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 the Netherlands
  • Also known as: Den Helder Municipality” and “The Helder
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen and Dutch Navy Museum.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a Jan van Amstel-class minesweeper of the Royal Netherlands Navy. Built during the 1930s, she was based in the Dutch East Indies when Japan attacked at the end of 1941.

Museum
The is a naval museum in Den Helder, . The museum is dedicated to the history of the Koninklijke Marine. The most important ships the museum owns are:…

Railway station
Den Helder is a Terminus railway station in the naval town of Den Helder, The . The station opened on 20 December 1865, and is the most northerly station in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include De Kooy and ‘t Horntje.

Hamlet
is a hamlet in the province of . It is a part of the municipality of Den Helder, and lies about 5 kilometers south-east of the Den Helder city centre. 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
node 296048509
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2757219
Wiki­data ID
Q9911
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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
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  • Basque: Den Helder
  • Belarusian: Хелдэр
  • Breton: Den Helder
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  • Cebuano: Gemeente Den Helder
  • Chinese: Den Helder
  • Chinese: 登海尔德
  • Czech: Den Helder
  • Danish: Den Helder
  • Dutch: Den Helder (gemeente)
  • Dutch: Den Helder
  • Dutch: gemeente Den Helder
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  • Finnish: Den Helder
  • French: Den Helder
  • French: Le Helder
  • German: Den Helder
  • Greek: Ντεν Χέλντερ
  • Hebrew: דן הלדר
  • Hungarian: Den Helder
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  • Irish: Den Helder
  • Italian: Den Helder
  • Japanese: デン・ヘルダー
  • Javanese: Den Helder
  • Korean: 덴헬더르
  • Kurdish: Den Helder
  • Latvian: Denheldera
  • Latvian: Heldera
  • Limburgan: Den Helder
  • Lithuanian: Den Helderis
  • Low German: Den Helder
  • Luxembourgish: Den Helder
  • Macedonian: Ден Хелдер
  • Malay: Den Helder
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  • Norwegian Bokmål: Den Helder
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  • Occitan (post 1500): Den Helder
  • Persian: دن هلدر
  • Polish: Den Helder
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  • Romanian: Den Helder
  • Russian: Ден-Хелдер
  • Saterfriesisch: Den Helder
  • Scots: Den Helder
  • Scottish Gaelic: Den Helder
  • Serbo-Croatian: Den Helder
  • Slovenian: Den Helder
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  • Turkish: Den Helder
  • Ukrainian: Ден-Гелдер
  • Ukrainian: Ден-Хелдер
  • Venetian: Den Helder
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  • Waray (Philippines): Den Helder
  • Welsh: Den Helder
  • Western Frisian: De Helder
  • Wu Chinese: 登海尔德
  • Zeeuws: D’n Elder
  • Zeeuws: Den Helder

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