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Church bells ring for forgotten 1825 Flood disaster in Friesland
#churchbell This Sunday evening, we will ring the church bell together with over 200 other churches in #Friesland for the Forgotten Frisian #Flood Disaster of 1825. Hundreds of people died in this storm surge. Two-thirds of Friesland was under water at the time. We ring the bell of our #Mauritius Church in Jirnsum for 18 minutes and 25 seconds, a s... Read this article
Hospitable guests!
Last week's guests left a nice and tasty gift on their dining table in De Kraak studio. How lucky we are to have such hospitable guests! Extra surprise: they have already booked again for April! Read this blog
Mauritius Church popular with Thialf skating fans
FRIESLAND - Our Mauritiuskerk Airbnb in Jirnsum is increasingly becoming a skating fan church! Or the past three nights skating enthusiasts stayed with us again. They enjoyed the European All-Round Championships and the European Sprint Championships in the Thialf ice stadium in Heerenveen, only 19 km from our B&B in Jirnsum. Jirnsum was the hom... Read this blog
New hiking trail Jirnsum through farmland to Grou
#kuierpad Hurray, Jirnsum has a new hiking trail! You can walk over dikes and centuries-old farmland to Grou. A Frisian artist designed the pedestrian bridge for the new hiking trail. On Friday 24 January 2025, the B&W of the municipality of Leeuwarden will officially open the new walking path with a festive opening ceremony. The path can alrea... Read this article
JIrnsum: New Year's Dive 2025 will continue as usual
#New Year's Dive What is cancelled in The Hague will continue on the beach of Jirnsum: the traditional dive in the river Boarn & the old Middelsee on January 1, 2025. This year, Omroep Friesland broadcast the New Year's Dive live on radio and TV from Jirnsum. Of course there was pea soup afterwards, certificates and the orange caps of t... Read this blog
