Franeker is one of the Frisian Eleven Cities, located in the northwest of the province of Friesland. It is a town with a history and also a student city. There are quite a few buildings that have made an impression on Franeker: the now famous Eise Eisinga Planetarium (1778), the old orphanage, the churches, the psychiatric hospital, the grain carriers' house, Bogt fen Gune, Hotel de Doelen, the Corn Exchange, the Town Hall, the gas factory, the Sternse Slotland, the university, the oil factory, and so on. Quite a lot for such a small town. Franeker is also referred to as the Wimbledon of the North, and this is related to the very popular game of kaatsen played here. Every year on the 5th Wednesday after June 30, Franeker prepares for the big kaatsp competition. The competition features the country’s 48 best male kaatsers.
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