Stad van de Zon
Stad van de Zon is a housing and building project in Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands, based on a concept developed by Bert Smolders, then urban planner with Kuiper Compagnons, and further realized by the architect and urban planner Ashok Bhalotra.Places of Interest
Highlights include Heerhugowaard railway station and Alkmaar Noord railway station.
Heerhugowaard railway station
Railway station
Photo: Erik Baas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Heerhugowaard railway station serves the towns of Heerhugowaard and Broek op Langedijk, Netherlands. The station opened on 20 December 1865 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway and Heerhugowaard–Hoorn railway. Heerhugowaard railway station is situated 3 km northeast of Stad van de Zon.
Alkmaar Noord railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alkmaar Noord railway station is a suburban railway station in the town of Alkmaar, Netherlands. The station opened on 26 September 1980 and is located on the Den Helder–Amsterdam railway. The train services are operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Alkmaar Noord railway station is situated 3 km west of Stad van de Zon.
Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier
Government office
Photo: Brbbl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier is a government office, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Stad van de Zon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Butterhuizen and Sint Pancras.
Butterhuizen
Quarter
Butterhuizen, part of the former municipality of Heerhugowaard, is a neighbourhood of Heerhugowaard and a former hamlet in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands.
Sint Pancras
Village
Sint Pancras is a town in the northwestern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Dijk en Waard, North Holland, about 5 km northeast of Alkmaar.
Stad van de Zon
- Type: Quarter with 4,500 residents
- Description: housing project in the Netherlands
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Western Netherlands, Netherlands, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
52.64614° or 52° 38′ 46″ northLongitude
4.80681° or 4° 48′ 25″ eastPopulation
4,500Open location code
9F46JRW4+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 8785167202OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarterWikidata ID
Q2154791
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Luxembourgish—“Stad van de Zon” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Stad van de Zon”
- French: “Stad van de Zon”
- Luxembourgish: “Stad van de Zon”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zuidwijk 2 and Butterhuizen 2.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wijkcentrum De Zon and Koningsboom.
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