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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
Koepelkerk - Image of Maria of Hoorn.
Jerelis Says: Once we were inside we loved the beautiful arcades and admired the stained glasses. Looking around always gives me this feeling of being humble without even being religious at all. Because there was a small book market inside the church we heared some people wispering. It...
Koepelkerk - Lighting a candle.
Jerelis Says: Although we were quite early when we first arrived at the Koepelkerk we were already allowed to enter it. A huge advantage of our early arrival was the fact that there were almost no tourists. Either the bus / coach was still on his way or everybody was having a breakfast in...
Koepelkerk - My symbol of home.
Jerelis Says: Maybe I am a bit of emotional about this, but for sure I can say that seeing the tower of the Koepelkerk at the skyline of the city of Hoorn always gives me the feeling of being home. I was born and raised in Hoorn and left the city at the age of 16, but whenever I return to...
pieter_jan_v Says: The Oostereiland now is connected to the main land. This former prison island now houses:-The museum of the 20th century-The Oostereiland cinema-The Krententuin garden-A hotel and Brasserie-Watertaxi-Museum harbour
Dutch Poster Museum / Affichemuseum
pieter_jan_v Says: The Dutch Poster Museum or Affichemuseum displays national and international posters. Special exhibitions are organised a number of times per year.Opening hours:Mo: ClosedTu-Fr: 11AM - 5PMSa-Su: Noon - 5PM
1 Review and 13 Opinions Hotel De Magneet is a family hotel with 18 rooms and a restaurant/bar for its guests. The hotel has...
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Brasserie Buiten: Ex restaurant " Eten en zo!"
pieter_jan_v Says: In October 2011 Brasserie Buiten took over the former Restaurant Eten en zo! The menu offers something for everyone, children included. Besides that the cooks will take your preference in account.Business hours:Mo-Tu: Closedwe-Sa: 3PM - 11PMSu: Noon - 11PM
Café de Volendammer: Kleine café aan de haven
Jerelis Says: Café De Volendammer is well known from the world famous song "Het Kleine Café aan de Haven" by Vader Abraham (inventor of the Smurfs). Some people think it is another café in Hoorn and some others even believe that the song is based on the harbour of the Australian city...
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)...
Rich & Millbrook Kookwinkel: Anything for your kitchen
pieter_jan_v Says: In the Kookwinkel you can find anything you need for cooking.Beside kitchen tools there are great gadgets and more.Business hours:Mo: ClosedTu-We: 10AM - 6PMTh: 10AM - 5.30PMFr: 10AM - 6PMSa: 10AM - 5PMSu: Closed
De Boekenkist: Books, charts, atlasses and more
pieter_jan_v Says: The Boekenkist is a book shop loaded with books, maps and local printed material.Just step in and look around.If you find something interesting, sit down at the reading table and explore some more.Businesshours:We - Sa: 10AM - 5.30PM A book.
Talko to someone who knows ...
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...
Jerelis Says: * Map and guidebook;* Crackers;* 2 Liter of water;* Fruit / power bars. * Hiking boots;* 1 extra t-shirt;* Shorts with many pockets;* Sunglasses;* Fleece type jacket;* Hat / cap;* Raincoat. * Hiking boots;* 1 extra t-shirt;* Shorts with many pockets;* Sunglasses;* Fleece...
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...
Helpfulness
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
Equipment: Bicycle.
Written Jul 18, 2010
Website: http://www.landelijkefietsroutes.nl/routes/?route=42
pieter_jan_v Says: Hoorn has a number of harbours like the:-Buitenhaven (explored by the city)-Binnenhaven (explored by the city)-Vluchthaven (explored by the water sport society)-Grashaven (explored by the yacht society)
pieter_jan_v Says: Hadrianus Junius was born at July 1, 1511 as Adriaen de Jonghe. He is known as the writer of the History of Holland published in 1588 and called Batavia.A remembrance stone is place in the front wall of the house where he was born at the Kerkstraat.
pieter_jan_v Says: Jan Pieterszoon Coen was a mercant and later Director-General and Governor-General of the VOC (The Dutch East India Company). He was the founder of the city of Batavia, currently known as Jakarta. Coen was praised as a vigorous and visionary administrator, but he w as also...
pieter_jan_v Says: Theodorus Velius, an important man in the 17th century Hoorn, is honoured with a statue sculpted by Theo van der Nahmer. This piece of art is located at "het Nieuwland". Theodorus Velius was born as Dirk Seylmaker at January 10, 1572, but in later years his used the Latin...
pieter_jan_v Says: The Drechterlandse Huis is located at Grote Oost 6. It's the former polder water management office. On the front wall of the house is a stone with Dieuw van Vliet and Aaf Dell made by sculpter Thea van Lier. A second below stone reads:DIT DRECHTERLANDSE HUIS (1728) IS VANAF...
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