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Hoorn
City and municipality in North Holland

Hoorn

Hoorn is a city and municipality in the northwest of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

Plan a trip to Hoorn→From Amsterdam

It is the largest town and the traditional capital of the region of West Friesland. Hoorn is located on the Markermeer, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Alkmaar and 35 kilometers (22 mi) north of Amsterdam. The municipality has just over 75,000 inhabitants and a land area of 20.38 km2 (7.87 sq mi), making it 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.

Get in

Getting to Hoorn

From Amsterdam or Schiphol Airport, Hoorn can be reached by taking the A10, the A8 and then the A7. Hoorn has two train stations, both of which are serviced by NS. The main train station, serving the city centre, is

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    Hoorn IC SPR

    The other station, 2 Hoorn Kersenboogerd SPR, serves mostly the east of the city, which is mostly suburban in nature.

See

Worth seeing

Hoorn's compact medieval centre is home to too many beautiful late medieval buildings to mention. Within walking distance of each other you can find:

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    Hoofdtoren

    The last surviving remnants of Hoorn's former city defences.

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    Oosterkerk
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    Oosterpoort

    This gate, built in 1578 is located on the "Draafsingel" canal which was dug the year prior.

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    Statenlogement
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    Waag

    The Weighing House was built in 1609, and features a façade statue of a vermilion unicorn with the crest of the city.

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    Westfries Museum
Do

Things to do

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    Take the steam tram to Medemblik

    Van Dedemstraat 8, info@museumstoomtram.nl.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.