Holiday apartment in Surhuizum: village culture, cycling tour and countryside

Holiday apartment in Surhuizum between village culture and countryside

Surhuizum combines visible village history with its own festival culture, a cycling tour with a literary touch and a landscape featuring wet and higher-lying grasslands. Next to the church in Surhuizum stands the sculpture De Balkenspringer. At the same time, the village is characterised by a ribbon of farmhouses and other houses along It Noard-Doarpstrjitte-It Súd-Koartwâld.

Church and ribbon of houses as the village landscape

The Doarpstsjerke in Surhuizum is the Hervormde Antoniuskerk. It includes a semi-detached tower with a brick spire and an enclosed churchyard. At Koartwâld 11 stands a recently restored house. It has a gabled roof between gables and chimneys with panels. The address is located along the stretch of It Noard-Doarpstrjitte-It Súd-Koartwâld characterised by farmhouses and other houses. Thus, ecclesiastical architecture and a single restored house with a striking roof design stand side by side in the same place.

Feestweek and Poëzieroute Achtkarspelen

A feestweek takes place annually in Surhuizum in August. The annual feestweek in Surhuizum includes a world championship in seineharjen, the sharpening of a scythe. Seineharjen refers here to a traditional craft discipline and not to an ordinary competition.

The Poëzieroute Achtkarspelen passes through Surhuizum as a cycling loop of slightly more than 60 kilometres. Along the Poëzieroute Achtkarspelen, Frisian poems are displayed on information boards. For a day of cycling, the distance is a clear planning factor. Slightly more than 60 kilometres form the framework of an extended loop and require you to plan your time separately. The information boards also add Frisian texts to the route.

Castles and parks in the surrounding region

Fogelsangh State and Coendersborg castles are located in the vicinity of Surhuizum. Rinsma State and Panser castles are located in the wider regional surroundings of Surhuizum. The spatial descriptions distinguish between destinations in the vicinity and those in the wider regional surroundings.

The Klein Zwitserland, Boswachterij Bakkeveen and Nienoord parks are also located in the vicinity of Surhuizum. Allardsoog Park is located in the wider regional surroundings of Surhuizum. This provides regional excursions with three park destinations in the vicinity as well as one park in the wider regional surroundings.

Surhuzumermieden and wet grasslands

Surhuzumermieden covers 242 hectares. It is suitable for the development of wet hay meadows and grasslands for meadow birds. The higher-lying parts are intended for herb- and fauna-rich grasslands. The landscape therefore encompasses different development areas, from wet meadows to higher-lying grasslands with herbs and fauna.

Tsjerkepaad Fryslân 2026

For Tsjerkepaad Fryslân 2026, it was planned that the Doarpstsjerke would be open on all 11 Saturdays from 4 July to 12 September, each time from 13:30 to 17:00. For a visit in 2026, Saturday afternoon is therefore the relevant time window; this information remains limited to the planned period specified.

Further places for regional orientation

For further orientation in the region, you can also include Twijzelerheide, Gerkesklooster, Buitenpost, Augustinusga and Surhuisterveen in your plans.

For the overarching travel overview: Achtkarspelen.