Museum Walking Route Workum - Hindeloopen
With the help of this beautiful walking route, you'll discover 4 museums in Southwest Friesland. You walk from Workum station to the center of the Eleven Cities town, where you'll find the weighing house and the old town hall. These historical buildings of the Warkums Erfskip Museum are definitely worth a visit. Additionally, in Workum, you can visit the Jopie Huisman Museum: one of the most popular museums in the north.
Then, take a short walk along the locks and over the dike to Hindeloopen. There, the picturesque Hindeloopen Museum and the First Frisian Skating Museum await you. And if you've learned everything about the small Eleven Cities town, stroll on to Hindeloopen train station and take the train back to Workum station (or continue your journey home).
Locations on this route
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11Fountains Workum
11Fountains Workum
For centuries Workum’s city arms on ‘De Waag’ have been supported by two lions. They are naive and their theatrical pose prompts laughter.
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Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip is located in the old weighing house and the town hall in the centre and tells the history of Workum and the surrounding area.
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Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip
Museum Warkums Erfskip is housed in the old Waag building in the center and tells more about the history of Workum and its surroundings. It is the starting point to discover and admire the highlights of the beautiful city of Workum.
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Jopie Huisman Museum
Jopie Huisman Museum
The Jopie Huisman Museum is dedicated to the life and work of the Frisian self-taught master painter Jopie Huisman. His love of nature and his compassion are a recurrent theme.
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Workum Lighthouse
Workum Lighthouse
You'll find Workum lighthouse on the Hylperdyk at the entrance to the harbour. It's known as the Toarntsje (little tower), which is very apt for the square white brick tower.
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Locks and the Sylhús
Locks and the Sylhús
Hindeloopen is full of national monuments, such as the locks and the adjoining Sylhús. The locks were built back in the 17th century, and are the connection for recreational boats between the city centre and the harbour and the IJsselmeer lake.
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KNRM lifeboat station
KNRM lifeboat station
A particularly photogenic building and location is the bright blue KNRM lifeboat station on the dike in Hindeloopen. The old lifeboat station dating from 1911 has become a national monument.
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Museum Hindeloopen
Museum Hindeloopen
Three centuries ago, Hindeloopen grew into a major trading city. The city had a large fleet of 100 ships that sailed across the ocean. Hindeloopen is still an attractive city to visit. Many old characteristic properties are preserved.
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11Fountains Hindeloopen
11Fountains Hindeloopen
The city coat of arms, with its tree of life, with the deer and the doe surrounding it, is the source of inspiration for the fountain in Hindeloopen.
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Friesian Ice Skating Museum
Friesian Ice Skating Museum
This museum is a must for all ice skating fans. You will find the world’s largest collection of ice skates here, and a complete history of the Elfstedentocht in a specially designed Elfsteden-room.
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