Boundless Spoordok
Spoordok: a connecting, unique and innovative place to go. Spoordok will be a unique place in the future where people can live, work, take leisure and study. It will connect the city with the countryside and bring people together. Our plans are on a large scale and innovative and are being made in consultation with owners and other stakeholders.
About Project Spoordok
Spoordok is close to the station, adjacent to the city centre and between the railway, the Harlingervaart canal, the Stephenson Viaduct and the Department of Public Works building. With its central location, Spoordok offers economic and spatial opportunities. The redevelopment will contribute to solving major challenges such as the climate, biodiversity, energy, mobility and residential construction. Affordability, sustainability and circular construction will be major focus points for the new homes. The development of Spoordok will cost time and will happen one step at a time. We will truly need each other in the coming years to make this district a reality. That is why the local authority, partners and residents are working together.
Part of Spoorzone Leeuwarden
Throughout Leeuwarden, we are working on 8 projects that jointly make up Spoorzone Leeuwarden. In this area, living, working and sustainable design of the public space will come together with great opportunities to improve the railway system. The 8 projects of Spoorzone Leeuwarden are Mobility Hub Werpsterhoeke, Middelsee, Spoorbrug Van Harinxma, Zwettehaven, Spoordok, Media and Innovation Campus (MICA), Spoor Leeuwarden-Groningen op -1 and Merodestraat.
Topical
The elaboration of the area vision and the development framework shows that some components will currently be hard to achieve both financially and technically. This includes the Mobility Hub under the mound of the future and the closed water circuit. We will therefore take more time to carefully elaborate the development framework into an urban planning framework.
Ambitions are crucial for innovation. However, we will still need to make choices and adapt our plans while moving forward. We will continue to work on the shared ambition to turn Spoordok into an exemplary district for the future. Together with partners and residents, we will build an inspiring and functional district, one step at a time.
On 24 September 2025, the city council received an update during an information meeting.
Urban planning framework
After adopting the development framework in 2024, we will elaborate the plans in an urban planning framework. This plan will concern not only roads and buildings, but also water, energy, sustainability and transport.
As soon as the first version of the plan is ready, we will organise a walk-in meeting where you can view the urban planning framework.
Active Cities
In Spoordok, cyclists and pedestrians will be given more space. This can already be seen with the European Active Cities project. We will do this with a blue marking, a zone for walking and cycling, on the existing road. On existing roads, a blue zone will be introduced for walking and cycling. Car drivers will be made aware of crossings. The colour blue will make walking and cycling through Spoordok a more attractive option.
More information?
Do you want to know more about Active Cities in Spoordok? Go to the newsletter of October 2024.
Spoordok development framework
The Spoordok Development Framework and the Spoordok Environmental Impact Report (EIA) were definitively adopted on 26 November 2024, after they had both been made available for inspection for 6 weeks. The submitted views have been assessed. You can find more information under the executive decisions.
What next?
The local authority will carry out further research and elaborate the plans in more detail. This will be done in the urban planning framework.
Area vision
Area directors of the City of Leeuwarden and BPD | Bouwfonds Gebiedsontwikkeling worked together with parties including landowners and consultancies ZUS and SITE on the area vision for Spoordok. ‘Spoordok Leeuwarden, an inspiration document’ formed the basis for this vision. The area vision was adopted by the city council in late 2021.
- Area vision Boundless Spoordok (PDF, 14.26 MB)
- Spoordok Leeuwarden, an inspiration document (PDF, 6.5 MB)
- Video area vision Spoordok
There have been various meetings at which stakeholders where able to offer input.
- The ideas that were gathered on 30 November 2022 and 9 January 2023 have been incorporated into a town meeting.
- The Spoordok Table Talk was held in September and October 2021.
Newsletters
Would you like to receive the digital newsletter about Spoordok? If so, fill in your details and register.
Questions
Contact the City of Leeuwarden. Or send an email to spoordok@leeuwarden.nl.
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About Project Spoordok
Spoordok is close to the station, adjacent to the city centre and between the railway, the Harlingervaart canal, the Stephenson Viaduct and the Department of Public Works building. With its central location, Spoordok offers economic and spatial opportunities. The redevelopment will contribute to solving major challenges such as the climate, biodiversity, energy, mobility and residential construction. Affordability, sustainability and circular construction will be major focus points for the new homes. The development of Spoordok will cost time and will happen one step at a time. We will truly need each other in the coming years to make this district a reality. That is why the local authority, partners and residents are working together.
Part of Spoorzone Leeuwarden
Throughout Leeuwarden, we are working on 8 projects that jointly make up Spoorzone Leeuwarden. In this area, living, working and sustainable design of the public space will come together with great opportunities to improve the railway system. The 8 projects of Spoorzone Leeuwarden are Mobility Hub Werpsterhoeke, Middelsee, Spoorbrug Van Harinxma, Zwettehaven, Spoordok, Media and Innovation Campus (MICA), Spoor Leeuwarden-Groningen op -1 and Merodestraat.
Topical
The elaboration of the area vision and the development framework shows that some components will currently be hard to achieve both financially and technically. This includes the Mobility Hub under the mound of the future and the closed water circuit. We will therefore take more time to carefully elaborate the development framework into an urban planning framework.
Ambitions are crucial for innovation. However, we will still need to make choices and adapt our plans while moving forward. We will continue to work on the shared ambition to turn Spoordok into an exemplary district for the future. Together with partners and residents, we will build an inspiring and functional district, one step at a time.
On 24 September 2025, the city council received an update during an information meeting.
Urban planning framework
After adopting the development framework in 2024, we will elaborate the plans in an urban planning framework. This plan will concern not only roads and buildings, but also water, energy, sustainability and transport.
As soon as the first version of the plan is ready, we will organise a walk-in meeting where you can view the urban planning framework.
Active Cities
In Spoordok, cyclists and pedestrians will be given more space. This can already be seen with the European Active Cities project. We will do this with a blue marking, a zone for walking and cycling, on the existing road. On existing roads, a blue zone will be introduced for walking and cycling. Car drivers will be made aware of crossings. The colour blue will make walking and cycling through Spoordok a more attractive option.
More information?
Do you want to know more about Active Cities in Spoordok? Go to the newsletter of October 2024.
Spoordok development framework
The Spoordok Development Framework and the Spoordok Environmental Impact Report (EIA) were definitively adopted on 26 November 2024, after they had both been made available for inspection for 6 weeks. The submitted views have been assessed. You can find more information under the executive decisions.
What next?
The local authority will carry out further research and elaborate the plans in more detail. This will be done in the urban planning framework.
Area vision
Area directors of the City of Leeuwarden and BPD | Bouwfonds Gebiedsontwikkeling worked together with parties including landowners and consultancies ZUS and SITE on the area vision for Spoordok. ‘Spoordok Leeuwarden, an inspiration document’ formed the basis for this vision. The area vision was adopted by the city council in late 2021.
- Area vision Boundless Spoordok (PDF, 14.26 MB)
- Spoordok Leeuwarden, an inspiration document (PDF, 6.5 MB)
- Video area vision Spoordok
There have been various meetings at which stakeholders where able to offer input.
- The ideas that were gathered on 30 November 2022 and 9 January 2023 have been incorporated into a town meeting.
- The Spoordok Table Talk was held in September and October 2021.
Newsletters
Would you like to receive the digital newsletter about Spoordok? If so, fill in your details and register.
Questions
Contact the City of Leeuwarden. Or send an email to spoordok@leeuwarden.nl.