Workum

Workum West Frisian: Warkum
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Country	Netherlands
Province	Friesland
Municipality	Súdwest-Fryslân
Population  (2017)
• Total	4,435
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8711
Telephone area	0515

Workum (West Frisian: Warkum) is a city located in the municipality of Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland, Netherlands. It received city rights in 1399 and is one of the eleven cities of Friesland. It had a population of 4,435 in January 2017.

Overview

Workum is best known for its museum dedicated to the artist Jopie Huisman. There are four windmills in Workum; De Nijlânnermolen, De Snip, It Heidenskip and Ybema's Molen.

Notable people

• Aeint Herman de Boer, Dutch businessman who was the owner of Hotel de Boer in Medan, Dutch East Indies
• Hotze Koch, 22 October 1867, founder of the Quanah Tribune-Chief newspaper
• Douwe and Matthijs Walta, Dutch brothers from Workum who joined the Papal Zouaves
• Kim H. Veltman (born 1948), Dutch-Canadian historian of science
• Sybrand Buma (born 1965), Dutch politician
• Jopie Huisman (1922–2000), painter.

Gallery

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  Gertrudis church
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  Ybema's Molen
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  City centre
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  Werenfridus church
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  Jopie Huisman Museum

References

External links

Media related to Workum at Wikimedia Commons

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