Coordinates: 52

° 38 N 4 ° 44 E / 52.633, 4.733 Alkm aar - a town in north-western Netherlands, in the province of Nor th Holland, situated on the Canal Północnoholenderskim. The fir st mention of Alkmaar reach the tenth century AD. Municipal law g ave him June 11, 1254 Earl Floris V, whose sarcophagus is now in the square in the heart of the city Sint Laurenskerk. Alkmaarowi fame came in 1573, when the city crew was able to repel the Spaniards led by Fernando Ă