From city to city: Hindeloopen - Workum - Stavoren | Cycling route

(38.1 km)

Cycling route along three Frisian Eleven Cities along the IJsselmeer coast: Hindeloopen, Workum, and Stavoren.

Hindeloopen
Hindeloopen (Hylpen) is known for its traditional costumes and painting. And it's, of course, a beautiful town to stroll through. Discover the Hindeloopen Museum and the genuine first Frisian Skating Museum!

Workum
In Workum (Warkum), you can learn more about the painter Jopie Huisman, and at the Museum Warkums Erfskip, you can read about the city's history. Workum has had a rich history in eel trade with London, among other things.

Stavoren
As you cycle into Stavoren (Starum or Staveren, as many (city) Frisians also say), you immediately encounter three landmarks of the city: the fish fountain, the Lady of Stavoren, and the beautiful harbor. This city is the oldest city in Friesland.

IJsselmeer coast
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Cycling route along three Frisian Eleven Cities along the IJsselmeer coast: Hindeloopen, Workum, and Stavoren.

IJsselmeer coast
You cycle back towards Hindeloopen via the IJsselmeer coast. Along the way, you pass the De Bocht van Molkwar nature reserve: a shallow bay with sparse grassland, reeds, thickets, and sandbars. A paradise for birds. Also, visit the birdwatching hut.

Sights on this route

Visitor Centre and VVV Hindeloopen

You will find the Visitor Centre and VVV Hindeloopen at the Hindeloopen Museum. Here, you will be assisted by locals who can tell you everything about Hindeloopen and the surrounding area!

Hindeloopen (Hylpen)

Hindeloopen, or Hylpen as we say in Friesland, is known for its painting and stylish costumes from the past.

Visit 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.

Church of Hindeloopen

The Hindeloopen skyline is dominated by its church, called Grote Kerk, visible from many miles away. The old church of Hindeloopen was destroyed during the Eighty Years’ War, in 1570.

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.

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.

Hindelooper Schilderkunst

De Hindelooper Schilderkunst is een uniek beroep dat slechts door enkele vaklieden wordt uitgeoefend. Gauke en Pieter Bootsma schilderen tot op heden naar oude traditie in deze specifieke stijl.

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.

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.

Workum (Warkum)

Workum (or Warkum as we say in Friesland), is one of the famous Frisian cities that has enjoyed city rights since 1399. Located on the shores of the former Zuiderzee and bordering the Frisian lakes.

Visit Workum

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.

Blazerhaven

Alongside the sea lock in Workum, is on the one side the De Hoop shipyard and on the other, the Blazerhaven. The latter was dug in 2008, and forms a historic maritime complex together with De Hoop, around the old Zuiderzee locks in Workum.

Scheepstimmerwerf De Hoop

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

Sint Gertrudis church

On ‘De Merk’, you'll find ’Workum Cathedral’, Sint Gertrudis church. This is the largest late-Gothic cruciform church of Friesland, with the largest windows in all the province.

Museum Warkums Erfskip

Enjoy Workum from the weigh house!

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.

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.

Tjasker It Heidenskip

Oudste paaltjasker van Nederland uit 1915.

Protestantse Kerk It Heidenskip

It Heidenskip is een uitgestrekt agrarisch dorpsgebied met een kleine schilderachtige kern aan de kade van een opvaart. Tussen de woonhuizen aan deze smalle kade, waar je niet met de auto kunt komen, staat sinds 1886 een kerkje.

Koudum

Koudum is centrally located in Southwest Friesland. This makes it an ideal base for your next vacation.

Visit Koudum

Martinikerk Koudum

De huidige Martinikerk in Koudum is gebouwd in 1857. Deze zaalkerk heeft een toren met twee geledingen en een ingesnoerde spits. Een groot deel van de inventaris is afkomstig uit de eerder afgebroken kerk uit de 17e eeuw.

Molkwerum (Molkwar)

Molkwerum is een klein dorpje met een interessante geschiedenis, niet ver van het IJsselmeer gelegen.

Museum 'Het Bakkerswinkeltje'

Ontdek in Museum 'Het Bakkerswinkeltje' de rijke historie van het vroegere Friese Doolhof Molkwerum.

Stavoren (Starum)

Stavoren (or Starum as we say in Friesland) is very much the main city of the IJsselmeer, being enclosed by the lake on three sides. It is also the oldest city of Friesland, founded around 300 BC at a waterway, and gaining city rights in the 11th century.

Visit Stavoren

11Fountains Stavoren

The sea gives, the sea takes. Stavoren, once a rich Hanseatic city, has much to say on this subject. Floods, maritime trade wars, a port that silted up: the city fell into poverty several times.

The harbour of Stavoren

Experience the atmosphere of trade, fishing and recreational sailing. Stavoren is uniquely situated, as it is surrounded by the IJsselmeer lake on three sides.

The Lady of Stavoren

From the 15th century on, the flourishing Hanseatic city of Stavoren began to fall upon bad times. It is this period in history that is related in the saga of the Lady of Stavoren. In the saga, all aspects of Stavoren as a trading city are covered.

Museum 't Ponthús

Here the time line of the famous Stavoren stories is brought to life. Why was Stavoren a target for the Vikings? And how about the trading relationship with Hamburg? Or read more about the story of the emergency landing of the Halifax V during the Second

IJsselmeer

Het IJsselmeer is ontstaan na het voltooien van de afsluitdijk, de vroegere Zuiderzee werd hierdoor opgesplitst in de Waddenzee en het IJsselmeer.

Bocht fan Molkwar

Vanaf de vogelkijkhut zie je de invloed van de wind. Westenwind zorgt voor een hoge waterstand waardoor de zandplaten onderlopen, de eilanden kleiner worden en minder plaats bieden aan vogels. De aalscholvers, meeuwen en visdiefjes verdringen elkaar...

Molkwerum - Bocht van Molkwerum - Vogelkijkhut Swan

Veel vogels te zien, aan het IJsselmeer.

Badpaviljoen Ijsselmeer near Hindeloopen

The waterfront pavilion lies on the Hindeloopen sea dike and is 750 metres long. A fine beach for swimming, with its white sand and lawns for sunbathing. Book a table at Sudersee fish restaurant for a meal at the end of the day for the most deliciou...

Kitesurfing Spot at Hindeloopen

Behind the dike at Hindeloopen there is a great shallow-water kitesurfing spot where you can kitesurf all year round. This is the ideal place to head for when popular spots such as Workum are crowded. But bear in mind that there is no beach...

Hylperhuis

In the center of the Elfstedenstadje Hindeloopen you will find the Hylperhuis, also known as the House of Ham. Two luxurious double rooms have been realized on the first floor of this authentic house, in which you can spend the night entirely in Hin...

Einde: boek je overnachting in het Hylerhuis