Leeuwarden is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 127,073 (2023). It is the provincial capital and seat of the Provincial Council of Friesland.
Image: Nieuwestad Leeuwarden
Image: Waag, Leeuwarden 1620
Image: Paleis van Justitie, Wilhelminaplein, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden 8262
Image: Oldehove 1584
West Frisian, or simply Frisian, is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian languages.
Bilingual West Frisian–Dutch signs in Hindeloopen