Haarlem attraction guides

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  Amsterdamse Poort Haarlem: Visiting the City Gate

  The Amsterdamse Poort is Haarlem's only surviving medieval city gate, built in 1355. It stands at the end of the Spaarnwouderstraat, is free to walk through, and takes about ten minutes to see. This guide covers where it is, why it is called the Amsterdamse Poort, and what to combine with a visit.

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  Frans Hals Museum Haarlem: What to See and When to Go

  The Frans Hals Museum is Haarlem's fine-arts museum and holds the largest collection of Frans Hals paintings in the world, in the old centre on Groot Heiligland. Here is what hangs inside, which days it opens, how long to allow and what to see nearby.

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  Grote Kerk Haarlem: Visiting the St.-Bavokerk on the Grote Markt

  The Grote Kerk Haarlem, properly the Grote of St.-Bavokerk, is the big Reformed Protestant church on the Grote Markt. Here is what to see inside, when it opens, how the Saturday guided tours work and how to fit it into a Haarlem city break.

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  Grote Markt Haarlem: What to See on the Square

  Haarlem's Grote Markt is the medieval heart of the city, ringed by the Grote of St.-Bavokerk, the Stadhuis and the Hal building of the Frans Hals Museum. Come on a Saturday for the big market, and allow an hour or more.

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  Haarlem City Hall: Visiting the Stadhuis on the Grote Markt

  Haarlem City Hall is a working civic building on the Grote Markt, facing the Grote or St. Bavokerk. Treat it as an exterior stop on a square circuit: see the facade, orient yourself against the church, then spend your time in the surrounding streets and on a guided walk that covers the monuments.

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  Het Dolhuys Haarlem: Visiting the Museum van de Geest

  Het Dolhuys is the historic Haarlem building; the museum inside it now trades as Museum van de Geest. Here is what a visit involves, from the Schotersingel address and Monday closure to ticket prices, the route options and how long to allow.

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  Hofje van Bakenes, Haarlem: Visiting the Oldest Hofje

  Hofje van Bakenes is a small, still-lived-in courtyard off the Bakenessergracht in central Haarlem, founded in 1395 and now home to eleven women. Visitors enter through a gate on the canal between numbers 64 and 66, on weekdays and Saturdays between 10:00 and 17:00.

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  Teylers Hofje, Haarlem: Visiting the Hidden Courtyard

  Teylers Hofje is a small almshouse courtyard on the Spaarne, not a museum, and 20 to 30 minutes is enough to see it properly. Here is where it sits, the visiting window currently listed, what the courtyard and gate look out onto, and how to pair it with Teylers Museum and the rest of central Haarlem.

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  Teylers Museum Haarlem: Visitor Guide to the Oldest Museum

  Teylers Museum packs art, natural history and science into one set of historic rooms on the Spaarne in Haarlem. Here is where it is, when it opens, what to look for inside and how much of a Haarlem day it takes.

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  Vleeshal Haarlem: Visiting the Old Meat Hall on the Grote Markt

  The Vleeshal is a compact historic hall on the corner of the Grote Markt, historically Haarlem's meat market and later used by the Frans Hals Museum as an exhibition location. It is a short stop with a good story, best folded into a walk across the square.

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  Waag Haarlem: the 1597 Weigh House on the Spaarne

  The Waag in Haarlem is a former weigh house built in 1597–1599 on the corner of Damstraat and the Spaarne, with a café on the ground floor and an artists' society above. It is a ten-minute look from the outside, longer if you take a table by the water, and it slots easily into a walk between the Grote Markt and the Teylers Museum.