Province of Friesland
In collaboration with
Omrop Fryslan
ANNOUNCEMENTS•
The signs along the Frisian waterway are still in Dutch, but will henceforth be Frisian. The first Frisian sign has been in Ritsumazijl since this morning. Instead of “camera surveillance” it now says “video surveillance‘.
Eventually all signs in the Frisian waterway will be in Frisian. “Because Holland deserves more Friesland,” said MP Sietske Poepjes during the inauguration.
In April, Poepjes and Interior Minister Hanke Bruins Slot struck deals on language visibility, he writes Omrop Fryslan. It has been decided that signage in government buildings in Friesland will be bilingual. The same goes for signs along national roads informing about detours and work.
Poepjes hopes the Frisian language can also be seen on signs outside the province. For example, she really likes to see “Ljouwert” instead of Leeuwarden on her plates, but she still calls it “dream image”.
