Huizum: Leeuwarden's Southern Neighbourhood
Before Leeuwarden absorbed it in 1944, Huizum was a separate municipality with its own church, cemetery, and village identity. That identity has not entirely disappeared: residents still refer to Huizum as a distinct place within the Frisian capital. About 9,000 people live in the area, which sits south of Leeuwarden's centre along the Schrans, a commercial street that functions as Huizum's main axis.
The neighbourhood mixes pre-war housing near the old village core with 1950s and 1960s expansion further south. The Huizumer Begraafplaats, one of the oldest cemeteries in the area, contains graves from the 19th century. Leeuwarden station is about 2 kilometres north. The Frisian countryside begins directly at Huizum's southern edge, with flat dairy pastures stretching toward Sneek.
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Before Leeuwarden absorbed it in 1944, Huizum was a separate municipality with its own church, cemetery, and village identity. That identity has not entirely disappeared: residents still refer to Huizum as a distinct place within the Frisian capital. About 9,000 people live in the area, which sits south of Leeuwarden's centre along the Schrans, a commercial street that functions as Huizum's main axis.
The neighbourhood mixes pre-war housing near the old village core with 1950s and 1960s expansion further south. The Huizumer Begraafplaats, one of the oldest cemeteries in the area, contains graves from the 19th century. Leeuwarden station is about 2 kilometres north. The Frisian countryside begins directly at Huizum's southern edge, with flat dairy pastures stretching toward Sneek.
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