Historic Hoorn Walk Through Maritime and Medieval Heritage
Begin the tour at the Maria Tower and learn about its role as a medieval defence structure and gunpowder storage tower.
Walk to the St. George and St. Sebastian Gates and hear stories of civic guards and Hoorn's early defensive organisation.
Visit the VOC warehouses on Onder de Boompjes, where valuable spices and goods from Asia were stored during the Dutch Golden Age.
Continue to the VOC Chamber Hoorn in Muntstraat and learn how it operated as a regional headquarters for the East India Company.
View the Statenlogement and discover its importance as a provincial guesthouse for regional rulers and political representatives.
See the Grote Kerk and discuss its history as a Reformed church and the religious conflicts that took place there.
Walk along Oude Doelenkade and observe historic warehouses named after ships that sailed to the Baltic and Mediterranean.
Stop at the Bossu Houses and learn about the Battle of the Zuiderzee and its heroic legacy in Hoorn.
Visit the Hoofdtoren, Hoorn's iconic harbour defence tower from 1532, and enjoy views over the waterfront.
See the sculpture of the Ship Boys of Bontekoe and hear the story of the famous 17th-century voyage.
Pass by 't Schippershuis Café and learn about the Dutch hit song that was written there.
Arrive at Roode Steen Square and explore its history as the city's central square, execution site, and political centre.
Observe the exterior of the Westfries Museum and learn about its role as the former seat of regional government.
End the tour at De Waag, the Renaissance weigh house that played a vital role in Hoorn's grain trade.
