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Eagum Destination Guide

Explore Eagum in Netherlands

Eagum in the region of Friesland is a town in Netherlands - some 65 mi or ( 105 km ) North-East of Amsterdam , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Eagum

Current time in Eagum is now 04:40 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Amsterdam " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Warten, Wergea, Vegelinsoord, Utrecht, and Tjaard. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Warten . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Eagum ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Swalker, a Frisian song about wandering through Friesland

4:50 min by Henk Peelen
Views: 24489 Rating: 4.93

A song in the Frisian language about wandering through Friesland. Thanks to Wander van Duin and Wyger Smits for giving permission to use this song. Websites: www.wandervanduin.nl www.wygersmits.nl www ..

Frisian Trade

4:25 min by zjeraar
Views: 17483 Rating: 4.93

This is an educational animation, a visualization of one of 41 topics of the canon of Frisian history, entitled 11&30. The numbers stand for the cities and 'districts' the province once had, respectiv ..


Sailing with Hobie kayak in Netherlands

0:26 min by agraaflan
Views: 6973 Rating: 4.33

Sailing with Hobie Mirage Adventure Island on the Dutch lakes in Frieland, Eernewoude ..

Time-lapse: Leeuwarden by night

2:01 min by jourijalving
Views: 2685 Rating: 5.00

A time-lapse video shot from the 23th floor of the Achmea tower in Leeuwarden. This is the second part of a two-piece feature. If you like it, please watch part one: Leeuwarden by day. More info: Shot ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Eagum

Eagum is a village in the Dutch province of Friesland. It is located in the municipality Boarnsterhim, about 10 km south of the city of Leeuwarden. With about 30 inhabitants, Eagum is one of the smallest villages in Friesland. One claim to fame is that Eagum, in the 17th century also spelled Agum, is the place of origin of the Fonda family in the United States. In 1642, Jellis Douwese Fonda (1614–1659), an innkeeper in Aegum, married Hester Jansz in Diemen, near Amsterdam.

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Located at 53.13 5.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Populated places in Friesland

Idaerd

Idaerd is a small village in Boarnsterhim in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around an estimated 100 citizens (2007).

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Located at 53.12 5.81 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Populated places in Friesland

Reduzum

Reduzum is a small village in Boarnsterhim in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around the 1093 citizens (2006). The community is notable for working towards a sustainable energy consumption within the village.

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Located at 53.12 5.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Populated places in Friesland

Grou

Grou is a town in Boarnsterhim in the province Friesland of the Netherlands and has around 5737 citizens (2007). The town is located on the Pikmeer lake and the Prinses Margrietkanaal. Heineken operated a distribution centre for Friesland in Grou for 25 years until 2004. It used to be the capital of municipality of Idaarderadeel before the reorganization of municipalities in 1984. Grou celebrates Sint Piter as a holiday on February 22, which differs from most of the Netherlands.

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Located at 53.10 5.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Populated places in Friesland

Aquaverium

The Aquaverium is a permanent Watersport Exhibition, located in Grou, Friesland. It offers 10.000 m² of floorspace to Watersports related companies for showing their products to the public. There is no entrance fee.

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Located at 53.10 5.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Friesland