🇳🇱 Netherlands · metro 171k · 502 venues mapped

Alkmaar

Where Alkmaar places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is shops open on sunday, where it ranks 138 of 1,704.

Nearest city 🇳🇱 Heemskerk 14 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 📖 30 km

Typical weather

1981–present

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coldcool warmhot

Come for everything else Alkmaar does a lot well. The weather is not on the list.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues

Food & drink502 places mapped

11:45–21:00

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open past midnight

92%

open on Sundays

53h

open per week

Shops & errands195 places mapped

08:00–21:00

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open past midnight

85%

open on Sundays

88h

open per week

Vital absurdities

measured

muggy days a year

nights/yr the bedroom never cools

days over 30 °C, of 16,630

volcanoes within 100 km

310.1 km

to West Eifel Volcanic Field

quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)

16:28

winter sunset (solar approx.)

16.9 h

longest day of the year

public holidays, 2024

14,156

km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues

Measure	Alkmaar	Rank	Nearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink	4.8%	252 of 1,878	🇺🇸 Lancaster 4.9%🇰🇪 Nairobi 4.9%🇺🇸 Puyallup 4.9%🇬🇧 Worcester 4.9%Alkmaar🇧🇦 Banja Luka 4.8%🇩🇪 Bielefeld 4.8%🇬🇫 Cayenne 4.8%🇩🇪 Darmstadt 4.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink	52.8 h	213 of 1,878	🇳🇱 Eindhoven 53 h🇩🇪 Kleve 53 h🇬🇧 Lowestoft 53 h🇮🇹 Cuneo 52.9 hAlkmaar🇫🇷 Cergy 52.8 h🇳🇱 's-Hertogenbosch 52.5 h🇳🇱 Apeldoorn 52.5 h🇮🇹 Busto Arsizio 52.5 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink	4%	432 of 1,878	🇷🇺 Kemerovo 4.1%🇸🇪 Linköping 4.1%🇷🇺 Tula 4.1%🇩🇪 Aachen 4%Alkmaar🇷🇺 Ivanovo 4%🇫🇷 Montbéliard 4%🇯🇵 Muroran 4%🇧🇷 Porto Alegre 4%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break	2.4%	360 of 1,878	🇮🇸 Reykjavik 2.5%🇲🇲 Sagaing 2.5%🇮🇷 Tehran 2.5%🇬🇧 Warrington 2.5%Alkmaar🇳🇱 Amersfoort 2.4%🇬🇧 Birmingham 2.4%🇨🇴 Bogota 2.4%🇨🇷 Cartago 2.4%
Never close at all% open 24/7	0.8%	223 of 1,878	🇪🇸 Sant Boi de Llobregat 0.9%🇺🇸 Santa Rosa 0.9%🇺🇸 Warren 0.9%🇩🇪 Aachen 0.8%Alkmaar🇬🇧 Bath 0.8%🇺🇸 Bellingham 0.8%🇩🇪 Bielefeld 0.8%🇺🇸 Chester 0.8%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail	84.7%	138 of 1,704	🇵🇹 Faro 85.2%🇨🇴 Riohacha 85%🇬🇧 Salisbury 85%🇧🇴 Tarija 84.8%Alkmaar🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte 84.7%🇨🇦 Guelph 84.6%🇱🇧 Beirut 84.5%🇮🇹 Naples 84.5%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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