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Hoorn is located in the east of the North Holland peninsula, on the northwestern shore of the Markermeer – the second largest freshwater lake of the Netherlands. The city occupies an arc of land in the south of West Friesland at the northernmost end of a small bay named Hoornse Hop .
' Cheese Market '), is a square and a road junction in the city center of Hoorn, Netherlands. The Westfries Museum and the weigh house ( Waag ) are both located on the Roode Steen. A statue of Jan Pieterszoon Coen , made by Ferdinand Leenhoff , was placed on the square in 1893.
The museum was opened on 10 January 1880 and has been established in a monumental building dating to 1632. The museum 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.
The museum models the former City Hall in Hoorn, Netherlands. It has 17th century Dutch elements such as stepped facade gable , terra cotta roof tiles , carved stonework, and decorated shutters . The top of the building's front features a statue of David Pietersen de Vries , leader of the expedition that founded Swanendael.
The ride between Hoorn and Medemblik is often combined by tourists with a trip from Medemblik to Enkhuizen by boat. On the disused side of platform 2 of Huddersfield railway station in northern England, an old carriage is bolted to the ground, and set in its window is a Dutch plaque commemorating 100 years of Stoomtram Hoorn - Medemblik .
Oosterkerk or St. Anthony Church is a former Dutch Reformed Church in Hoorn, North Holland in the Netherlands. The church is a Rijksmonument and was designed in the Gothic style. The church's origins date back to 1450. The building that exists today was complete in 1616. Today, the church is a cultural center.