Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden is the capital of Friesland. The city is home to about 90.000 inhabitants. Leeuwarden's compact medieval centre is surrounded by defensive canals and includes many old buildings. The city is home to three Universities of Applies sciences: Stenden, Noordelijke Hogeschool Leeuwarden and Van Hall.

Meeting and Events

Hospitality community

The community in Leeuwarden has a small active community and there are a few meetings:
- the monthly meeting: every Wednesday in the middle of the month between 10 to 25 people meet up in cafe de stee. The meetings are announced both on BeWelcome and Couchsurfing.
- Homediners, are always a succes, it is easy to organise one.
- In 2012 Leeuwarden started hosting a big event in the summer called Welcome to Fryslan. This has become an annual event.

Other Events

april Flower market
may 5th, befrijdingsfestival Fryslan, Liberation day, music and more
may 24-25th Fries Straat festival Street theatre and music,
july 14th, dancetour
july 26,27,28 Welcome to the village, indie music festival
august 10th,Into the grave, Metal festival
november 6-10 Noordelijk Film Festival film festival in the art house cinema
november 23th Explore the north, indie and poetry festival