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	Topics Baarn Topic Home Population centres The municipality of Baarn consists of the following towns: Baarn, EembruggeEembrugge Eembrugge is a small village on the river Eem, east of Baarn.... , Lage VuurscheLage Vuursche Lage Vuursche is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht.... . The town Baarn Baarn, the main town of the municipality, received city rightsCity rights in the Netherlands City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries.... in 1391. The town lies about 8 km east of HilversumFacts About Hilversum Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.... . In 2001, the town of Baarn counted 22871 inhabitants. The urban area of the town was 4.66 km² wide, and contained 10076 residences. The royal family owns several houses around Baarn. The Soestdijk PalaceFacts About Soestdijk Palace Soestdijk Palace is one of the four official palaces of the Dutch royal family.... in Baarn was the home of Queen Emma, Queen JulianaJuliana of the Netherlands Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld, was Que... and Juliana's husband prince Bernard. Crown prince Willem Alexander and his brothers attended school (Nieuwe Baarnse School and Baarnsch Lyceum) in Baarn when Queen BeatrixBeatrix of the Netherlands Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, has been the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands since April 30, 1980.... (then princess) and her family lived at Castle DrakesteijnDrakesteijn Drakesteijn or Drakestein is the former residence of Crown Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus.... in the village of Lage Vuursche, before they moved to The HagueThe Hague The Hague is the third-largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 472,087 and an... in 1980. Baarn has nice shopping facilities, mainly located in the Laanstraat. Other places worth visiting include 'het Cantonspark' (a botanic Garden) and Kasteel (=castle) Groeneveld. In the north and west there are polderFacts About Polder A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes.... s, and the river EemEem The Eem is a river in north Utrecht Province in the Netherlands with a length of approximately .... . The woodlands south-west of Baarn, connecting Baarn to Soestdijk, are called 'Het Baarnsche Bos', have good possibilities for recreation. To the south lay the connecting road towards the city of AmersfoortAmersfoort ... , called 'Breemeentje'. This, approx. 10km long strecht of polder road, connects the town of Baarn to various roads in Soest and the industrial area of Amersfoort. It has a railroad station, with trains going every half hour to UtrechtUtrecht (city) Utrecht is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht.... (38 minutes) AmersfoortFacts About Amersfoort ... (7 minutes) and AmsterdamAmsterdam ', the official capital of the Netherlands, lies on the banks of two bodies of water, the IJ bay and the Amstel river.... (about 45 minutes). The A1 highway runs close to Baarn. Well-known people from Baarn Fanny Blankers-KoenFanny Blankers-Koen Fanny Blankers-Koen was a Dutch athlete, best known for winning four gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.... was born in Baarn in 1918 M. C. EscherM. C. Escher Summary Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and me... lived and worked in Baarn from 1941 to 1970 Michiel HornMichiel Horn Michiel Steven Daniel Horn is a Canadian professor and historian.... was born in Baarn on September 3, 1939 Twin city Klášterec nad OhríKlášterec nad Ohrí Kl?terec nad Ohr? is a town in the ?st? nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic.... , Czech RepublicCzech Republic The Czech Republic , a member state of the European Union , is a landlocked country in Central Europe.... External links