Soest, Netherlands

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Soest () is a municipality and town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht. It is about 6 km west of Amersfoort.

Population centres

The town of Soest

The oldest documents mentioning Soest (then written as Zoys) date from 1029. Its oldest church (the Oude Kerk, meaning Old Church), which is still in use today, dates from the fifteenth century. Traces of earlier habitation are found though. The area of "Hees", now at the outskirts of Soest may date in to the Early Middle Ages, and prehistoric burial mounds in the Soesterduinen point to early habitation in this area.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Gem-Soest-OpenTopo.jpg" caption="Topographic map of Soest"] ::

Agricultural activity is still visible as there is much farmland within Soest. The biggest area is in the center of the town, on a hill, and is called 'de Engh'. A small street is het Kerkpad (literally, the Church Path). The Soesterduinen (sand dunes), is a popular area for recreation.

Numerous churches depict the Calvinist/Catholic tradition of Soest and the region. Wilhelmina Kerk Soest, Gereformeerde Kerk Vrijgemaakt, Emmakerk and the Evangelie Gemeente Soest (meets in church building Julianakerk) are the main churches.

Soestduinen, meaning Soest Dunes, a small town between Soest and Soesterberg contains acres upon acres of sand dunes named the Lange Duinen (meaning the long dunes).

Currently some 50,000 inhabitants live in Soest, consisting mainly of commuters.

Transport

Soest has three railway stations:

The biggest of the three is Soest Zuid.

Soest can be reached by train from Utrecht (every half-hour, xx:06 and xx:36) and Baarn (xx:22 and xx:52); all trains stop at the three stations. The station of Soestduinen, situated between Utrecht Centraal and Amersfoort Centraal, was closed in 1998, after being in use for 135 years. It is now a restaurant.

The stations that can be reached directly from Soest are:

Soest has a number of bus stops and three bus lines, all of which leave from the bus station at Soest Zuid exactly at the half-hour. Line 70 however, travel both directions to Amersfoort and Hilversum. Line 74 travels within the town of Soest. And multiple others travel through Soest. (272 Bunschoten-Spakenburg to Uithof, Utrecht vv. More info found at 9292ov.nl for all the public transport connections

Notable people

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Dirk_Jan_de_Geer.jpg" caption="Dirk Jan de Geer, 1930"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/40/Janine_jansen-1488706691.JPG" caption="Janine Jansen"] ::

Sport

Business

Sport

There are four football clubs in Soest: SEC, VV Hees, SO Soest and VVZ '49. Soesterberg has its own football club, VV 't Vliegdorp.

Twin towns – sister cities

Soest is twinned with:

  • GER Soest, Germany, since 2004

Gallery

File:Museum Ald Soest 19.JPG|Museum Old Soest File:Soest Wilhelminalinde 8.JPG|Soest Wilhelminalinde File:Soest, Netherlands - autumn landscape 2015 (22743688092).jpg|Soest, Netherlands: autumn landscape File:Soest - Waterpomp op de kruising van de Kerkstraat en de Eemstraat.jpg|Soest: Waterpomp op de kruising van de Kerkstraat en de Eemstraat File:Hie zien we een gedeelte van Hees vanaf het kruispunt van de buurtschappen Wieksloot en Hees.jpg|Hie zien we een gedeelte van Hees vanaf het kruispunt van de buurtschappen Wieksloot en Hees

References

References

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  4. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941914/ IMDb Database] retrieved 29 April 2019
  5. (6 June 2006). "Stedenband Soest". Gemeente Soest.

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