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The Top 20 Natural Monuments in Friesland

Friesland’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments in Friesland. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: October 1, 2025

View of Ballumerblinkert Dune, Ameland

A beautiful island with a surprising diversity of nature, plus a cyclist's paradise🤩🥰🤩

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Watchtower de Zeven (komoot.nl/highlight/2702104) is a very nice place to look out over this area

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In the Aekingerzand, the forester successfully revived the drifting sand. Landscaped forests have been cut down so that the sand can blow free again. In this way, the original and …

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The Lauwerszee, an inlet named after the river Lauwers, used to be open to the Wadden Sea. After the storm surge of 1953, fears of flooding led to plans …

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The basis for the elevation in the landscape that you see here is the result of advancing glacial ice in the Pleistocene. The ice brought with it rocks from Scandinavia …

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This cliff was formed by ice from the ice age, which was pushed up, so to speak. A cliff like this is unique in the flat Dutch landscape! Take a …

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Titled Dark Sky Park, Lauwersmeer National Park is one of the darkest places on earth. Here you can experience nature in complete darkness. There are only 41 of these parks …

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Cape Kobbeduinen is a wooden cape on the Wadden Island of Schiermonnikoog and serves as a daymark for shipping. In 1731, work began on placing approximately 20 capes/beacons at Schiermonnikoog. …

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For the Fortuna Fountain, German sculptor Stephan Balkenhol was inspired by the periods of prosperity and loss of Sneek.

Are you following my cycling city tour? (see my collection) Stamp, er, selfie number three!

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Definitely worth it 😀 relaxed driving

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Find even more amazing natural monuments in Friesland by checking out the top Highlights region by region:

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