🇳🇱 Workum
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Best directionSW
Wind speed15–25kt
SeasonApr – Oct
Skill levelAll levels
WaterFlat (shallow lake)
Ridden forKitesurfing
One of the IJsselmeer's best-known kite towns, with kilometres of shallow, flat water that barely gets above waist-deep a long way out from shore.
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Getting thereOn the IJsselmeer in Friesland, about 1h15 north of Amsterdam via the Afsluitdijk (A7). A car is required; ample paid parking at the Strand…
HazardsA vast, knee-deep standing area for several hundred meters is very safe but a real flipping hazard for hydrofoils. Strict local…
Best time of dayAfternoon, when W and SW winds blow cleanly across the open lake with a slight thermal boost from the warm inland fields…
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