Groningen or Zevenhuizen and Marum. Local pubs attract a small but regular audience. At the beginning of 1900 there were more than 100 "living room bars" in Gorredijk and the town brewed its own spirits: Beerenburg and jenever. The Gerard Brons brand still exists, but is now brewed by Boomsma distillery in Leeuwarden. Religion Although Gorredijk has the pretense of being a "red" socialist town—Domela Nieuwenhuis came from the area—it has a number of church communities. There is a Catholic Church, a Protestant congregation, a Mennonite community, and a Kingdom Hall of the Jehovah's Witnesses. Gorredijk has had its own Dutch Reformed Church since 1683. In 1896, a church bell from the town was put up for sale, which can now be found in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Dated to the 12th century, it is unknown where this bell saw use. Gorredijk has a rich Jewish past. There was a synagogue and a Jewish school. In the eighties of the nineteenth century the Jewish family De Haan, with the then very young future authors Jacob Israël and Carry, lived there for a few years. Only a handful of Jews survived World War II. In a meadow towards Jubbega one can still find a historic Jewish cemetery. During the war it was relatively quiet in Gorredijk, although there were quite a few people in the resistance in one way or another. On the eve of the liberation, there was a shooting near the draw bridge in the main street, which is now named after the fallen resistance fighter Gerke Numan. In the vicinity of the town, as elsewhere in Friesland, there were many hiding places. During the occupation, a number of Allied aircraft were shot down in the area, of which a crew of six from a British Vickers Wellington bomber are buried in the local graveyard. Sports and recreation Sports clubs in Gorredijk include football association VV Gorredijk and korfball association LDODK. In addition, the town has a volleyball association Reva, rugby association De Wrotters, gymnastics association Stânfries, a tennis association, and an outdoor swimming pool. Notable people Jodocus Heringa (1765–1840), theologian Roelof Kuipers (1855–1922), architect Tjeerd Kuipers (1857–1942), architect Hans de Jong (1921–2010), meteorologist Tine de Vries (1931–2014), ice skater Heinze Bakker (1942–2021), sports journalist Tine Mersmann (1946–2012), painter and sculptor Tjitze Vogel (born 1958), musician Arjen Bergsma (born 1989), football player Reina Anema (born 1993), speed skater Notes