Set inside the Prinsentuin garden in a glazed pavilion overlooking the city's outer canal, De Koperen Tuin is one of Leeuwarden's most pleasant lunch spots. The name — "the copper garden" — comes from the local novelist Simon Vestdijk's 1950 book, which immortalised the spot.
Cooking is classic French-Dutch with Frisian touches: smoked eel, lamb shoulder, polder vegetables. The terrace under the trees in summer is the place to sit. Open for lunch and dinner; closed Monday.