Places of Interest
Sneek is well known as the center of watersports with over 130 watersport companies and 13 Marinas. Also it has a monumental inner-city with the old and famous gentlemen's houses.
- Watergate (1613)
- Town hall (1550)
- Martinichurch (1498), with a carillon of 50 bells
- Sint-Martinuschurch (1872)
- Tonnema Candy Factory (1955)
- the Wooden bridges across the Rijksweg 7.
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