travel42 Port Guide: Hoorn

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Hoorn makes an attractive day trip from Amsterdam because of its colorful history and charming village atmosphere.

Hoorn was mightily enriched because its harbor was a key hub for the Dutch East India Co. The company's men circled the globe, and one, a Hoorn native, named the tip of South America for his hometown; we know it as Cape Horn.

Visitors can stroll around Hoorn's quaint harbor and along canals for a good look at redbrick, gabled row houses; the oldest date from the late 16th centur...