BAARN, a town in the province of Utrecht, Holland, 5m. by rail east of Hilversum, at the junction of a branch line to Utrecht. Pop. (1930) I 2,141. It is in picturesque wooded surroundings, and is a favourite summer resort of people from Amsterdam. The Baarnsche Bosch, or wood, stretches southward to Soestdyk, where there is a royal country seat, originally acquired by the State in 1795. In 1816 the estate was presented by the nation to the prince of Orange (afterwards King William II.) in recognition of his services at the battle of Quatre Bras.