Canadian Trail Friesland
On 12 April 1945, Canadian troops entered Friesland from Overijssel, beginning the liberation of the province.

The liberation through the eyes of Spar grocer Germ Waijer
historical

Jean Prosper Gautier and Piet Oberman in Museum Dokkum
historical

Abe's war, liberation beckons
historical

War Graves of Allied Airmen in Wijnaldum

Barka: from Nazi barracks to collaborators’ internment camp

Arms drops in Friesland - Haskerhorne

Arms drops in Friesland - Akkrum

Makkum War Memorial

Bunkers of the Atlantikwall in Harlingen

Arms drops in Friesland - Witmarsum

The days before liberation in Harlingen

William Buddell fatally injured at Birdaard

Destruction in Harlingen to slow the Allied advance

Midlum and the attack on Harlingen
contemporary

Frisian resistance!
audiospot

Richard Jung

Gaele Visser

German forces fear of a "Normandy" in Harlingen

The Battle of Blauforlaet

Casemates Museum Kornwerderzand
museum

Monument "The mortality of man"
contemporary

In memory of Sergeant Walter E. Wince and Freerk Veenstra
contemporary

Pingjum in ruins
audiospot

The final battle, heavy losses

Air warfare in Friesland - Offingawier

Liberation by Royal Canadian Dragoons

Joure junction

Folkert Smit – War Victim

German prisoners of war transported to Germany via Harlingen

Aldfaers erf, wy weitsje oer dy (Ancestral heritage, we watch over you)

Harlingen, a Frisian town fiercely fought for

Memorial for the Van den Berg brothers

Commemoration of WWII Victims in the Feanster Toer

The head of the Afsluitdijk

Franeker liberated

The bacon boat of Keimpetille

Princess Louise Fusiliers in Akkrum

Hearewei 13: school and schoolhouse 'Headmaster Klok'

The battle for Wons, Witmarsum, Zurich, Kornwerd and Pingjum

Weapons in the hay

Tragedy at the Woudpoort bridge

Execution on the Woudweg

Citizens build an emergency bridge at Oude Schouw

Artillery near Herbaijum

Valuable cargo

Fighting after the liberation

'Murder Den' Crackstate, the end of terror

The liberation of Friesland

After the liberation: the Irish Regiment of Canada in Heerenveen

Killed on liberation day

Frisian cheeses for starving Holland

Drunk on Mussert's drink

Attack on the port of Oostmahorn

Canadian soldier photographs retreating German soldiers

Sacrifice for freedom

Detonation of an ammunition train

An emergency bridge made of skûtsjes for the Canadians

Executed for a handful of nails

Noorderbegraafplaats (North Cemetery)

Fliegerhorst Leeuwarden

The babies of Limburg

Bram became Jan

Frisian Maritime Museum

Explosion near De Blesse

Arms drops in Friesland - Tjerkwerd

Arms drops in Friesland - Tritzum

Air warfare in Friesland - Greonterp

The battle for the Tjonger bridge in Mildam

Raid in Abbega

The bombing of Terherne lock

Seventy evacuees from Arnhem and Limburg

Execution of ten Dutch collaborators near Oldeberkoop

Noordwolde the first village to be liberated by land

Monument to Allied Airmen

Memorial stone for Fallen Canadians

Jitze Pieter van Dijk

Jan Welfing, killed in action by the harbour

Execution with liberation in sight

Sparjebird Hemrik labour and internment camp

Was it necessary or was it a mistake?

Civilian casualties at Harlingen during the liberation

Bells stolen from the towers of Harlingen

The last skirmishes in Harlingen

Memorials for civilian and air war victims

Willem Schurer, a soldier from Makkinga

Headmaster Jakob Klok in the resistance

Double battle at Scharsterbrug

Ambush at Oldeholtpade

A warning against racism and fascism

Stumbling stones to honour victims in Drachten

Kyriat Onoplein memorials

Poem 'Graf te Blauwhuis'

Air warfare in Friesland - Workum

Execution in Dronrijp
audiospot

Eavesdropping in the Burmania House

Luite Middendorp, the tragic journey of a person in hiding

Air warfare in Friesland - Makkum

Smallingerland Freedom Park

A 'banging' liberation of Sneek

Occupation of the Blesse bridge by the NBS

Psychiatric care in war conditions

The liberation of Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden and the Royal Canadian Dragoons

Museum Warkums Erfskip

The danger is not over yet

Verbinding 28 en 83
Length: 0.59 km
Route from None

Route - 25 maart 2025
Length: 7.49 km
Route from None

Route - 25 maart 2025
Length: 0.71 km
Route from None

Route - 25 maart 2025

Rondje Wolvega 3375

Rondje Heerenveen 3377

Liberation Route volledige lijn, incl. alternatieve routelijnen

Deel 1 - ultiem 2.0

Deel 3 - ultiem 2.0

Fietsknoop

Deel 2 ultiem 2.0

Rondje Bakkeveen - ultiem 2.0

Rondje Franeker 3380

Rondje Harkema

Rondje Zürich 3379