Museum · Leeuwarden · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Dekemastate is a museum in Leeuwarden, Frisia, Netherlands. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. Within 80 m you'll find a bench.
Audio tour · Dekemastate
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You're standing at Dekemastate in Jelsum, just north of Leeuwarden. A state is a Frisian country house, and this one started out as a stins: a square stone house you could defend. The first stins stood here as early as the fourteenth century.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
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Jun 16-Sep 14: Tu-Su 13:00-17:00; Apr-Oct: Sa-Su 13:00-17:00 (according to OpenStreetMap). Check the official website for public holidays.
Partly: according to OpenStreetMap it is only partly wheelchair accessible.
When you stand at Dekemastate, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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