Workum () 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.

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