City walk Hoorn: Oosterpoort and Markermeer

You will find restaurant café Ridderikhoff in the historic center of Hoorn in a beautiful old building. An ideal place to enjoy a cup of coffee, lunch or dinner. Ridderikhoff is a learning and workplace for people at a distance from the labor market who have a passion for the catering industry. After Amsterdam, Hoorn was the most important port city in the area for centuries. Hoorn is the unofficial capital of the West Friesland region and part of the center is a protected cityscape. On the Grote Oost you see one historic building after another. You will also walk past the sixteenth-century Oosterpoort, the only remaining city gate in Hoorn. You can walk out of the city via the Binnenhaven and Karperkuil for a look at the beautiful Markermeer.