Den Helder

Den Helder is a port city in . It is the main base of the Royal Netherlands Navy and is also an important civilian port.
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  • Type: Town with 42,600 residents
  • Description: municipality in North Holland, Netherlands
  • Also known as: “Den Helder (gemeente)”, “Den Helder Municipality”, “Denheldera”, “gemeente Den Helder”, and “The Helder”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights: HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen and Dutch Navy Museum.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Museum
The is a naval museum in Den Helder, .

Railway station
Den Helder is a Terminus railway station in the naval town of Den Helder, The .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include De Kooy and ‘t Horntje.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . is situated 5 km southeast of Den Helder.

Hamlet
is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km north of Den Helder.

Den Helder

Latitude
52.958° or 52° 57′ 29″ north
Longitude
4.7603° or 4° 45′ 37″ east
Population
42,600
Open location code
9F46XQ56+54
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Den Helder” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Den Helder”
  • Arabic: “دن هيلدر”
  • Aragonese: “Den Helder”
  • Armenian: “Դեն Հելդեր”
  • Arpitan: “Lo Helder”
  • Asturian: “Den Helder”
  • Azerbaijani: “Den-Helder”
  • Balinese: “Den Helder”
  • Basque: “Den Helder”
  • Belarusian: “Хелдэр”
  • Breton: “Den Helder”
  • Catalan: “Den Helder”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeente Den Helder”
  • Chinese: “登海尔德”
  • Czech: “Den Helder”
  • Danish: “Den Helder”
  • Dutch: “Den Helder”
  • Esperanto: “Den Helder”
  • Finnish: “Den Helder”
  • French: “Le Helder”
  • German: “Den Helder”
  • Greek: “Ντεν Χέλντερ”
  • Hebrew: “דן הלדר”
  • Hindi: “डेन हेलडर”
  • Hungarian: “Den Helder”
  • Indonesian: “Den Helder”
  • Irish: “Den Helder”
  • Italian: “Den Helder”
  • Japanese: “デン・ヘルダー”
  • Javanese: “Den Helder”
  • Korean: “덴헬더르”
  • Kurdish: “Den Helder”
  • Ladin: “Den Helder”
  • Latvian: “Heldera”
  • Limburgan: “Den Helder”
  • Lithuanian: “Den Helderis”
  • Low German: “Den Helder”
  • Luxembourgish: “Den Helder”
  • Macedonian: “Ден Хелдер”
  • Malay: “Den Helder”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Den Helder”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Den Helder”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den Helder”
  • Norwegian: “Den Helder”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Den Helder”
  • Persian: “دن هلدر”
  • Polish: “Den Helder”
  • Portuguese: “Den Helder”
  • Romanian: “Den Helder”
  • Russian: “Ден-Хелдер”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Den Helder”
  • Scots: “Den Helder”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Den Helder”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Den Helder”
  • Slovenian: “Den Helder”
  • Spanish: “Den Helder”
  • Swahili: “Den Helder”
  • Swedish: “Den Helder”
  • Turkish: “Den Helder”
  • Ukrainian: “Ден-Гелдер”
  • Urdu: “ڈین ہیلڈر”
  • Venetian: “Den Helder”
  • Vietnamese: “Den Helder”
  • Vlaams: “Den Helder”
  • Volapük: “Den Helder”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Den Helder”
  • Welsh: “Den Helder”
  • Western Frisian: “De Helder”
  • Wu Chinese: “登海尔德”
  • Zeeuws: “D’n Elder”
  • Zeeuws: “Den Helder”
  • “Den Helder”

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