Museums
Fries Scheepvaart Museum Frisian Maritime Museum
Nationaal Modelspoor Museum National Model Train Museum
Podia
Het Bolwerk, very first poppodium of Friesland, since 1975. Member of the Fries Popnet.
Cultural Quarter
In 2010 there will be a Cultural Quarter; The municipal has made plans to connect various Cultural areas into one big Cultural Quarter. the total costs of the plans are about 35,000,000 and includes
The Noorderchurch will house a theater and the Center of the Arts (CvdK)
The Bolwerk will house another part of the CvdK
A new Theatre (Capacity of 600 people) at the location of the current TPG building
The connection between the Theatre and the Bolwerk with a walking bridge and a floating podium in the city canal.
the Public library and the Martini church will be connected to the Cultural Quarter
Silver Ball
The Culture Award of Sneek is called The Silver Ball and has been awarded 11 times. The award is given annually to a person that has done an improvement/good job on the areas of Music and Culture for Sneek and the area around it. the winners of the previous awards are:
Henk van der Veer, writer
2005: Maaike Schuurmans, musical player
2006: Yede van Dijk, acting
2007: Bennie Hoogstra, 25 year Fanfare player
Events
Sneekweek, Sailevent on the Sneekermeer
Swinging Sneek, live-music in cafés and on
