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Sneekweek in Sneek
Sneekweek is Europe's largest inland waterway sailing event, held each late July into August in the Frisian city of Sneek. Running since 1934, it draws more than 600 sailboats competing across roughly 30 classes, alongside seven music stages and a lively onshore program that has made the week a cornerstone of Frisian summer culture.
Since 1934, the Frisian city of Sneek has spent one week each summer transformed by hundreds of sailboats converging on its lakes and canals for Sneekweek, an event that has grown over nine decades into Europe's largest inland waterway sailing competition.