Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands

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🇳🇱 Hoorn is a city and municipality in the north-west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 km (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 km (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality is the third most densely populated municipality in North Holland after Haarlem and Amsterdam. Apart from the city of Hoorn, the municipality includes the villages of Blokker and Zwaag, as well as parts of the hamlets De Bangert , De Hulk and Munnickaij.

Hoorn is well known in the Netherlands for its rich history. The town acquired city rights in 1357 and flourished during the Dutch Golden Age. In this period, Hoorn developed into a prosperous port city, being home to one of the six chambers of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). Towards the end of the eighteenth century, however, it started to become increasingly more difficult for Hoorn to keep competing with nearby Amsterdam. Ultimately, it lost its function as port city and became a regional centre of trade, mainly serving the smaller villages of West Friesland. Nowadays, Hoorn is a city with modern residential areas and a historic city centre that, due to its proximity to Amsterdam, is sometimes considered to be part of the Randstad metropolitan area. Cape Horn and the Hoorn Islands were both named after this city.

Hoorn is located in the east of the North Holland peninsula, on the north-western shore of the Markermeer – the second largest freshwater lake of the Netherlands. The city occupies an arc of land in the south of West Friesland at the northernmost end of a small bay named Hoornse Hop. The landscape of Hoorn is mostly flat and the only elevated areas are the dikes on the southern outskirts of the city. The municipality is part of the safety region Noord-Holland Noord and the water board Hollands Noorderkwartier.

Tourist Industry Many of the houses in the historical city centre date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially in the area north of the harbor. Other notable buildings include: • Hoofdtoren (1464), the former harbor control tower • Maria-/Kruittoren (1508), a tower built in late gothic style as part of the city wall • Oosterpoort (1578), the only remaining city gate • Waag (1609), weigh house at the junction of Grote Oost and Roode Steen • Statenlogement (1613), former city hall • Burgerweeshuis (1620), the former orphanage in the Korte Achterstraat • Statencollege (1632), which houses the Westfries Museum • Koepelkerk (1882), a Roman Catholic basilica • Claes Stapelhof (1682), a hofje.

Hoorn has notable modern buildings as well, such as: • Schouwburg Het Park, a theater and congress centre that was opened on 25 June 2004 by Queen Beatrix. The opening was delayed, as the fly tower collapsed in the night of 20 April 2001 due to faulty construction work.

Museums: Notable museums in Hoorn include: • Westfries Museum • Museum of the 20th Century.

Railways Hoorn is connected to the Dutch railway network and has two train stations: Hoorn and Hoorn Kersenboogerd. From these stations, it is possible to travel in the directions of Enkhuizen, Alkmaar and Amsterdam. It is also the starting point of the Hoorn–Medemblik heritage railway.

Roads The A7 motorway, which runs from Zaandam to the German border via the Afsluitdijk, passes along Hoorn. The exit Hoorn North connects to the provincial road N302, also called Westfrisiaweg, which runs from Hoorn to Lelystad via the Houtribdijk.

Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands 
<b>Hoorn, North Holland, Netherlands</b>
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Hoorn has a population of over 73,000 people. Hoorn also forms the centre of the wider West Friesland region which has a population of over 971,870 people.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Hoorn has links with:

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Antipodal to Hoorn is: -174.943,-52.642

Locations Near: Hoorn 5.05681,52.6415

🇳🇱 Medemblik 5.033,52.683 d: 4.9  

🇳🇱 Purmerend 4.95,52.5 d: 17.3  

🇳🇱 Heerhugowaard 4.827,52.666 d: 15.7  

🇳🇱 Alkmaar 4.75,52.633 d: 20.7  

🇳🇱 Zaanstad 4.825,52.439 d: 27.4  

🇳🇱 Zaandam 4.825,52.439 d: 27.5  

🇳🇱 Almere 5.219,52.372 d: 31.9  

🇳🇱 Amsterdam 4.9,52.367 d: 32.3  

🇳🇱 Amstelveen 4.85,52.3 d: 40.5  

🇳🇱 Hilversum 5.167,52.233 d: 46  

Antipodal to: Hoorn -174.943,-52.642

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