Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Dutch Railways or NS is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. NS provides rail services on the Dutch main rail network. A day at Hoorn railway stations where commuter trains and buses come and go. NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. In addition, NS provides international rail services from the Netherlands to other European destinations and carries out concessions on a number of foreign rail markets. Two kinds of passenger trains: -A Sprinter stops at all stations, and is mainly used for local traffic. -Intercitys only stop at larger stations, and were introduced in the 1970s to provide fast train connections throughout the country. Hoorn is just 30 minutes from Amsterdam and 40 minutes from Schiphol Airport -through our excellent rail, road and water connections. Population: 73.000, 4 Museums, all year events, 500 registered monumental buildings, wonderfull historical harbours, shops, great hotels, pubs and restaurants. Hoorn is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on the IJsselmeer, 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam, and acquired city rights in 1357. The area of the municipality is 53.25 km2 (20.56 sq mi) of which 33.00 km2 (12.74 sq mi) consists of water, mainly the Markermeer (IJsselmeer). Hoorn rapidly grew to become a major harbour town. During Holland's 'Golden Age' (or 'Golden Century'), Hoorn was an important home base for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and a very prosperous centre of trade. The Hoorn fleet plied the seven seas and returned laden with precious commodities. Exotic spices such as pepper, nutmeg, cloves, and mace were sold at vast profits. With their skill in trade and seafaring, sons of Hoorn established the town's name far and wide. Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587–1629) is famous for his raids in Dutch Indies (now Indonesia), where he founded the city of Batavia in 1619 (now Jakarta). He has a big statue on the Rode Steen square in the center of Hoorn. In 1618 Willem Bontekoe (1587–1657) undertook his first and only voyage for the VOC. His story of his travel and hardship found its way into the history books when he published his adventures in 1646 under the title Journael ofte gedenckwaerdige beschrijvinge van de Oost-Indische reyse van Willem Ysbrantsz. Bontekoe van Hoorn, begrijpende veel wonderlijcke en gevaerlijcke saecken hem daer in wedervaren ('Journal, or memorable description, of the East-Indian voyage of Willem Ysbrantz. Bontekoe of Hoorn, comprising many wondrous and dangerous things experienced by him'). In 1616, the explorer Willem Corneliszoon Schouten braved furious storms as he rounded the southernmost tip of South America. He named it Kaap Hoorn (Cape Horn) in honour of his home town. Hoorn's fortunes declined somewhat in the eighteenth century. The prosperous trading port became little more than a sleepy fishing village on the Zuiderzee. Following the Napoleonic occupation, there was a period during which the town gradually turned its back on the sea. It developed to become the market for the entire West Frisian agricultural region. Stallholders and shopkeepers devoted themselves to trading in dairy produce and seeds. When the railway and metalled roads came to Hoorn in the late nineteenth century, the town rapidly took its rightful place as a conveniently located and readily accessible centre in the network of towns and villages which make up the province of Noord-Holland. In 1932, the Afsluitdijk, or Great Enclosing Dyke, was completed and Hoorn was no longer a seaport. The years after the Second World War saw a period of renewed growth. At the centre of a flourishing horticultural region, Hoorn developed an extremely varied economy. During the 1960s, Hoorn was designated an 'overflow' city to reduce pressure on the overcrowded Randstad (mainly Amsterdam) region. Thousands of people swapped their cramped little apartments in Amsterdam for a family house with garden in one of Hoorn's modern new developments. IF YOU'RE PLANNING TO VISIT HOLLAND, YOU SHOULD VISIT HOORN! Hoorn, Station, Treinen, Spoorwegen, Nederlandse, Holland, Zug, Bahn, Intercity, Sprinter, Spoorweg, Railroad, Train, Commuter, Dutch Railways, Locomotive, Dubbeldekker, Koploper, Stoptrein, DDM, DDZ, VIRM, Randstad, NID, Westfriesland, Kaasmarkt, Cheese market, Steam train, Steam tram, Dampflock, Zug, Museumbahn, Volendam, Enkhuizen, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Schagen, Flowers, Tulips, Bulbs, IJsselmeer, Lake, Watersport, Tourism, Käsemarkt, Half Moon, Halve Maen, Harbour, Gouden Eeuw, Valk Hotel, day trip, coach trip, boat trip, canal boat, ferry terminal, defence works, VOC, East Indian Company, Westfries Museum, Affiche Museum, Museum van de twintigste eeuw, Museum stoomtram Hoorn Medemblik, OudHoorn, VIRM, DDZ, SGM, DDZ, SLT

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