Harkema

Harkema () is a village in the municipality of Achtkarspelen, Friesland province, the Netherlands.
Harkema is in the eastern part of Friesland, 9 km north of Drachten. It was used to be known as "Harkema-Opeinde" and as of January 2017, the village had a population of 4,295.
Sports.
Harkema is home to the amateur football club, the Harkemase Boys. Cyclist Pieter Weening, who was the first Frisian to win a stage in the Tour de France, is from Harkema just as another former cyclist pro, Wiebren Veenstra, is.