Haarlem

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Haarlem

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.

Get in

Get around

Haarlem is best walked on foot.

See

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.

Buy

Eat

Drink

Beerbrewing has been a very important industry for Haarlem. The historical Haarlem's beer, recreated in 1995 is Jopenbier or Jopen.

Sleep

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