Tourist attractions Joure

This elegant construction dates from 1613. Made from brick decorated with sandstone, it protected the port entrance. Its central part forms a bridge over the Geeuw and is flanked by two turrets which overlook the thin roofs. It is inset with arches.

This museum presents the great industrial activities of the town: clock making and the processing of coffee, tea and tobacco. The birthplace of Egbert Douwes and an old-style shop form part of the museum.

The road uses a narrow strip of land between two lakes, from which it offers beautiful views . The lake to the left ( Sneekermeer ) is one of the most popular Friesian lakes.

From the moveable bridge near Spannenburg, there are attractive views over a broad canal which links two lakes.

These flower-covered houses are hidden among the hundred-year-old trees of an old property belonging to the Friesian Nassau family (17C), which is crossed by small canals.

Dedicated to Friesian navigation, this museum has an attractive collection of model boats used in the 18 and 19C; reconstructed interiors of pleasure boats; paintings from the 17, 18 and 19C; workshops for making masts and sails and navigation instru..

Built in the 16C and converted in the 18C, the town hall has an attractive rococo façade with high green shuttered windows and a flight of steps richly sculpted with heraldic lions.

From this water gate and its mill (1755), there is a pretty view over the canal and the busy lakes. In high season they are full of sailing boats.

This is a restored church dating from the 12 and 13C built of tufa and brick. It is fronted by a tower with a pitched roof, bordered it to west by a hemicycle of low houses. The interior is rustic, and contains many worn paintings in the chancel (aro..

This modest church has a crypt with strange properties. Built in the 14C on a small mound and surrounded by a cemetery, it was remodelled in the 19C. In the 17 and 18C, it served as the tomb for eleven people. The bodies were preserved from decomposi..