Hoofddorp
Sign in to saveHoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained.
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Place details
- Locality
- Hoofddorp
- Region
- Noord-Holland
- Country
- Nederland
- Population
- 132,734
- Timezone
- Europe/Amsterdam
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hoofddorp
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- nl
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Hoofddorp., het Polderhuis (RM510067) in straatzicht foto3 20115-08-28 16.33.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Polderhuis: seat of the regional water board
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Netherlands#Netherlands North Holland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- top
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in the Netherlands##Location in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Netherlands
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Holland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Haarlemmermeer
- Settlement.elevation_m
- -4.2
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 37.85
- Settlement.population_total
- 77,885
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Home - hoofddorpcentrum
Hoofddorp Centrum is het hart van Haarlemmermeer waar winkelen, werken, wonen, uitgaan en cultuur uitstekend worden gecombineerd.
hoofddorpwinkelstad.nl →Link to the official site · 10,524 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- hoofddorpwinkelstad.nl
- Image
- Hoofddorp beursplein.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hoofddorp
- postal code
- 2130–2135
- Commons gallery
- Hoofddorp
- inception
- 1853-01-01
- P8168
- stretching
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Travel guide
Understand
Hoofddorp translated in English means Head Village (or Main Village). It's the main village in the former lake named Haarlemmermeer, which turned into a polder due to land reclamation.
Get in
It's only from Amsterdam and it's the closest city to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport ().
Travelling by train from Schiphol is only one stop, about 4 minutes. To Amsterdam Centraal, it is about 25 minutes by train.
Get around
In Hoofddorp transport usually takes place by car or bicycle. There are some bus connections available from Connexxion. mainly passing the Hoofddorp train station, the Burgemeester van Stamplein (Hoofddorp centrum) and the Spaarne hospital. Buses are an easy way to get around. There are frequent bus routes connecting to and from Haarlem.
Buy
The city centre is in fact one big shopping mall, so in daytime there is a lot to do for those who like shopping. However, after the shops are closed there is almost nothing to do in this town.
Eat
Only places to go are some restaurants (which close about 22:00). Outside the city centre next to the highway A4 lays the McDonald's:
Drink
The town has about 3 bars, which are mostly crowded on Friday with young people. The bars close about 01:00 and in the weekend they close between 02:00 and 03:00. There's one big discothèque which is open on Friday and Saturday (sometimes also on Thursday or Sunday). Every month on a Friday there is a very big party from 20:00 till 02:00 for singles which is called Relatieplanet.
Sleep
There are a lot of hotels nearby, because of the vicinity of Schiphol Airport. In the city centre there is only one hotel. File:Overzicht Toren met ingangsportaal gezien vanaf de weg - Hoofddorp - 20407550 - RCE.jpg|Sint Johannes de Doper church File:Achterzijde Hoofdvaartkerk en pastorie.JPG|The Hoofdvaartkerk seen from the back File:Gietstalen observatiekoepel in het voorgebouw - Hoofddorp - 20339331 - RCE.jpg|Remains of the Hoofddorp fort spread amongst the rural countryside around the town File:Mannetje van Hoofddorp 2.jpeg|The 7-metre-tall aluminium "little man of Hoofddorp" File:Nio Amazing Whalejaw 09.jpg|The Amazing Whalejaw, an oversized sculpture that serves as a bus stop next to the Hoofddorp train station File:Eerstelling.jpg|De Ersteling, a historic windmill designated a national monument File:Voormalig raadhuis.JPG|The old Town House of Hoofddorp File:Polderhuis van het waterschap Groot-Haarlemmermeer 2012-09-21 10-50-41.jpg|The Polderhuis, seat of the local water board
Go next
Another nice city nearby is Haarlem, which is about 20 minutes by bus. Zandvoort's beach is about 35 minutes by bus or bicycle.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Landmarks
- Historical Museum
- Transport
- Government and infrastructure
- Private transport
- Sports
- Economy
- Notable residents
- References
- Notes
- External links
Hoofddorp (; ) is the main town of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands. In 2021, the population was 77,885. The town was founded in 1853, immediately after the Haarlemmermeer had been drained.
== History == After the draining of the Haarlemmermeer, two villages, Kruisdorp (Crossvillage) and Venneperdorp (Vennepervillage), were founded in the centre of the polder. In 1868, they were renamed to Hoofddorp, as there already was another Kruisdorp in Zeeland, and Nieuw-Vennep respectively. Hoofddorp became more prosperous than Nieuw-Vennep, and it rapidly became the most important place of the district.
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