Tytsjerksteradiel Blooms!

When you drive into the village, you immediately notice that public space has been returned to the people. Cars are parked at the edge of the village, allowing children to play freely among fruit trees, flower beds and bushes in places where there used to be parking lots. Benches invite conversation, and the village breathes tranquility and connectedness.

Although the village is small and many amenities of the past have disappeared, healthy and fresh food is available to all. Every Saturday morning, the harvest from the village kitchen garden is distributed in the village hall. At the same time, residents can pick up their groceries ordered online from local suppliers. Those who need something extra can pass it on via an app; a fellow villager will then take it on his or her own shopping round.

From these joint dining initiatives, all sorts of other groups have sprung up. For example, there is a library club that delivers books to the homes of people without transportation - a popular side job for young people. There are reading clubs for both fiction and non-fiction, and storytelling nights are organized regularly. There are also walking, cycling and boating clubs, a film club and a cooking club that makes meals from leftover harvest, available in the village hall's share freezer.

The village hall itself is a focal point in the village. When the municipality wanted to close it, residents took it over and renovated it themselves. Now it accommodates a caretaker who lives there, and tourists or lodgers from fellow villagers. The renovation brought people together and led to a handyman's club that is still active.

Not everyone participates in everything, but there is always an eye for each other. The "curtain rule" ensures that no one goes unseen into isolation: if the curtains stay closed for too long, a neighbor will check to see how things are going. Every year there is the Bloom Week, during which all the groups organize something extra. The highlight? The village camping and communal eating in the buorren - a feast of connection and creativity.

From June 24 to Saturday, June 28, with a core group of nine residents, we had the opportunity to organize the Bloom Week in Noardburgum. Where in the beginning there was unfamiliarity and uncertainty, it eventually became a great success.

We were able to offer activities to our residents during this week, in all age groups. Overall, attendance was very good. From activities full of fun and sociability to initiatives centered on health and community strength, it was a valuable and successful week.

As far as we are concerned, the greatest gain lies in joining forces within the mienskip and the ability not to focus on mutual differences between residents and organizations, but rather on that which binds Noardburgum and gives energy to our beautiful village!

So we thank all the residents, initiators and boosters for their support. We are already looking forward to another Bloom Week!

Our conclusion is clear: Noardburgum is thriving ... and brûst!

Saterdei 23 August 2025 at 14.00 wie it then safier, it MFA waard iepene. What a turnout! Wat wienen d'r in soad minsken, om pikefel fan te krijen. Wethâlder Tytsy Willemsma ûntbleate mei it DOM bestjoer de namme fan it MFA, De Trochset. De útlis fan de namme en it ûntwerp kinne jo fierderop yn dit Oksenijs lêze. Nei it pleatsen fan de tiidkapsule koe eltsenien nei binnen om in toast út bringen yn de grutte seal wêr ek de earste optredens wiene. Streetdance showed in moai performance sjen. Melle Leegstra had a new song about the MFA, beautiful how everything comes back to it. Net eltsenien hat it ferske hearre kint omdat de seal te fol wie, dus wy hoopje dat wy it ferske nochris te hearren krije, dat sil fêst wol. Neidat eltsenien troch it hiele gebou west wie, waard de doar efkes ticht dien om wer gau iepen te gean omdat dizze dei ek de start wie de bloeiwike Jistrum Bloeit!

Jûns wie d'r in optreden fan Joost Wiersma, de seal wie moai fol. Nei it optreden waard de seal klear makke foar de snein. The PKN hie in hiel programma gearstalt, in moarnsbrochje (de hoareka wie te lyts, mar yn de grutte gong koene ek heel wat minsken oan de lange tafels sitte). Dêrnei wie d'r in tsjinst mei de echte Zandtovenaar, doe noch in brunch en een seiskamp wêr ek in soad oan mei dienen.

On the webside https://jistrum.bloeit.frl/ kinne jo noch folle mear lêze wat we yn de bloeiwike dien ha en jo fine dêr ek alle foto's fan de bloeiwike. 

Minsken, wat ha wy mei elkoar in machtich moaie bloeiwike hân, in soarte fan doarpsfeest sûnder kater. Wy ha dit mei elkoar dien! For what a turnout (hieltyd wer) at the activities, minsken dy't kamen te sjen as gewoan om in bakje kofje. And ús jongerein dy't sich ek sa ynsetten ha, that's the future! Minsken ha elkoar moete, what a mienskip and you talk ek mei oaren wêr je oars net sa gau in praatsje mei ha. Eltsenien hat ek wol y in ús moaie MFA De Trochset west wêrtroch it ek echt fan ús allegear. 

Hjirby dan ek tige tank foar jim kommen, meidwaan en ek alle help fan de frijwilligers, ek yn de wiken dêrfoar mei alle tariedings yn it MFA. Dizze bloeiwike hat opnij sjen litten wêr in lyts doarpke oergrislik grut yn wêze kin!!! 

Mei dit jier 54 aktiviteiten yn en om it doarp waard dúdlik dat de earste Bloeiwike fan foarich jier hiel wat yn gong set hie. The doarpsmienskip picked up the Blue Zône-temas Klimaat, Duorsumens, Sûnens, Beweging, Kultuer and Ferantwurde Ite sadanich that dy yn the wike well har gerak krigen. The organizing Kearngroep sjocht dan ek mei in goed gefoel werom op dizze wike,

As der no frege wurde soe wat der dy wike 'útsprong' dan moat eins àl alle 54 aktivities beskreaun wurde, maar dat giet foar deze artikelikeltsje te fier. In pear (!) ûnderdielen dan maar:

• al wiken yn 't foar in groep kreative doarpsgenoaten de iepenbiere romte prachtich yn 'e fleur set mei opfallende fieringen;
• At the opening it was the former Bolster schoolyard terrace and in the renovated rooms there was a clay fair;
• the hiele wike koe men yn the 'Hege Stins' on 't Heechsân nei the útstalling 'Keunst yn tsjerke' to besjen wurkstikken fan doarpsgenoaten;
• Edukative lectures on borkjen, sûnwêzen and -iterij foelen osa yn 'e smaak en dat was alhiel foar het pankoek-iten fan 't Lokaal Loket: 500 pankoeken fûnen har bestemming yn 140 magen, wylst letter yn 'e wike in Teetún gâns besiters hie;
• foundation Dam Jaarsma brocht mei fytstochten, ferhalen, doarpskuiers en DJ-hûsbesichtigingen de eareboarger fan ús gemeente wer oer it fuotljocht;
• it gemeentebestjoer waard bij it ûndernimmers-moarnsbrochje yn 'Doarps Welvaren' fertsjintwurdige troch twa wethâlders en ien fan harren iepene ek de nije 'Beweechrûte';
• de doarpskemping wie in boppeslach, omdat sa'15 hûshâldingen ferruilen foar ien nacht har hûs foar in tinte op sportkompleks 'De Burgerkamp';
• dat der net allinnich fuotballe wurdt yn de fuotbalkoai oan 't Harstepaed waard dúdlik bij de demonstraasje/'workshop' Linedance;
• By lack of iis leinen sa'50 bern om de Komerk-iisbaan hinne op skates de Alve Stedetocht ôf and koe letter op 'e dei dielnaam wurde oan it Fuotbalkoai Toernoai;
• yn de filmfertoaning fan 'I am the river, the river is me' krige in rivier mei al syn natoerkrêft en skientme de status fan rjochtspersoan; in idee foar ús kûlisselânskip?
• It looked like it would be the wike-ôfslutende 'Grachtenconcert' yn it wetter falle, but the management of the water sports company De Lits provided loads for both the concert and the doarpsiterij 'De Langste Tafel' and so the dielnimmers and taskôgers could sit down.

Boppesteand oersicht toant dat de Eastermarders ferline jier al ree wienen, dit jier noch in 'knikje' mear, om de Bloeiwike-útgongspunten yn acht nimmen en dêrmei trochsette te wollen. 

That's what got the municipal government to stypjen this week and that's fansels ek wat wurdich.

Enthusiastic and inspired by Fryslân Bloeit's inspired story, we began our very first bloeiwike Sept. 28, 2025. This was accompanied by some healthy tension. Would it catch on and come to life in the village? Are there enough activities? Have all target groups been considered? 

We did our best to inform Earnewâld, make it enthusiastic, involve it and set something in motion. This started with a village presentation about Fryslân Bloeit and was followed by brainstorming evenings from which many wonderful plans and ideas emerged. We distributed the final program door-to-door before the start of the bloeiwike to reach everyone. 

With the help of the Orange Society, we set up a large tent at the harbor. A clear focal point and especially accessible. We had decorated the tent nicely with many tables, chairs a children's corner and an inspiration table where cuttings and plant seeds could be taken or exchanged.

We were really fortunate with the weather for the first few days until the weekend, which certainly contributed to the success of the week, because it was! 

We hung the streamers together, proverbially and literally. The crochet café's call to crochet or knit flags was enthusiastically answered. A cheerful start to the week. For the first (youth) activity building boats on Sunday, the tent could be opened and parents and children stood together carpentry and painting in a lovely autumn sunshine. The boats remained in the tent all week so everyone could admire them. The next morning again with a nice sunshine drinking coffee, an unplanned activity but spontaneously added to the program. 

A tent full of all ages, young and old. It's hard to single out activities because they were all surprising, educational and fun. The wild plucking walk, read aloud picnic (dbieb), workshop making bee drink bowl with a lecture by beekeeper Bertus Adema, 'mei-inoar ite', a competition 'Wa siedt de lekkerste sop fan Earnewâld', painting workshop, ballroom dancing, an evening on the power of sleep and nutrition and 'Piksjitte op 'e wal'. What stands out above all is that it is very nice to do something together, creatively or in motion, it offers the opportunity to have different conversations beyond the superficial contact and in addition to that also learn something or even keep a new hobby. 

In doarp yn beweging, de earste stappen binne set. Wês net bang foar feroaring, it is the beginning of something new. Foar alle minsken dy't bydroegen ha oan dizze bloeiwike, tige tank foar de hulp, kennis, kleur en fleur, it triuwke yn 'e goede rjochting om Earnewâld noch mear bloei litten. 

It wie moai, fleurich and gesellich.
Nijsgjirrich, ferrassend and learsum.
Creative, sûn and ek hiel lekker!