NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences - Leeuwarden - Netherlands

Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland in the Netherlands. The capital of the province of Friesland is a mixture of shopping areas, cultural highlights and an exciting nightlife. Leeuwarden boasts over 600 monuments! Shopaholics must visit De Kleine Kerkstraat, which is one of the most charming shopping streets in the Netherlands. The Fries Museum is a must see for culture lovers who visit Leeuwarden. Here, you will find the best of Frisian art and culture, discovering more about the

rich history of the Frisian people. Youngsters he met in Friesland’s capital Leeuwarden inspired Spanish artist Jaume Plensa’s famous fountain. The artwork – titled ‘Love’ – features the heads of a boy and a girl with their eyes closed, as if dreaming about the future. The fountain’s ‘water’ is actually a two-meter cloud of mist enveloping their heads – the artist’s tribute to the delicate fog that rises over Frisian fields early in the morning.