Explore the North is a festival and production house with its own headquarters in Leeuwarden: Podium Explore.
News
Explore the North Festival is Ready to Go!
Stories in Many Forms in the Heart of Leeuwarden The Explore the North Festival is almost here! The festival weekend…
20 Nov 2025
This is the timetable for De Broeikas 2025!
Only 5 more nights until we open the doors to the 7th (!) edition of De Broeikas Festival. Now that the…
27 Oct 2025
New programme added to the Explore the North Festival weekend: Vieze Meisje, Drie Dagen Fris, Sheebaba, and Jonas Ringtved!
Vieze Meisje brings poetry, heavy rave, humor, and performance to our festival’s Saturday night. Life is a vieze circle – and you’re…
30 Sep 2025
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About Explore the North
Explore the North is a festival and production house based at Podium Explore in Leeuwarden.
Podium Explore
In April 2024, we christened the Westerkerk as our own ‘Podium Explore’. This location, set in the heart of Leeuwarden, used to be just one of the most beautiful locations in our November festival, but now it is home to all the experiences we have to offer the whole year round!
Productions and projects
Together with makers of different backgrounds and expertise, we work on a number of projects with a focus on literature, language, and multilingualism. We do this together with local, national, and international partners.
