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Country
  
Netherlands

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:50 PM

Province
  
Friesland

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8°C, Wind NW at 29 km/h, 72% Humidity

Workum (West Frisian: Warkum) is a city in the municipality Súdwest-Fryslân in Friesland. It received city rights in 1374. It currently has around 4000 inhabitants.

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Map of Workum, Netherlands

Overview

Today, Workum is probably best known for having a museum dedicated to the very popular artist Jopie Huisman. Furthermore, it is one of the eleven cities of the Elfstedentocht. There are four windmills in Workum; De Nijlânnermolen, De Snip, Het Heidenschap and Ybema's Molen.

Born in Workum

  • 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
  • Kim H. Veltman (born 1948), Dutch/Canadian historian of science
  • Sybrand Buma (born 1965), Dutch politician

    • References

    Workum Wikipedia
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