Haarlem
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Haarlem is a capital of the North Holland province, situated in the west of the Netherlands on the river Spaarne.
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Understand
Haarlem is the center of a flower-growing district and the export point for tulip bulbs. Many people commute to nearby Amsterdam.
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Get in
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Get around
Haarlem is best walked on foot.
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See
- Teylers' Museum
- Frans Hals Museum The only good memory of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec about the Netherlands.
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Do
Visit the Teylers Museum which is the oldest public museum in the Netherlands. The museum hosts a collection of fossils (among which the famous Haarlem specimen of Archaeopteryx), minerals, historical scientific instruments and works of art, exhibited in a 19th century manner.
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Buy
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Eat
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Drink
Beerbrewing has been a very important industry for Haarlem. The historical Haarlem's beer, recreated in 1995 is Jopenbier or Jopen.
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Sleep
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Get out
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