Editing Heerenveen (section)

== Sports ==
[[File:Abe Lenstra Stadion 08c.JPG|thumb|[[Abe Lenstra Stadion|Abe Lenstra Stadium]]]]
Heerenveen is notable for its world class sports facilities. These include the [[Abe Lenstra Stadion|Abe Lenstra football stadium]] and the [[Thialf]] [[speed skating]] [[arena]] which was one of the first indoor 400m ice rinks in the world, and where international events draw large crowds. Thialf is also home to the city's ice hockey team, the [[Heerenveen Flyers]]. In 2006, the "Sportstad" (Sport City) project was completed, which included a gymnastics hall, swimming pool and an extension to the football stadium, all clustered together. The Abe Lenstra stadium is unusual because its capacity is larger than the number of inhabitants of the town. One of the few football venues to shares this distinction is [[Stade Félix Bollaert]] in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]], [[France]].

The town's [[football (soccer)|football]] team, [[SC Heerenveen]], plays in the first-tier [[Eredivisie]], topped by the team's biggest achievement when they qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]] in 2000.