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Eise Eisinga Planetarium

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    Location: Franekeradeel, Friesland, Netherlands

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    May 31, 2020

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    The oldest planetarium in the world is located on the ceiling of the living room of a beautiful canal house in Franeker. This accurately moving model of the solar system was built between 1774 and 1781 by the Frisian Eise Eisinga.

    Tuesday to Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
    Sunday 11am - 5pm.

    Between April 1 - October 31 also on Monday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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    May 13, 2015

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    The Eisinga Planetarium is the oldest working model of the solar system. It was built from 1774 to 1781 by Eise Eisinga in Franeker, after a mass panic broke out in the Netherlands in 1774 that a series of planets this year would cause cosmic collisions and Eise Eisinga wanted to dispel these concerns. The model is located on the ceiling of a room and is controlled by a pendulum clock and powered by additional weight trains. The planets move in real time on long threads hanging from the ceiling.
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