15 Facts About Hilversum

Hilversum is a city and municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

Hilversum is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe, and the Amsterdam metropolitan area; it is about 22 km from the centre of Amsterdam and about 15 km from the city of Utrecht.

Hilversum has one public library, two swimming pools, a number of sporting halls and several shopping centres .

Hilversum is located on the sandy, hilly parts of the Gooi, and has four hills: de closest to the centre of town in the Boomberg.

In 1767 Hilversum was still divided into 4 districts : the Neuquartier, Groestquartier, Kerkquartier and the Sandtbergerquartier.

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Hilversum has a variety of international schools, such as the Violenschool and International School Hilversum "Alberdingk Thijm".

The concentration of broadcasters in Hilversum has given it its enduring status as the media city for the Netherlands.

Hilversum was one of the first towns to have a local party of the populist movement called Leefbaar .

In 2001, Nagel from Leefbaar Hilversum teamed up with Leefbaar Utrecht leaders to found a national Leefbaar Nederland party.

Town of Hilversum has put a great deal of effort into improvements, including a recent renovation to its central train station, thorough renovation of the main shopping centre, and development of new dining and retail districts downtown including the "vintage" district in the Leeuwenstraat.

Hilversum is often called "media city", since it is the principal centre for radio and television broadcasting in the Netherlands, and is home to an extensive complex of radio and television studios and to the administrative headquarters of the multiple broadcasting organizations which make up the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system.

Hilversum is home to many newer commercial TV production companies.

Hilversum Airport is located in the southwest of the municipality.

Hilversum is well connected to the Dutch railway network, and has three stations.

Today, Leefbaar Hilversum has been reduced to only 1 seat, but some other parties have their origins in Leefbaar Hilversum:.