Haarlem

Haarlem, tourist information

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Coat of arms of Haarlem
Coat of arms of Haarlem

Number of inhabitants: 162.046
Number of national monuments: 1.147

Summary of Haarlem

Haarlem City Hall
Haarlem City Hall

The beautiful city of Haarlem is the capital of the province of North Holland, Haarlem is a medium-sized city in North Holland.
Haarlem has more than 160.000 inhabitants and is known for the cozy atmosphere that can be found in the city. Haarlem is therefore worth a visit. You can also enjoy endless shopping in Haarlem.

Interesting history of Haarlem

Great Heiligland in Haarlem
Great Heiligland in Haarlem

Do you like cultural heritage? Then Haarlem is also an excellent city to visit, you can have a great time there. The city is and goes back at least 10 centuries, partly because of this Haarlem is also the 6th monument city in the Netherlands. So there is a lot to see, the city has 1.114 national monuments

Haarlem Landmarks

The Grote Markt in Haalem
The Grote Markt in Haalem

A number of examples of beautiful sights include the St. Bavo church, De Molen de Adriaan, the ruins of Brederode, and the town hall of Haarlem not enough! There are many more sights actually too many to mention.
The city center of Haarlem is all protected cityscape.

Shopping in Haarlem

The Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem.
The Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem.

Haarlem is also great for shopping, there is something for every target group. Haarlem was then named the best shopping city in the Netherlands in 1994, 2004 and 2005. Enough reason to go shopping here.

Haarlem:
Shopping evening: Thursday
Every Sunday shopping Sunday

Haarlem Activities

the Teylers Museum in Haarlem
the Teylers Museum in Haarlem

A culture lover can also enjoy themselves here in Haarlem.
There are many museums to visit. For the preliminary overview, take a look below.


MUSEUMS HAARLEMATTRACTIONS HAARLEM
  • ABC Architecture Center, all kinds of things to do and see in the field of architecture. Click here for the site.
  • Archaeological Museum, special found objects from the distant past. Click here for the site.
  • Corrie ten Boomhuis, the house of Corrie ten Boom (With war shelter). Click here for the site.
  • The Vishal, visual arts. Click here for the site.
  • Barrel Organ Museum, click here for the site.
  • Frans Hals Museum, museum of the Golden Age, including works by Frans Hals. Click here for the site.
  • Het the Dolhuys, an old madhouse, here used to live dolls (insane), lepers and plague sufferers. Click here for the site.
  • Museum Haarlem, history of Haarlem opposite Frans Hals museum. Click here for the site.
  • Teyler's Museum, the most beautiful and oldest museum in the Netherlands in a great building. Click here for the site.
  •  NZH Transport Museum, exhibition about the NZH tram and bus company. Click here for the site.
  • North Holland Archives, historical information center for the province of North Holland. Click here for the site.
  • Copernicus Public Observatory Foundation, Astro collection. Click here for the site.
  • Take a cruise or go sailing yourself through the canals of Haarlem, there are numerous companies in Haarlem that organize this.
  • Climb the tower of the Grote Kerk, PAY ATTENTION! Climbing must be requested and is only available on a few days. Click here for the site.
  • Linnaeushof, Europe's largest playground(>11km). Click here for the website
CINEMAS HAARLEMTHEATERS HAARLEM
  • Pathe Haarlem, cinema with regular program. Click here for the site.
  • movie barn, cinema with special program. Click here for the site.
  • Children's theater de Toverknol, click here for the site.
  • light factory, click here for the site.
  • patronage, click here for the site.
  • Philharmonic, click here for the site.
  • City Theatre, click here for the site.
  • Tonelschuur, click here for the site.

Nature & Parks in Haarlem

the Frederikspark in Haarlem
the Frederikspark in Haarlem

Do you like a green environment? Then you are also in the right place in Haarlem, because Haarlem is located next to a large dune area called Zuid-Kennemerland, which is also a National Park. If you like smaller parks, Haarlem offers these too. Some examples of nice parks are Haarlemmerhout, Kenaupark and Brouwerskolkpark

Steps in Haarlem

The Grote Markt in Haarlem
The Grote Markt in Haarlem


You can also walk in Haarlem, but the step area is not very large. You'd be better off moving to for example  Amsterdam this is a small one 20km from Haarlem

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