This stunning small museum has paintings (oils, watercolours) and drawings by the self-taught artist Jopie Huisman. This Friesian rag and bone man and scrap metal merchant was born at Workum in 1922. His paintings are often moving and show a great in..

The main square, flanked by the town hall, the church of St Gertrude and the public weigh house , is a picturesque collection of buildings.

The town hall's high façade dates from the 18C. The old town hall is a small Renaissance building and is decorated with sculpted stone.

This vast Gothic building built in the 16 and 17C has an impressive isolated belfry crowned by a tiny onion dome. The interior has an attractive 18C pulpit and nine stretchers ( gildebaren ) whose paintings illustrate the activities of the Guilds. Th..

This pretty 17C building is topped by stepped dormer windows. It contains the Warkums Erfskip , a museum which traces the history of the town and predominantly that of navigation and the pottery industry (everyday ceramics, typical of Workum).