A Guide to Leeuwarden

Guide Kevin

Discover Leeuwarden with our Guide

Hi, my name is Kevin and I am a guide in Leeuwarden. Together with my colleagues, we provide the most enjoyable walking tours in Leeuwarden. Since 2013 we have been giving public approachable pay-what-you-please walking tours in multiple languages! Every Saturday at 12PM we also offer a Leeuwarden Free Tour in English. However, we also offer tailor-made private tours. We believe that a personalised walking tour with one of our guides is the best way to discover Leeuwarden at your own pace and interests. We pride ourselves on giving walking tours ever so slightly different from your average guided tour. This has resulted in our walking tours being consistently rated as the most fun tours in Leeuwarden. Join us and discover the beauty of Leeuwarden!

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Leeuwarden Free Tour

EVERY Saturday also in English
Join us on a Free Tour in English. It’s the best introduction to the city.

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Leeuwarden Private Tours

On request
You can book a private guide for your own company on any time of the week.

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Boek een street art tour in Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden Street Art Tour

On request also in English
Discover another Leeuwarden..

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Gidsen in Leeuwarden

Experience Leeuwarden with our guide

Leeuwarden is a beautiful historical city. With a Guide to Leeuwarden the city will become even more enticing! Our guides tell the best stories about the city’s history, its famous inhabitants, and they will show you gorgeous murals and cheeky street art. Our guides will make you laugh and be amazed. Join our guides and experience Leeuwarden! Book online!

Guiding is a profession! That is why we work with professional guides; real storytellers with a flair for tension, cadence and energy. Our guides are in love with Leeuwarden and they love to share this love with you. Our guides will make you laugh, amazed, and give you the occasional goosebumps. They will lead you to places you would have otherwise overlooked. They will share the juicy details rarely mentioned in the history books. Join our guides and experience Leeuwarden!

Starting Point

The starting point for our tours is the Oldehoofsterkerkhof, the square in front of the Oldehove (the leaning tower). Our guides will be waiting for you next to the entrance of the Obe pavilion. Inside this pavilion you will find the Visitor Center Leeuwarden and a free exhibition. This is nearby the ‘Ut Streekie’ shop and the Restaurant De Skeve Toren. Have a look at our video below or use google maps. You can also download our own map to find your way in Leeuwarden.

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About us

A Guide to Leeuwarden is a company that is founded in 2013 by Henk Leutscher. Nowadays we are with a full team of enthusiastic and young guides that love to show the beauty of Leeuwarden. We do this every week with public Free Tours, but also with customized private tours. Because we believe that the best introduction to Leeuwarden is a personal tour with a guide. Meet our team below!

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About Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden is the capital of Friesland, former home of the royal Orange-Nassau family, and Cultural Capital of Europe in 2018. Our local guides would love to share the beauty of Leeuwarden with you on their walking tours. To prepare your trip, we already share some maps and our best tips.

Maps of Leeuwarden

Check the maps we have created for Leeuwarden. At the end of every tour we will also hand you one on paper.

The best tips about Leeuwarden

On our tours we will give you plenty of tips for your stay in Leeuwarden. But we already gathered some on our website.