Editing Sneek (section)

==Extra Information==
In 1519–1520, the Frisian warlord and freedom fighter [[Pier Gerlofs Donia]] spent his last days in Sneek. Donia died peacefully in bed at {{Interlanguage link multi|Grootzand (Sneek)|nl|3=Grootzand (Sneek)}} 12<ref>Fries Scheepvaart Museum, Object number 1992-257</ref> on 18 October 1520.<ref name="Kalma-pg50">{{cite book |title=Grote Pier Van Kimswerd |last=Kalma |first=J.J. |editor=de Tille |year=1970 |location=Netherlands |isbn=90-70010-13-5 |pages=50 }}</ref> Pier is buried in Sneek in the 15th-century Groote Kerk (also called the Martinikerk).<ref name="Geldersche1853">Geldersche Volks-Almanak Published 1853</ref> His tomb is located on the north side of the church.<ref name="KokPg17-21">{{cite encyclopedia |first=Jacobus |last=Kok |year=1791 |title=Pier Gerlofs Donia |encyclopedia=Vaderlandsch Woordenboek |publisher=Johannes Allart |volume=24 (P–R) |pages=17–21 |location=[[Amsterdam]] |id=}}</ref>

The city has a shopping center that is walker- and biker-friendly. There are high-end clothing stores, restaurants, bars, music stores, cafes, coffee shops, and an old-fashioned candy store.

[[Georges Simenon|George Simenon]]'s 1937 novel ''L'assassin'', about a doctor who murders his wife and her lover, is set in Sneek.