Alkmaar
Alkmaar is a historic city in the Province of North Holland in the Netherlands, about 10 km inland from the coast, and 40 km north-west of Amsterdam. The city's population is about 95 000, the whole urban area has about twice that number.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include AFAS Stadion and Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk.
AFAS Stadion
Stadium
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AFAS Stadion is a stadium in Alkmaar, Netherlands. It is used for football matches and is the home stadium of AZ Alkmaar. AZ's women's team also plays select matches in the stadium.
Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk
Museum
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Grote or Sint-Laurenskerk is a Reformed Protestant church in Alkmaar, Netherlands. At present, it is not used for church services; it is mostly closed in the winter and open for tourists in the summer months or by appointment.
Alkmaar railway station
Railway station
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Alkmaar railway station serves the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands. It is located approximately 40 km northwest of Amsterdam. The station opened on 20 December 1865 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Heiloo and Bergen.
Heiloo
Heiloo is a municipality and town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The community is part of the cooperation region Kennemerland and is located in the historical region of West Friesland. Heiloo had a population of 24,144 in 2021.
Bergen
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Bergen is an artist village and upper-income suburb in North Holland, popular among travellers for its seaside beaches and dunes. A few kilometers further north are the villages of Schoorl and Groet, both near enough to walk from Bergen, with the Schoorlse Duinen nature reserve as its main tourist attraction.
Broek op Langedijk
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Broek op Langedijk is a village in the municipality of Dijk en Waard in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.
Alkmaar
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Alkmaar” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Alkmaar”
- Albanian: “Alkmaar”
- Arabic: “ألكمار”
- Arabic: “الكمار”
- Aragonese: “Alkmaar”
- Armenian: “Ալկմար”
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- Azerbaijani: “Alkmar”
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- Belarusian: “Алкмаар”
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- Breton: “Alkmaar”
- Bulgarian: “Алкмар”
- Catalan: “Alkmaar”
- Cebuano: “Gemeente Alkmaar”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەڵکمار”
- Chinese: “Alkmaar”
- Chinese: “阿尔克马尔”
- Chinese: “阿爾克馬爾”
- Czech: “Alkmaar”
- Danish: “Alkmaar”
- Dimli (individual language): “Alkmaar”
- Dutch: “Alkmaar (gemeente)”
- Dutch: “Alkmaar”
- Dutch: “Gemeente Alkmaar”
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- Estonian: “Alkmaar”
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- German: “Alkmaar”
- Greek: “Άλκμααρ”
- Hebrew: “אלקמאר”
- Hungarian: “Alkmaar”
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- Irish: “Alkmaar”
- Italian: “Alkmaar”
- Japanese: “アルクマール”
- Javanese: “Alkmaar”
- Kazakh: “Алкмар”
- Korean: “알크마르”
- Kurdish: “Alkmaar”
- Latin: “Alcmaria”
- Latin: “Alkmaar, Alckmaer”
- Latvian: “Alkmāra”
- Limburgan: “Alkmaar”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Alkmaar”
- Lithuanian: “Alkmaras”
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- Min Nan Chinese: “Alkmaar”
- Nepali: “अल्कमार”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alkmaar”
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- Occitan (post 1500): “Alkmaar”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alcmære”
- Persian: “آلکمار”
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- Romanian: “Alkmaar”
- Russian: “Алкмар”
- Saterfriesisch: “Alkmaar”
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- Serbian: “Алкмар”
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- Swedish: “Alkmaar”
- Tamil: “அல்க்மார்”
- Tatar: “Алкмар”
- Thai: “อาลค์มาร์”
- Turkish: “Alkmaar”
- Ukrainian: “Алкмар”
- Urdu: “الکمار”
- Venetian: “Alkmaar”
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- Waray (Philippines): “Alkmaar”
- Welsh: “Alkmaar”
- Western Frisian: “Alkmar”
- Wu Chinese: “阿尔克马尔”
- Yue Chinese: “阿爾克馬爾”
- Zeeuws: “Alkmaar”
- Zeeuws: “Alkmaer”
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