What can you build in the province of Friesland?
The Perceelscan works for every address in the 18 municipalities of the province of Friesland. Together they have 4,302 national monuments (rijksmonumenten); 38% of the buildings were built before 1970. Type your address and see for free what applies to your plot.
Find your address in the province of Friesland
The check is free: you see the plot, what stands on it and whether there is a monument or protected townscape. The full report costs €39 incl. VAT.
The municipalities in Friesland with the most national monuments
- Leeuwarden: 819 national monuments
- Súdwest-Fryslân: 728 national monuments
- Harlingen: 528 national monuments
- Noardeast-Fryslân: 506 national monuments
- Waadhoeke: 503 national monuments
- De Fryske Marren: 243 national monuments
- Heerenveen: 157 national monuments
- Tytsjerksteradiel: 157 national monuments
- Ameland: 112 national monuments
- Terschelling: 109 national monuments
The municipalities in Friesland with the most buildings from before 1970
- Terschelling: 47% of the buildings built before 1970
- Schiermonnikoog: 46% of the buildings built before 1970
- Vlieland: 46% of the buildings built before 1970
- Leeuwarden: 45% of the buildings built before 1970
- Weststellingwerf: 44% of the buildings built before 1970
- Súdwest-Fryslân: 42% of the buildings built before 1970
- Noardeast-Fryslân: 39% of the buildings built before 1970
- Harlingen: 38% of the buildings built before 1970
- Heerenveen: 38% of the buildings built before 1970
- Opsterland: 37% of the buildings built before 1970
The 18 municipalities of Friesland
- Achtkarspelen
- Ameland
- Dantumadiel
- De Fryske Marren
- Harlingen
- Heerenveen
- Leeuwarden
- Noardeast-Fryslân
- Ooststellingwerf
- Opsterland
- Schiermonnikoog
- Smallingerland
- Súdwest-Fryslân
- Terschelling
- Tytsjerksteradiel
- Vlieland
- Waadhoeke
- Weststellingwerf
Sources: CBS (Statistics Netherlands), Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2024 (85984NED), CC BY 4.0; Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE), via PDOK; Natura 2000, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), via PDOK; Indicative areas needing attention for foundation problems (Indicatieve aandachtsgebieden funderingsproblematiek), KCAF/RVO, via PDOK. Retrieved on 21 October 2026.
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