Nope, I didn't mistyped. It's Hoorn, not horn.. Hoorn is a city in the north part of Netherlands. It is located on the IJsselmeer, 35 kilometres north of Amsterdam, and acquired city rights in 1357. The area of the municipality is 52.49 km² (32.62 km² consists of water, mainly the Markermeer), and consists of the following villages and/or districts: Blokker, Hoorn, Zwaag, and parts of Bangert and De Hulk. Yup, here's the town where Jacob Blokker in 1896 open his first Blokker store. Nowadays Blokker has 600 store throughout Netherlands and 220 store in Belgium.
Hoorn was an important home base for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and a very prosperous centre of trade, which is another interesting fact. So the boat that came to Indonesia long-long time ago, was started from Hoorn.
My visit started from the train station, we walk across the city to reach the city center, it was Sunday, so all stores were closed. The city looks like typical dutch city, with old buildings and stuff.
In the center of the city, you will see a huge statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen. JP Coen was an officer of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia (VOC) in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was one of the Governor that change the main goal of VOC as trading to a government that change the social, politic and economic situation in Indonesia (not in a good way). JP Coen also well-known because he slaughters people in Banda as a way to monopolized the nutmeg.
We also paid a visit westfries museum while we were there. The Westfries Museum is a museum of regional history established in the Dutch city of Hoorn. It was opened on 10 January 1880 and has been established in a monumental building dating to 1632. This building originally belonged to the Gecommitteerde Raden van West-Friesland en het Noorderkwartier, as a part of the Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, and later became a court. Until 1932 part of the building housed the kanton's court and part its museum . They had rembrandt in black and white exhibition back then, so it was really interesting.
Walking our way, the next destination is the port, where all the ships that goes to Indonesia start from. Nowadays the port is used to host some of the water sport activities.
After tired of wandering around the city, one of my friend that lives in Hoorn invited us to join a BBQ at her house. The weather was nice and warm, the food was good, and we drove home with a beautiful sunset view, what a nice way to end a day.
Hoorn was an important home base for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and a very prosperous centre of trade, which is another interesting fact. So the boat that came to Indonesia long-long time ago, was started from Hoorn.
My visit started from the train station, we walk across the city to reach the city center, it was Sunday, so all stores were closed. The city looks like typical dutch city, with old buildings and stuff.
In the center of the city, you will see a huge statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen. JP Coen was an officer of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia (VOC) in the early seventeenth century, holding two terms as its Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. He was one of the Governor that change the main goal of VOC as trading to a government that change the social, politic and economic situation in Indonesia (not in a good way). JP Coen also well-known because he slaughters people in Banda as a way to monopolized the nutmeg.
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| Hoorn |
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| JP Coen |
We also paid a visit westfries museum while we were there. The Westfries Museum is a museum of regional history established in the Dutch city of Hoorn. It was opened on 10 January 1880 and has been established in a monumental building dating to 1632. This building originally belonged to the Gecommitteerde Raden van West-Friesland en het Noorderkwartier, as a part of the Staten van Holland en West-Friesland, and later became a court. Until 1932 part of the building housed the kanton's court and part its museum . They had rembrandt in black and white exhibition back then, so it was really interesting.
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| Inside Westfries Museum |
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| Wall of History |
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| Westfries Museum |
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| Hoornse Haven |
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| Hoornse Haven |
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| BBQ |
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| Sunset |