Editing Hoorn (section)

== Culture ==
[[File:20180719 079 hoorn.jpg|thumb|230px|Hoofdtoren]]
[[File:Nederland Hoorn 02.jpg|thumb|230px|Grote Kerk (left) and Koepelkerk]]

=== Architecture ===
Many of the houses in the historical city center date back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, especially in the area north of the harbor. Other notable buildings include:

* [[Hoofdtoren]] (1464), the former harbor control tower
* Maria-/Kruittoren (1508), a tower built in late [[Gothic architecture|gothic style]] as part of the [[city wall]]
* Oosterpoort (1578), the only remaining [[city gate]]
*[[Waag, Hoorn|Waag]] (1609), [[weigh house]] at the junction of Grote Oost and [[Roode Steen]]
* [[Statenlogement]] (1613), former city hall
* Burgerweeshuis (1620), the former [[orphanage]] in the Korte Achterstraat
* Statencollege (1632), which houses the [[Westfries Museum]]
* Koepelkerk (1882), a [[Basilicas in the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic basilica]]
* Claes Stapelhof (1682), a [[hofje]]

Hoorn has notable modern buildings as well, such as:
* [[Schouwburg Het Park]], a [[Theater (structure)|theater]] and congress center that was opened on 25 June 2004 by [[Queen Beatrix]]. The opening was delayed, as the [[fly tower]] collapsed in the night of 20 April 2001 due to faulty construction work.

=== Museums ===
Notable museums in Hoorn include:
* [[Westfries Museum]]
* [[Museum of the 20th Century]] (on the [[Oostereiland]])

===Cemeteries===
*[[Jewish cemetery, Hoorn]]