a breadboard followed by a main dish of your choosing (Irish Stew, Paddy Burger, or Fish & Chips). – Duration: ca. 3-4 hours – Included: Game accompaniment and Escape Room, breadboard, main dish, taxes. – Excluded: other drinks/snacks – Price: €37,50 per person Do you have other suggestions? Call or mail us to discuss the possibillities. :-)

Boattrip through the canals of Leeuwarden

This elegant 18th-century building contains the largest collection of Dutch tiles in the world.

The Fries Museum is dedicated to Friesland and the Frisian people. Its activities revolve around the eleven cities that make up the province and the surrounding countryside. These include the Frisians' love-hate relationship with water, the search for what defines the typical Frisian character, and Friesland's place in the wider world. The freedom fighter Grutte Pier's sword; old costumes and clothing; treasures from the Frisian mounds; the legacy of Mata Hari, the exotic dancer who was executed as a spy at the end of the First World War; Gerrit Benner's paintings; contemporary visual art; and the film de Overval: together these objects tell the story of Friesland.

De Oldehove is an unfinished church tower in the medieval centre of the Dutch city of Leeuwarden. It leans more than the tower of Pisa in Italy. Open for visits from mid April till end of October.