Things to see in Haarlem
Haarlem is a city in Netherlands, with an urban population of about 350 thousand. Below are 20 notable places within about 7 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Frans Hals Museum Museum
The Frans Hals Museum (formerly Stedelijk Museum van Haarlem) is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem.
2Teylers Museum Art
Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science.
3Grote Kerk Place of worship
The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church located on the central market square (Grote Markt) in the Dutch city of Haarlem.
4Cathedral of Saint Bavo Place of worship
The Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a cathedral in Haarlem, the Netherlands, built by Joseph Cuypers from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former waterstaatskerk in the Jansstraat called the St. Joseph.
5Zuid-Kennemerland National Park Nature
Zuid-Kennemerland National Park is a conservation area on the west coast of the province of North Holland. It was established in 1995.
6Vleeshal Shopping
The Vleeshal is a historic building that was constructed in the early 17th century. It is located at the Grote Markt in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands.
7De Adriaan Museum
De Adriaan is a windmill in the Netherlands that burnt down in 1932 and was rebuilt in 2002. The original windmill dates from 1779 and the mill has been a distinctive part of the skyline of Haarlem for centuries.
8Museum of the Mind Dolhuys Museum
Museum van de Geest ("Museum of the Mind") was created in 2020 when Het Dolhuys ("The Madhouse"), the national museum for psychiatry in Haarlem, the Netherlands, merged with the Outsider Art Museum from Amsterdam.
9Corrie ten Boom House Museum
The Ten Boom Museum is a museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands, dedicated to The Hiding Place, the subject of a book by Corrie ten Boom.
10Fundatiehuis (Teyler) Museum
The Fundatiehuis is the former family home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst on the Damstraat 21 in Haarlem, Netherlands. After his death it became the seat of the Teylers Stichting and through its front door, visitors could reach the Oval room.
11Oval Room Landmark
The Oval Room in the Teylers Museum was the first part of the museum (though it was not called a museum yet) that was opened in 1784. It could be entered through the garden of the fundatiehuis, the former home of Pieter Teyler van der Hulst.
12Castle Brederode History
Brederode Castle, also called the Ruins of Brederode, is located near Santpoort-Zuid. The castle was founded in the second half of the 13th century by William I van Brederode (1215–1285).
13Grote Markt Neighbourhood
The Grote Markt is the central market square of Haarlem, Netherlands.
14Toneelschuur Arts & culture
De Schuur (previously known as Toneelschuur until 1 September 2021) is a theater in Haarlem, Netherlands.
15Amsterdamse Poort History
The Amsterdamse Poort is an old city gate of Haarlem, Netherlands. It is located at the end of the old route from Amsterdam to Haarlem and the only gate left from the original twelve city gates.
16Haarlemmerhout Park
The Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands. It lies on the south side of Haarlem, on the same old sandy sea wall that is shared by the public park Haagse Bos in The Hague and the Alkmaarderhout in Alkmaar.
17Hartekamp Park
Hartekamp, or Hartecamp, is the name of a villa in Heemstede, North Holland, the Netherlands, on the Bennebroek border. It was once the buitenplaats of George Clifford, who employed Carl Linnaeus in 1737 to write his Hortus Cliffortianus, a detailed description of the gardens of Hartecamp.
18De Cruquius Pumping Station Museum
The Museum De Cruquius (or Cruquiusmuseum) occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik (1678–1754), a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer ('Haarlem lake') dry.
19Nieuwe Kerk Place of worship
The Nieuwe Kerk is a historical Protestant Reformed church dating from the 17th century on the Nieuwe Kerksplein in Haarlem, Netherlands.
20Zijlpoort History
The Zijlpoort was a city gate in Haarlem, built in the 17th century. Salomon de Bray was involved in the design.
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