Nijefurd is a lovely municipality surrounded by lots of water and a green landscape. A municipality where you can enjoy living, working and spending one's leisure time. If you are searching for those quality items, then you should really visit our municipality Nijefurd. We welcome our guests with open arms.

Nijefurd is a spacious and green municipality with around a 11.000 inhabitants. The municipality of Nijefurd is naturally a part of the province of Friesland, one of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. In Friesland some people speak another language than Dutch, this official language is called Frisian. The municipality contains three of the eleven Frisian city’s: Workum, Hindeloopen and Stavoren.

Workum
The town hall is in Workum. In Workum is a good museum with paintings of a local celebrity, Jopie Huisman, who does very realistic still lives. Workum is a good base for watersport like wind- or kitesurfing.

Hindeloopen
In steady decline since the 17-th century, Hindeloopen (Hylpen in Frisian) is a treaser trove on the IJsselmeer. Small cobble stone streets, old houses and the waterfront. One of the major sights is the Hidde Nijland museum housed in the former town hall, with a survey of 18- and 19-th century Hindeloopen culture. Hindeloopen is also a good place for watersport on the IJsselmeer.

Stavoren
With just a few inhabitants Stavoren (Staveren or Starum in Frisian) is small, but it is the oldest city of Friesland. Located on the shores of the IJsselmeer, it received city rights 1118. Around the old harbour there are a few cute streets where you can wander around and feel you are back in the 17^th century. Stavoren is connected with Enkhuizen on the other side of the lake by a ferry service.