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==Art and Culture==

===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 municipality 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 include
* The Noorderchurch will house a theatre and a Center of the Arts (CvdK - Centrum voor de Kunsten)
* The Bolwerk will house another part of the CvdK
* A new Theatre (Capacity of 600 people) at the location of the former postoffice-building
* The connection between the Theatre and the Bolwerk with a walking bridge and a floating podium in the city canal. This part won't be constructed because of high costs.
* The Public library and the Martinichurch will be linked 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 its surroundings. Some of the winners are:
* [[Henk van der Veer]], writer
* 2005: [[Maaike Schuurmans]], musical actress
* 2006: Yede van Dijk, actor
* 2007: Bennie Hoogstra, 25 years playing the Drum- & Showkorps Advendo

===Events===
* [[Sneekweek]], Sailevent on the [[Sneekermeer]]
* [[Swinging Sneek]], live-music in cafés and on street