Haarlem boasts an old centre with plenty of monumental buildings. As the city was home to several first class Dutch painters, including Frans Hals, there’s a lot of art to go around. Haarlem was the best shopping city of the country several times. Other towns may lay claims to that title, but Haarlem’s centre undisputably offers a colorful mix of large chain stores, specialty shops, boutiques and art galleries. A broad range of bars and restaurants makes the picture complete. The famous New York City neighbourhood of Harlem is named after this once powerful Dutch city.
Tourism in Haarlem, The Netherlands
Turismo en Haarlem, Países Bajos
Haarlem’s main market square, with the huge Saint Bavo Church right on it, is the heart of the old city. Not only the church, but several monumental buildings can be found on different sides of the square and when the weather allows, it’s lined with outdoor café terraces. There is also the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster, locally called “Lautje”, a pioneer of book printing who has become an icon of Haarlem. The city is notable for its many hofjes (almshouses) built around courtyards. More than 20 of them still exist in the city. Some of them are open to the public.
Tourismus in Haarlem, Niederlande
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The Teylers’ Museum is the oldest museum in the Netherlands (open since 1784). The collection is broad, reminding one of 18th-century curiosity cabinets. Apart from a fine collection of paintings and drawings, including works by Rembrandt and Michelangelo, it has a great collection of fossils, minerals and antique scientific instruments on display, but also medals and coins.
During World War II, the Ten Boom family, who lived and ran a watch shop in Haarlem. They used the top floor to hide Jews and others from the Nazis. After being discovered by the Nazis in 1944, only Corrie Ten Boom survived. She wrote several books about her experiences, which served as a basis for the Ten Boom museum that was opened after her death in the 1980s.
السياحة في هارلم ، هولندا
Tourisme à Haarlem, Pays-Bas
The History Museum (city museum Haarlem) is a small museum which offers a glimpse of old Haarlem. During the city’s Golden Age, Haarlem was a thriving commercial centre rivalling Amsterdam. Back then, the town was a port on the large Haarlemmer Lake, with the North Sea only about five miles away (threatened by floods, residents eventually diverted the lake into canals to preserve shipping business and then pumped the remaining land dry). As well as being the tulip capital, Haarlem was a manufacturing centre producing wool, silk, lace, damask cloth, furniture, smoking pipes (along with cheap, locally-grown tobacco), and massive quantities of beer. Haarlemmers were notorious consumers of beer. It was a popular breakfast drink, and the average person drank six pints a day.
Molen De Adriaan (windmill) on the benches of the river Spaarne was of the main landmarks of Haarlem for centuries, until it was destroyed in a 1932 fire. Several plans to rebuild it failed due to lack of funds, but in 2002 the windmill was finally fully restored to former glory. It’s functional, for tourist purposes, and holds a small museum.
Туризм в Харлеме, Нидерланды
Toerisme in Haarlem, Nederland
Het Dolhuys is a national museum for psychiatry. The museum was founded in 2005 in the newly renovated former old age home known as Schoterburcht, located just across the Schotersingel from the Staten Bolwerk park. The whole complex is much older than that however, having been a hospital for centuries known as the Leproos-, Pest- en Dolhuys.
Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands and has a “Hertenkamp” (Deer-park). Villa Welgelegen is located at the north end of this park. It is a historical building which houses the offices of the provincial executives of North Holland. It is an example of neoclassical architecture, unusual for its style in the Netherlands.
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Wisata di Haarlem, Belanda
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