Baarn ( Dutch pronunciation: [baːr(ə)n] ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, near Hilversum in the province of Utrecht .
11-546: The Baarnse Bos is a park/forest in the southern part of the municipality of Baarn , the province of Utrecht (province) , the Netherlands. The area of the forest if approximately 80 hectares (200 acres) and is adjacent to the Soestdijk Palace . The forest is limited by Amsterdamse Straatweg ( N221 ) in the west, Lt. Generaal van Heutszlaan in the north, the railway connecting Amsterdam and Amersfoot, as well as Torenlaan in
22-700: A wreck by British warships. Baarn railway station Baarn is a railway station on the Amsterdam–Zutphen railway and the Den Dolder–Baarn railway located in Baarn , Netherlands . The station is operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS). The station was opened on 10 June 1874. Baarn station is the station the Dutch monarchy uses for travel to Soestdijk Palace , and is one of three stations in
33-461: The Dutch royal family . Since the end of the 19th century, it has been accessible for general public. 52°12′36″N 5°16′57″E / 52.2101°N 5.2825°E / 52.2101; 5.2825 Baarn The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, Eembrugge , Lage Vuursche . Baarn, the main town of the municipality, received city rights in 1391. The town lies about 8 km east of Hilversum . In 2001,
44-564: The KNSM, assigned to the allied invasion fleet for Sicily and sailing in convoy KWS 16, loaded from Alexandria with tanks, trucks, ammunition and petrol (in cans) and 4 LCMs, under captain LH Mager, 11 July 1943, anchored off the coast of Sicily, on the roadstead of Avola, attacked by 12 German bombers. The 'Baarn' is hit and catches fire. All those on board manage to save themselves and are on the landing beach within an hour. The 'Baarn' will later be sunk as
55-455: The country with an active royal waiting room . The station has four platforms . Platform 1, which is out of use, is joined to the station building. Platforms 2 and 3 form an island platform and are for trains to Amersfoort and Amsterdam . Platform 4 is used for trains to and from Utrecht Centraal . In the early days, the HSM had a railway station, for trains to Amsterdam and Amersfoort, this
66-457: The east, and Praamgracht in the south. The Soestdijk Palace is across Amsterdamse Straatweg, and the Baarnse Bos continues across this road as a large forest reaching Hilversum in the west. The Baarnse Bos was designed as a French landscape garden between 1733 and 1758. At the time, it was built around the land estate De Eult. In 1758, the estate, together with the forest, was transferred to
77-608: The town is home to a number of boutique international firms such as SEI Investments Company , Bain & Co and Cerberus Capital Management . Unilever's Conimex and software company Seyoda Games are located in Baarn. Baarn has a railway station - Baarn railway station , with trains going every half-hour to Utrecht ( Utrecht Centraal , 35 minutes), Amersfoort ( Amersfoort Centraal , 10 minutes) and Amsterdam ( Amsterdam Centraal , about 40 minutes). The A1 motorway runs just north of Baarn. Freighter SS ' Baarn' (1927) of
88-537: The town of Baarn had a population of 22,871. The urban area of the town was 4.66 km (1.80 sq mi), and consisted of 10,076 residences. The royal family owns several houses around Baarn. The Soestdijk Palace in Baarn was the home of Queen Emma , Queen Juliana and Juliana's husband prince Bernard . Crown prince Willem Alexander and his brothers attended school ( Nieuwe Baarnse School and Het Baarnsch Lyceum ) in Baarn when Queen Beatrix (then princess) and her family lived at Castle Drakesteijn in
99-538: The village of Lage Vuursche, before they moved to The Hague in 1980. A piece of forest, the Baarnse Bos , is adjacent to the palace and historically belonged to it. Baarn's shopping facilities are mainly located in the Laanstraat. Other visitor destinations include 'het Cantonspark ' (a botanical garden ) and Groeneveld Castle . In the north and east there are polders , and the river Eem . Recreation resources include
110-509: The woodlands south-west of Baarn, connecting Baarn to Soestdijk, and called 'Het Baarnsche Bos'. The Scout Centre Buitenzorg ( Scouting Nederland ) is located in Baarn. To the south lay the connecting road towards the city of Amersfoort , called 'Breemeentje'. This, approx. 10 km long straight of polder road, connects the town of Baarn to various roads in Soest and the industrial area of Amersfoort. Due to good communications with Amsterdam,
121-565: Was on the Oosterspoorweg , and the nearby station Baarn Buurtstation, which was for the train to Utrecht. In 1938 the companies became part of the station NS, however Baarn Buurtstation was not closed until the Stichtse lijn was electrified in 1948. The station was rebuilt, with a platform 4 for the Utrecht train, to prevent delays of Intercitys passing through the station. Since March 2009, platform 1
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