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Bussum became independent from Naarden in 1817, yet it was not until the arrival of a railway line in 1874 that Bussum began to flourish.

Two train stations were built in the town, that still exist today: Naarden-Bussum and Bussum Zuid ( Dutch for Bussum South ), both on the connection between Amsterdam and Hilversum.

The stations and the road network fostered the town's status as a satellite town of Amsterdam, allowing for reverse commute also to Hilversum.

From 1898 until 1907, Bussum housed the first Dutch socialist colony after the example of Thoreau's Walden, set up by the writer and psychiatrist Frederik van Eeden.

In 1951, Bussum hosted the first Dutch national TV broadcast and the national TV studios were located there until 1964.