Leeuwarden, Netherlands

Platinum

Member since

2004

Open for exchange

Exchange dates	Duration
December 19, 2020 - January 02, 2021	2 weeks
Germany, Austria

Holidays in Friesland?

Dear Intervac friends,

We are looking for a house exchange for New Year, from 26 December 2020 to 2nd January 2021. We are a family of 5 but the oldest two children will not travel with us (probably). So there are 3 of us, Alastair (52), Akke (49), and Finn (17), and our lovely dog. Maybe Finn will bring a friend as well, we are not sure yet.

We live in Leeuwarden, a small town with canals, bridges, and bicycles. It is the capital of Friesland. Our semi-detached house is comfortable and recently renovated. We have four bedrooms with in total 7 beds (three double beds and one single bed). There is one bathroom. In total the living space is about 120 m2, divided over three floors. The house is located in a green and quiet estate bordering the Leeuwarder woods, with many deer, birds, foxes, frogs, ducks, herrons, hedgehogs, and other wildlife. In our garden we have frogs, hedgehogs, mice, spiders, bees, and butterflies. It is only 10 minutes cycling to the city centre of Leeuwarden. Various recreational cycling routes pass our house as well. Amsterdam is only one hour and 15 minutes by car, Groningen is one hour driving, and the Wadden islands are very close.

We have a cat and a dog. The dog will go with us at New Year. The cat needs to be looked after, but if you go away for a day, there are several neighbours who could feed the cat too.

We love exploring new places, including in the Netherlands. We had very nice house exchanges in Iceland (1), France (3), Belgium (2), Northern Germany (2), Switzerland (1), Norway (1), Denmark (1), Scotland (1), Spain (1) and also in North Babant and South Holland in the Netherlands (2)!

For tips see:

Friesland tourism: http://friesland.nl/en/
Lonely Planet: the Netherlands is in the top 10 destinations to visit in 2020.