Woudsend is a small village in the province of Friesland with 1600 inhabitants. There is a wood saw windmill and a commercially used grain windmill. The province is mainly agricultural and is located in the north of the Netherlands. The village is on the edge of a large water sports area. (the house is on swimming, fishing and waterways). The most important farms in the village are yacht yards and water sports and outside the village the dairy farms.
 South-west of the village lies an area with many cycle paths in a landscape where forests are interspersed with grassland. Here are also some touristically interesting villages such as Hindelopen and Workum.
The house is in a neighborhood with houses that are partly permanently inhabited and that are partly used as a holiday home. In the village there is a small supermarket and in the larger village "Balk" there are more shops. Balk is about 1 hour by boat and about 8 km by road.
The larger towns of Amsterdam, Utrecht and Groningen are each around 80 minutes by car.
Woudsend - Amsterdam 127 km
Woudsend - Utrecht 125 km
Woudsend - Groningen 81 km
There are 2 golf courses each about 15 minutes by car.