Harlingen

Although it is one of the eleven Frisian cities, Harlingen is perhaps the least of them all, and few people speak the Frisian language as their mother tongue.
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  • Type: Town with 14,700 residents
  • Description: town in Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Also known as: Harlingen, Netherlands
  • Postal codes: 8861 and 8862

Places of Interest

Highlights include Harlingen railway station and Hannemahuis.

Railway station
Harlingen is a railway station located in Harlingen, . The station was opened on 27 October 1863 and is located on the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway.

Museum
is a museum.

Railway station
Harlingen Haven is an unstaffed railway station in Harlingen, . The station was opened on 27 October 1863 and is the western terminus station of the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Midlum and Wijnaldum.

Village
is a village in north . It is located in the municipality of Harlingen, and has a population of around 645. The village was first mentioned in the 13th century as Middelum, and means "settlement in the middle".

Village
is a village in northwest , the . The village lies within the municipality of Harlingen, however, prior to 1984, it was a part of the municipality of Barradeel. is situated 4 km northeast of Harlingen.

Village
is a village in Súdwest-Fryslân municipality in the province of , the . It had a population of around 565 in January 2017. is situated 4 km south of Harlingen.

Harlingen

Latitude
53.1752° or 53° 10′ 31″ north
Longitude
5.4142° or 5° 24′ 51″ east
Population
14,700
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
NL HAR
Open location code
9F575CG7+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 235273940
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2754817
Wiki­data ID
Q60475
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Harlingen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Harlingen
  • Arabic: هارلينجن
  • Aragonese: Harns
  • Belarusian: Харлінген (Нідэрланды)
  • Belarusian: Харлінген
  • Catalan: Harlingen
  • Cebuano: Harlingen
  • Chinese: Harlingen
  • Chinese: 哈灵根
  • Chinese: 哈靈根
  • Czech: Harlingen
  • Danish: Harlingen
  • Dutch: Harlingen (stad)
  • Dutch: Harlingen
  • Dutch: Harns
  • Egyptian Arabic: هارلينجن
  • Esperanto: Harlingen
  • French: Harlingen
  • French: Harns
  • Galician: Harlingen
  • Galician: Harns
  • German: Harlingen
  • German: Harns
  • Hungarian: Harlingen
  • Indonesian: Harlingen
  • Irish: Harlingen
  • Italian: Harlingen
  • Japanese: ハーリンゲン
  • Japanese: ハルリンゲン
  • Javanese: Harlingen
  • Korean: 하를링언
  • Kurdish: Harlingen, Friesland
  • Kurdish: Harlingen
  • Limburgan: Harlingen
  • Lithuanian: Harlingenas
  • Low German: Harlingen
  • Luxembourgish: Harlingen
  • Malay: Harlingen
  • Min Nan Chinese: Harlingen
  • Northern Frisian: Harns
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Harlingen
  • Norwegian: Harlingen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Harlingen
  • Persian: هارلینگن
  • Polish: Harlingen
  • Polish: Harns
  • Portuguese: Harlingen
  • Romanian: Harlingen
  • Russian: Харлинген
  • Saterfriesisch: Harns
  • Slovak: Harlingen
  • Spanish: Harlingen
  • Swedish: Harlingen, Nederländerna
  • Swedish: Harlingen
  • Turkish: Harlingen
  • Ukrainian: Гарлінген
  • Vietnamese: Harlingen, Friesland
  • Vietnamese: Harlingen, Hà Lan
  • Vietnamese: Harlingen
  • Vlaams: Harlingen
  • Volapük: Harlingen
  • Waray (Philippines): Harlingen, Nederlandes
  • Waray (Philippines): Harlingen
  • Western Frisian: Harns
  • Zeeuws: Harlingen

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Harlingen”. Photo: Jan dijkstra, CC BY-SA 4.0.