Hoorn is a typical town in the former Zuiderzee. The pretty Doelenkade houses testify to Hoorn's once prosperous overseas trade and fishing activities. Their crow-step gables are decorated with maritime patterns. The Hoofdtoren is a semi-circular tower built in 1532 to defend the entry into the port. Willem Schouten was the first to reach the southern most tip of America and gave it the name of his home town: Cape Horn.
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