Rusk Tower
The tower marks an important piece of history of Wormer/Jisp at the time of the whaling and rusk-baking industries.
The baking of rusks largely took place in wooden buildings. To prevent fire, it was decided by the municipal council on 20 December 1605 that the fireplaces of the ovens had to remain extinguished between 6pm-24am to prevent overheating. After first the night watchman signalled the time signals with his radel through the village, later the church bell signalled it. However, because in the western part of the village the church bell could not be heard properly in certain wind directions, an additional detached bell tower was built in 1620.