Day trip Makkum - Workum | Sailing route
Experience a day on the water from Makkum via the Warkumertrekfeart to Workum and back along the inland waters of the IJsselmeer seawall.
You can hire a sloop from various parties in Makkum. Among others, Zuidwaard Watersport. Or go with a sloop of your own. Just be careful: some bridges are quite low.
Get out in Workum
You'll sail through the town of Workum. Moor the boat at the harbour and discover the Frisian Elfsteden town. It has two museums: Warkums Erfskip and of the Frisian painter Jopiehuisman. Settle down on a terrace before sailing on again.
Bridges in Friesland
On this route, you will come across a number of bridges, which can be opened for you if desired. Consult the Provinsje Fryslân's Watersport App to check the he…
Experience a day on the water from Makkum via the Warkumertrekfeart to Workum and back along the inland waters of the IJsselmeer seawall.
You can hire a sloop from various parties in Makkum. Among others, Zuidwaard Watersport. Or go with a sloop of your own. Just be careful: some bridges are quite low.
Get out in Workum
You'll sail through the town of Workum. Moor the boat at the harbour and discover the Frisian Elfsteden town. It has two museums: Warkums Erfskip and of the Frisian painter Jopiehuisman. Settle down on a terrace before sailing on again.
Bridges in Friesland
On this route, you will come across a number of bridges, which can be opened for you if desired. Consult the Provinsje Fryslân's Watersport App to check the height and operating times of the bridges. Some bridges you can also operate yourself with the help of this Watersport App.
Sustainable sailing
Refuelling? Choose blue diesel. Or take an electric boat out. Something tasty for on the way? Fine, but make sure empty packaging does not blow overboard. And do you come across litter on the way? Then take it on board. Read more about sustainable water sports in Friesland.
Waterways information
The route is a category F waterway; boats with a draught of up to 0.8 m are allowed here.
Alternative routes
You can also choose to sail straight through the lock at Workum towards the IJsselmeer. You then sail back to Makkum via the IJsselmeer.
Sights on this route
Starting point
Langezand 2b
8754 GL Makkum
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IJsselmeer
Het IJsselmeer is ontstaan na het voltooien van de afsluitdijk, de vroegere Zuiderzee werd hierdoor opgesplitst in de Waddenzee en het IJsselmeer.
Kitesurfing Spot at Makkum
The kitesurfing spot at Makkum in Southwest Friesland is especially popular with our German neighbours. During the summer season the beach is crowded with holidaymakers and there are many bathers in the water, so kitesurfing...
Makkum
Makkum is a seaside resort on the IJsselmeer coast in Southwest Friesland, just south of the Afsluitdijk.
Terpdorp Allingawier
Allingawier is een pittoresk terpdorpje, gelegen tussen de IJsselmeerkust en Hanzestad Bolsward.
Jaagpad langs de Workumertrekvaart
Een prachtig jaagpad om langs te fietsen of wandelen is het jaagpad bij Tjerkwerd langs de Workumertrekvaart. Je fietst of wandelt direct langs het water.
Johannes de Doperkerk Parrega
Als een lang bebouwingslint strekt het dorp Parrega zich uit langs de Workumer Trekvaart. Op een terpachtige plek, halverwege dit lint, ligt de Johannes de Doperkerk, omringd door een kerkhof.
Workum (Warkum)
Workum (or Warkum as we say in Friesland), is one of the famous Frisian cities that has enjoyed city rights since 1399. Located on the shores of the former Zuiderzee and bordering the Frisian lakes.
11Fountains Workum
For centuries Workum’s city arms on ‘De Waag’ have been supported by two lions. They are naive and their theatrical pose prompts laughter.
Sint Gertrudis church
On ‘De Merk’, you'll find ’Workum Cathedral’, Sint Gertrudis church. This is the largest late-Gothic cruciform church of Friesland, with the largest windows in all the province.
Jopie Huisman Museum
The Jopie Huisman Museum is dedicated to the life and work of the Frisian self-taught master painter Jopie Huisman. His love of nature and his compassion are a recurrent theme.
Blazerhaven
Alongside the sea lock in Workum, is on the one side the De Hoop shipyard and on the other, the Blazerhaven. The latter was dug in 2008, and forms a historic maritime complex together with De Hoop, around the old Zuiderzee locks in Workum.
Scheepstimmerwerf De Hoop
Scheepstimmerwerf ‘De Hoop’ is een begrip in Workum en ver daarbuiten. Al meer dan driehonderd jaar gevestigd naast de sluis.
Warkumerwaard
Wil je weidevogels spotten? Dan ben je op de Warkumerwaard op de goeie plek. ‘In mei is dit een vogelwalhalla,’ weet onze vogelexpert Harry. ‘Je hoort het zingen van de weidevogels, we hebben zelfs veldleeuweriken. Later zie je de kuikens hun eerste...
Kooiwaard Nature Reserve
Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were often flooded by the tide.
Buismanskoai and Dyksfearten Nature Reserves
The old sea dike on the shore of Lake IJsselmeer runs through spectacular natural scenery. The Dyksfearten are a series of waterways that run parallel to the road. Today they serve mainly as ecological connecting zones.
Buismanskoai and Dyksfearten Nature Reserves
Buismanskoai and Dyksfearten Nature Reserves
Kooireed 4
8567 JN Piaam
Makkumerzuidwaard Nature Reserve
Along the shore of Lake IJsselmeer there are three nature reserves on the sandflats outside the dykes. When Lake IJsselmeer was still the Zuiderzee, these coastal sandflats were flooded by the tides.
