Eleven Dutch Towns from Winschoten to Breda in Order of Recorded Latitude, North to South

Recorded latitude 53.15 degrees north. Winschoten is the largest urban center and seat of government in the Oldambt region of the northeastern Netherlands. It received city rights in 1825, the last town in the Netherlands to be granted them, and it was a transit point for the deportation of its Jewish community during the Second World War.

Recorded latitude 53.0325 degrees north. Sneek lies southwest of Leeuwarden in Friesland and is the seat of the municipality of Sudwest-Fryslan. It hosts Sneekweek, described as the largest sailing event on inland European waterways, and is recognized for its Waterpoort watergate and its network of canals.

Recorded latitude 52.555 degrees north. Kampen stands on the lower IJssel River in Overijssel. It formally joined the Hanseatic League in 1441 and was one of the largest towns in the Northern Netherlands between the 14th and 16th centuries, and it keeps medieval city walls, three original gates and numerous churches.

Recorded latitude 52.5167 degrees north. Edam is a city in North Holland, historically famous for the cheese that bears its name. It is combined with the neighboring town of Volendam in the municipality of Edam-Volendam, and its name comes from a dam built on the small river De E, the site of the settlement's first foundation.

Recorded latitude 52.505 degrees north. Purmerend is a city and municipality in North Holland, surrounded by polders including the Purmer, Beemster and Wormer. It grew slowly until the 1960s and became a commuter town for people who work, study or spend leisure time in Amsterdam, as part of the Randstad.

Recorded latitude 52.3 degrees north. Weesp lies on the river Vecht in North Holland and merged into the municipality of Amsterdam on 24 March 2022 after a 2018 referendum. It was granted city rights in 1355, was fortified as part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, and became known from 1759 for the first Dutch porcelain and later for Van Houten chocolate.

Recorded latitude 52.0611 degrees north. Zoetermeer is a city in South Holland that covers 37.05 square kilometers, of which 2.60 square kilometers is water. It began as a suburb of The Hague, remains part of the Greater The Hague urban area, and had grown from a village of 6,392 inhabitants in 1950.

Recorded latitude 52.02 degrees north. IJsselstein is a municipality and city in the province of Utrecht, named for the Hollandse IJssel river that flows through it. It received city rights in 1331, is served by the Sneltram light rail line, and has two churches dedicated to St. Nicholas, a surviving castle tower and the 366.8 meter Gerbrandy Tower television mast.

Recorded latitude 51.95 degrees north. Bredevoort is a small city in the municipality of Aalten in Gelderland, first named in a 1188 property record of the Archbishop of Cologne. Maurice of Nassau conquered it in 1597 and Spanish forces retook it in 1606, and it has since rebranded itself as a book town with more than twenty second-hand bookshops.

Recorded latitude 51.9017 degrees north. Brielle, also called Den Briel in Dutch and Brill in English, is a historic seaport in South Holland on the north side of the island of Voorne-Putten at the mouth of the New Maas. The Capture of Brielle by Protestant rebels on April 1, 1572 marked a turning point in the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule and is still celebrated annually.

Recorded latitude 51.5889 degrees north. Breda is a city and municipality in North Brabant whose name derives from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. It is part of the Brabantse Stedenrij, is the third largest in North Brabant after Eindhoven and Tilburg, and lies roughly equidistant from Rotterdam and Antwerp.