Pro

North Holland is beautiful!!!
Con

Does not have the hustle and bustle Amsterdam has, but that is not always a bad thing.
In a nutshell

Ancient harbour town
pieter_jan_v Says: The Hoofdtoren is a defense tower that dates from 1531. It stands at the harbour entrance and controlled the shiplane to Hoorn. In front of the tower is the Houten Hoofd, a wooden landing made in 1464. In 1651 a bell tower was constructed on top of the tower.The lock to the...
Café 't Schippershuis: Het Kleine Café aan de Haven
pieter_jan_v Says: Café 't Schippershuis is known as "Het Kleine Café aan de Haven", the title of a song by Vader Abraham (inventor of The Smurfs). In 1975 he had an appointment with a photographer who did not show up. While waiting Vader Abraham used the flipside of a couple of beer coasters...
pieter_jan_v Says: Most street parking in the old part of Hoorn is reserved to locals on a special permit. The rare free street parking spots have limited parking in time (most of them 2 hours) and all are payed parking.There is free parking available just South of the Oosterpoort (East Gate)...
Record Street Market: Second Hand Records
pieter_jan_v Says: Once a year in summer a second hand records street market is organised at the Gouw and Nieuwstraat streets.Many Dutch and also foreign dealers display their merchandise, covering the complete music spectrum. Records 45ers from Euro 0.50 (but I've seen rare ones priced at...
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Jerelis Says: I guess we all agree on this on; there is nothing more exciting than going travelling - exploring another country, experiencing a different culture, travelling around in new ways, sampling the local cuisine and chatting to the local people for a different perspective on...
Jerelis Says: Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the catchy title of the 1992 bestseller by John Gray, succinctly expresses an ancient dilemma. What--if anything--do men's and women's brains do differently?The general statement that men and women respond and behave differently under...
CandS Says: We had a big backpack and a day pack each but we were lucky enough to be collected from the train station by our friends so we didn't have to do any walking with the big backpacks... :) You will need some warmer clothes for the autumn months and good walking shoes.
ardnas67 Says: when you walk along the old houses of Hoorn and you look up, you'll find beautiful Gablestones. They had no numbering of the houses then, but you told someone then: "Go to the house next to the house with the sun"and also it tells you what kind of work or business there was...
pieter_jan_v Says: Hoorn and surroundings are great to explore by bicycle.There are two National cycle routes passing through Hoorn:-Route LF 21 that goes around the former Zuiderzee-Route LF 59; the North Holland route Bicycle.
SceneE.R.A Says: Hoorn is a quiet northern town not far from the ijselmmer lake and is also a venue of the national ice skating championships that occur in Holland when the weather is cold enough to hold the event.the town itself is fairly easy to get around and has a few decent shops and...
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Q: We have booked a holiday staying in hotel Vooroever in Wervershoof and would like to know if there is a train station there and if...

A: I see 43 railway-tariff-kilometers from Amsterdam and 7.40 Euro standard international tariff (local tariff for that distance will be less). So Hoorn not only has a...
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I've got some interesting experiences in Hoorn. I'd love to share with you the 36 tips I've written, the 106 photos uploaded, and 2 travelogues I've created.
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This is a nice town. Actually much nicer than I expected. I expected Hoorn would be a small place with a few nice old buildings. In fact it may be small, but it's packed with interesting architecture....
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This lively little port, founded in 1357, was once capital of West Friesland and boosted by the presence of the Dutch East India Company, a mighty trading city. It’s 17th Century glory is still...
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Horn - Home of famous sailors and adventurers!

This town on the IJsselmeer offers a combination of old and new. Monumental facades tell of the history of this former Dutch East India Company town. The street plan has to a large extent remained...
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Hoorn, the place I worked for 20 years

For 20 years I worked as a nurse in the hospital "Westfriesgasthuis" From my hometown 20 minutes drive by car or train. I did only come here to do my beautiful job. Today I decided to go back and...
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