Day trip Makkum - Workum | Sailing route

IJsselmeer

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

Kitesurfing Spot at Makkum

The kitesurfing spot at Makkum in Southwest Friesland is especially popular with our German neighbours. During the summer season the beach is crowded with holidaymakers and there are many bathers in the water, so kitesurfing...

Makkum

Makkum is a seaside resort on the IJsselmeer coast in Southwest Friesland, just south of the Afsluitdijk.

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Terpdorp Allingawier

Allingawier is een pittoresk terpdorpje, gelegen tussen de IJsselmeerkust en Hanzestad Bolsward. 

Jaagpad langs de Workumertrekvaart

Een prachtig jaagpad om langs te fietsen of wandelen is het jaagpad bij Tjerkwerd langs de Workumertrekvaart. Je fietst of wandelt direct langs het water.

Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega

Als een lang bebouwingslint strekt het dorp Parrega zich uit langs de Workumer Trekvaart. Op een terpachtige plek, halverwege dit lint, ligt de Johannes de Doperkerk, omringd door een kerkhof.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Warkumerwaard

Wil je weidevogels spotten? Dan ben je op de Warkumerwaard op de goeie plek. ‘In mei is dit een vogelwalhalla,’ weet onze vogelexpert Harry. ‘Je hoort het zingen van de weidevogels, we hebben zelfs veldleeuweriken. Later zie je de kuikens hun eerste...

Kooiwaard Nature Reserve

Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were often flooded by the tide.

Buismanskoai and Dyksfearten Nature Reserves

The old sea dike on the shore of Lake IJsselmeer runs through spectacular natural scenery. The Dyksfearten are a series of waterways that run parallel to the road. Today they serve mainly as ecological connecting zones.

Piaam - De Ral - Vogelkijkhut

Rietkragen en slikrandjes.

Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve

Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were flooded by the tides.