Friesland has the greatest concentration of tourist pathways and waterways in Europe Friesland (know in Frisian and officially as Fryslân) is one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands and has already existed for more than 2000 years. The Romans were the first...

The red 'hearts' are the leaves of the water lily The Dutch Heart Foundation (Ne­derlandse Hartstichting) has nothing to do with the Frisian flag. The seven red ‘hearts’ are the leaves of the yellow water lily and are referred to in Frisian as ‘pompeblêden’. The flag...