Everything about Leek Netherlands totally explained
Leek is a
municipality and a
town in the
Groningen province in the northeastern
Netherlands, bordering on the
Drenthe and
Fryslân provinces.
The town is approximately 20
km west of
Groningen (city) on the
A7 (
E22)
highway.
The town grew around a
fortification that was constructed here during the
Eighty Years' War with
Spain. The name 'Leek' was derived from a brook, the "Leke". The town is sometimes also called "The Leek". In
Dutch the people from Leek are called "Leeksters".
Every year around
pentecost there's a
fair, drawing thousands of people from the area. The main attraction in the town is the "Nienoord"
estate with the National
Carriage Museum and a recreation park with
model railways in several scales, including "
live steam".
Near the town is a shallow
lake, called "
Het Leekstermeer", with
recreational facilities. Actually, the lake is in another municipality and in another
province.
Population centres
Enumatil, Leek,
Lettelbert,
Midwolde,
Oostwold,
Tolbert and
Zevenhuizen.
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