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Museum Walking Route Workum - Hindeloopen

(8.0 km)

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).

Sights on this route

Starting point:

Station
8711 CH Workum
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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

Enjoy Workum from the weigh house!

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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.

Bezoek It Stedhûs

Museum Warkums Erfskip It Stedhûs

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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Jopie Huisman Museum

Scheepstimmerwerf De Hoop

Scheepstimmerwerf ‘De Hoop’ is een begrip in Workum en ver daarbuiten. Al meer dan driehonderd jaar gevestigd naast de sluis.

Scheepstimmerwerf De Hoop
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Sluis Workum

De sluis vormt de verbinding tussen de Diepe Dolte in het centrum en het twee kilometer lange kanaal Het Zool dat uitkomt op het IJsselmeer.

Sluis Workum
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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.

Workum Lighthouse
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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.

Locks and the Sylhús

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.

KNRM lifeboat station

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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Museum 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.

11Fountains Hindeloopen

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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Friesian Ice Skating Museum Schaatsmuseum en winkel Museum Hindeloopen

Roosje Oud Hindelooper kunst anno 1894

Roosje Oud Hindelooper Kunst anno 1894. Meer dan 125 jaar echte ambacht. Gespecialiseerd in de traditionele oude Hindelooper kunst. Hand en op maat gemaakte meubelen in eigen meubelmakerij.

Roosje Oud Hindelooper kunst anno 1894
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End point:

Station
8713 JX Hindeloopen
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