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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇳🇱 Netherlands · metro 84k · 406 venues mapped

Hilversum

Where Hilversum places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is kitchens open past midnight, where it ranks 203 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇳🇱 Bussum 6 km Nearest written profile 🇳🇱 Amsterdam 📖 26 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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Come for everything else Hilversum 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 & drink406 places mapped
12:00–21:30
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10%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
50h
open per week
Shops & errands141 places mapped
08:00–21:00
0006121824
0%
open past midnight
68%
open on Sundays
82h
open per week

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
157
umbrella days a year
36.8 m
of rain since 1981
102
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
256.4 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:29
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.8 h
longest day of the year
10
public holidays, 2024
14,122
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureHilversum RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 9.7% 203 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Tübingen 9.8%🇬🇧 Aldershot 9.7%🇺🇸 Corvallis 9.7%🇯🇵 Fukuyama 9.7%Hilversum🇺🇸 Huntington Station 9.7%🇯🇵 Numazu 9.7%🇷🇴 Râmnicu Vâlcea 9.7%🇬🇧 Cheltenham 9.6%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 50 h 224 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Cervia 50 h🇩🇪 Chemnitz 50 h🇫🇷 Clermont-Ferrand 50 h🇩🇪 Heilbronn 50 hHilversum🇧🇪 Mechelen 50 h🇩🇪 Minden 50 h🇯🇵 Naha 50 h🇳🇱 Oss 50 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 0.8% 463 of 1,878 🇳🇱 Enschede 0.9%🇯🇵 Komatsu 0.9%🇷🇺 Pskov 0.9%🇳🇱 Roosendaal 0.9%Hilversum🇳🇱 Hoorn 0.8%🇩🇪 Kempten (Allgäu) 0.8%🇦🇲 Yerevan 0.8%🇳🇱 Deventer 0.7%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 0.8% 376 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Bellingham 0.8%🇺🇸 Cleveland 0.8%🇷🇴 Constanța 0.8%🇺🇸 Duncanville 0.8%Hilversum🇺🇸 Las Cruces 0.8%🇺🇸 Las Vegas 0.8%🇺🇸 Lexington 0.8%🇺🇸 Little Rock 0.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0% 231 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Hennigsdorf 0%🇬🇧 Hereford 0%🇲🇽 Hermosillo 0%🇬🇧 High Wycombe 0%Hilversum🇩🇪 Hof 0%🇳🇱 Hoorn 0%🇹🇭 Hua Hin 0%🇪🇸 Huelva 0%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 67.7% 270 of 1,704 🇺🇾 Maldonado 68%🇵🇱 Szczecin 68%🇫🇷 Rouen 67.9%🇫🇷 Aix-en-Provence 67.8%Hilversum🇭🇷 Pula 67.4%🇪🇸 Vilanova i la Geltrú 67.4%🇳🇱 Eindhoven 67.3%🇭🇺 Debrecen 67%

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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