Pure Vida

Top choice in Frisian Islands


This hipster organic food bar hits the sweet spot, whether for a smoothie to kickstart your day (try spinach, ginger, yuzu and almond milk), a cocktail or a full-blown meal. Lunch on lavishly topped toasts, sandwiches, salads and burgers (lamb, fish or seaweed). Dinner (from 5.30pm) also features world-fusion bowls bursting with raw fish, nuts, Chinese cabbage and all sorts.


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2.7 MILES

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3.62 MILES

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3. De Boschplaat

7.36 MILES

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4. Museum Tromp's Huys

11.05 MILES

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5. Lighthouse

14.58 MILES

Ameland's iconic red-and-white banded lighthouse stands 55m tall on the island's west end. The only lighthouse in the island chain that is open to the…

6. De Tobbedanser

15.23 MILES

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7. Museum Hannemahuis Harlingen

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17.13 MILES

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