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302  NOR THERN AND EASTERN NE THERLANDS

6 Workum
Road Map C2. * 4,000. @ £
n Merk 4 (0515-541045).
The elongated Zuiderzee town
of Workum flourished around
1300. Workum is known for the
fine façades of its houses and its
unfinished 16th-century church,
the Grote of Gertrudiskerk.
Beside the lock is the centuries-
old wharf of de Hoop, where
traditional boats are still built.
The most popular attraction in A sea-rescue centre with its inviting bench, in Hindeloopen
Workum is Jopie Huisman
Museum, which is the most- painting. The town is full of little E Museum Hidde
visited museum in Friesland. canals with wooden bridges Nijland Stichting
It features the autodidactic art and a variety of pretty captains’ Dijkweg 1. Tel 0514-521420.
of painter and scrap-metal houses, with their characteristic Open Mar–Oct: 11am–5pm Mon–Fri,
merchant Jopie Huisman façades. One of the most dist- 1:30–5pm Sat, Sun & public hols. &
(1922–2000). His drawings inc tive spots is the picturesque E Eerste Friese Schaatsmuseum
and paintings tell the stories 17th-century lock- keeper’s Kleine Weide 1–3. Tel 0514-521683.
of the daily grind and poverty, house by the port, with its Open 10am–6pm Mon–Sat,
the drudgery and toil of the wooden bell-tower. 1–5pm Sun. &
tradesman, the housewife In the Museum Hidde
and the ordinary person. Nijland Stichting (museum of
The picturesque 17th-century the Hidde Nijland foundation), 8 Gaasterland
weigh house contains the the life of the wealthier citizens Road Map C2. @ n De Brink 4,
Museum Warkums Erfskip. of Hindeloopen during the Oudemirdum (0514-571777).
This museum delves into the 18th century is showcased.
history of Workum, and, Well-appointed period rooms This area of fine, rolling
principally, that of its shipping show the colourful clothes woodlands in the southwestern
and pottery industries. and the now-famous painted corner of Friesland offers many
furniture of the time. A opportunities for walking and
E Jopie Huisman Museum substantial exhibition of cycling. The region’s name comes
Noard 6. Tel 0515-543131. Open Apr– paintings vividly illustrates from the word “gaast”, which refers
Oct: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 1–5pm the development of painting to the sandy heights formed
Sun; Mar & Nov: 1–5pm daily. & 7 in Hindeloopen. during the last two Ice Ages.
E Museum Warkums Erfskip The Eerste Friese At the edge of Gaasterland
Merk 4. Tel 0515-543155. Open Apr– Schaatsmuseum (first Frisian are a number of steep cliffs,
Oct: 10am–5pm Mon–Sat, 1:30– skating museum) (see p299) such as the Rode Klif and the
5pm Sun; Nov–Dec & mid-Feb–Mar: offers a unique collection of Oudemirdumerklif, formed
1–5pm daily. & old skates. It also has a fine when the Zuiderzee eroded the
exhibition dedicated to the coastline. On the Rode Klif at
Elfstedentocht and various Laaxum is an enormous boulder
traditional workshops (such as bearing the inscription Leaver
a smithy and a carpenter’s), dea as slaef, or, Rather dead than
as well as a comprehensive a slave, a memento of the 1345
collection of sledges and Frisian victory over the Dutch.
historical material such as The Rijsterbos wood, with its
old tiles and prints. abundant bracken, dates from
The Football Boots of Abe Lenstra by
Jopie Huisman

7 Hindeloopen
Road Map C2. * 850. @ £
n Nieuwstad 26 (0514-851223).
Hindeloopen plays a special role
in Friesland. This picturesque old
town of seafarers and fishermen
has its own dialect, its own
costume and its own style of A cyclist in Gaasterland
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p399 and p413

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