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Holiday
homes around Heerenveen |
Heerenveen is located in southeast
Friesland, about 20 kms south of Leeuwarden. It was originally
one of the a peat-cutting towns, founded in 1551; the name "Heerenveen"
means Lords Peat Bog. Now industrialized, it
is home to businesses dedicated to food-processing, electronics
and the manufacture of buses and bicycles. It has a 17th-century
town hall and a museum of bicycles and motorcycles. Heerenveen
is famous for its sporting accomplishments and world class sports
venues including the Abe Lenstra football stadium and the Thialf
speed skating arena, one of the first indoor 400m ice rinks in
the world, and where annually held international events draw
large crowds. |
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