Holiday apartment in Firdgum: terps, museums and routes

Firdgum combines a distinctive terp landscape with archaeology, traces of history, and routes for cyclists and hikers. If you choose a holiday apartment in Firdgum for a trip catering to different interests, you will find opportunities here for culture, exercise and shared discoveries. Firdgum consisted of several terps built on higher salt-marsh ridges.

Terps, tower and vanished church

Part of Firdgum's village terp contains the remains of a church and a cemetery. The Sint-Nicolaastoren Firdgum is a churchless tower on an elevated cemetery. The church adjoining the Sint-Nicolaastoren Firdgum was demolished in 1794. These surviving and vanished architectural remains give the history of the village a particularly tangible form, without reducing Firdgum to a single attraction.

Archaeology and discoveries on site

The Yeb Hettinga Museum is housed in Firdgum's former school and focuses on the archaeology of the Frisian terp region. Firdgum also has a reconstruction of an early medieval sod house. The reconstruction is based on the floor plan of a sod house found in the terp village of Leens. At the Firdgum archaeological information centre, adults and children can play a map and soil game. This brings historical themes together with a playful activity – a combination that allows for different age groups when planning shared days during your holiday.

Cycling and hiking around Firdgum

The Bjirmen cycling route through Oud-Barradeel is 28 kilometres long, with 15-kilometre and 20-kilometre variants. It starts at the Yeb Hettinga Skoalle in Firdgum and runs past fertile salt-marsh ridges, historic terps and the Deltadijk. The different route lengths help you compare the desired extent of a cycling tour and plan your days around a holiday apartment in Firdgum accordingly. For hiking, the Firdgum-Koehool route is relevant: it is part of the Klooster Claercamppad.

Historical and natural destinations in the surrounding region

The Eise Eisinga Planetarium is a historic site in the vicinity of Firdgum. Sterne Slotland (It Sjûkelân) is also a historic site in the vicinity of Firdgum. The wider region around Firdgum is home to several museums: Princessehof is a museum, as is Natuurmuseum Fryslân. Tempeltje Ids Willemsma is a natural arch there. The islands of Froskepolle and Rookoepolle are located in the wider region around Firdgum, while the Leeuwarder Bos is classified there as a park. The range therefore extends from regional history and museum culture to distinctive landscape and nature destinations.

Discover more places

For further orientation, you can also include Hitzum, Achlum, Sexbierum, Franeker, Tzummarum, Dongjum and Peins in your travel plans.

For the main travel overview: Franekeradeel.