Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Haarlem, Netherlands

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Number of sights 24 sights
Distance 4.7 km
Ascend 37 m
Descend 33 m

Experience Haarlem in Netherlands in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in HaarlemIndividual Sights in Haarlem

Sight 1: De Adriaan

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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.

Wikipedia: De Adriaan, Haarlem (EN), Website

124 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 2: Catharijnebrug

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The Catharijne Bridge is a swing bridge in the center of the Dutch city of Haarlem. The bridge was built between 1902 and 1903 and was designated a national monument on July 27, 1999. The bridge connects the Koudenhorn with the new road over the Papentorenvest, which was built in the same period. The bridge was designed by municipal architect Jacques Leijh.

Wikipedia: Catharijnebrug (Haarlem) (NL), Ref Rce, Historic

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Bakenesserkerk

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The Bakenesserkerk is a former church and seat of the local archeological workgroup in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Vrouwestraat 10. Its characteristic white tower can be seen in cityscapes of Haarlem. The entrance is opposite the rear entrance to the Teylers Hofje.

Wikipedia: Bakenesserkerk (EN)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: PHIL Haarlem

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PHIL Haarlem Thomas Jakob / CC BY-SA 3.0

PHIL., also known as the Philharmonie, is a concert hall in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The Philharmonie is located on the corner of Klokhuisplein and Lange Begijnestraat in the centre of the city. Until 2001, the building was known as the Concertgebouw.

Wikipedia: Philharmonie Haarlem (NL), Website

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Schuur

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Schuur The original uploader was Guusbosman at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

De Schuur is a theater in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Toneelschuur (EN), Website

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Waalse Kerk

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The Waalse kerk is a historical church dating from the 14th century on the Begijnhof in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Waalse Kerk, Haarlem (EN)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: St. Josephkerk

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The St. Joseph kerk is a church dating from the 19th century on the Jansstraat in Haarlem, Netherlands. It is located across from the Janskerk (Haarlem).

Wikipedia: St. Joseph Kerk, Haarlem (EN), Website

90 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Jansridder

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Jansridder

Geertgen tot Sint Jans, also known as Geertgen van Haarlem, Gerrit Gerritsz, Gheertgen, Geerrit, Gheerrit, or any other diminutive form of Gerald, was an Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries in the Holy Roman Empire. No contemporary documentation of his life has been traced, and the earliest published account of his life and work is from 1604, in Karel van Mander's Schilder-boeck.

Wikipedia: Geertgen tot Sint Jans (EN)

1 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Janskerk

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The Janskerk or St. John's Church is a former church in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Today it houses the North Holland Archives.

Wikipedia: Janskerk, Haarlem (EN)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Wijngaardtuin

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The Wijngaardtuin is a public city garden in the center of the city of Haarlem.

Wikipedia: Wijngaardtuin (NL)

43 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Godfried Bomans

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Godfried Bomans

Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans was a Dutch author and television personality. Much of his work remains untranslated into English.

Wikipedia: Godfried Bomans (EN)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Hoofdwacht

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264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: het Prinsenhof

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The Hortus Medicus is a city garden and former medical herb garden in Haarlem at the Prinsenhof and the Jacobijnestraat.

Wikipedia: Hortus Medicus (Haarlem) (NL)

268 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Corrie ten Boom Museum

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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. The house where the museum is located was purchased and restored in 1983 by the Corrie ten Boom Fellowship, a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation governed by a board of directors. Mike Evans serves as the chairman of the Board.

Wikipedia: Ten Boom Museum (EN), Website

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Hofje van Oorschot

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The Hofje van Oorschot is a hofje on the Kruisstraat 44 in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Hofje van Oorschot (EN)

353 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: Luthers Hofje

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The Lutherse Hofje is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Lutherse Hofje (EN)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Frans Loenen Hofje

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Frans Loenen Hofje

The Frans Loenenhofje is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Witte Heren straat.

Wikipedia: Frans Loenenhofje (EN)

449 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: Künckel kabinetorgel

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The H.H. Anna and Maria Cathedral is the cathedral of the Old Catholic Diocese of Haarlem at Kinderhuissingel 78, in the Garenkokerskwartier. The building has been designated a national monument because of the Künckel organ, the municipality of Haarlem has given the building the status of municipal monument.

Wikipedia: H.H. Anna en Mariakathedraal (NL)

237 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 19: Olympia

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The Kinderhuissingel is a canal in the center of the Dutch city of Haarlem. The canal runs from the Schotersingel to the Zijlsingel, southwest of Haarlem station along the Kenaupark.

Wikipedia: Kinderhuissingel (NL)

224 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Hannie Schaft

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Woman in the Resistance is a monument in memory of Hannie Schaft in the Kenaupark in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The bronze statue was made by Truus Menger-Oversteegen, her friend and fellow resistance fighter during the war. Commemoration of the communist Hannie Schaft met with resistance in the 1950s and the statue was only realized in 1982.

Wikipedia: Vrouw in het verzet (NL), Website

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Kenaupark

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The Kenaupark is a park in the center of the Dutch city of Haarlem. It is part of the stronghold in the defenses around the old city. The park was designed in 1865 by Jan David Zocher. It is named after Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer, because of her alleged role in the Siege of Haarlem (1572-1573).

Wikipedia: Kenaupark (NL)

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 22: Huis Barnaart

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The Barnaart House is a monumental mansion at Nieuwe Gracht 7 in Haarlem. It has been open to the public as a museum (house) since 2021.

Wikipedia: Huis Barnaart (NL), Website

401 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 23: Hofje van Noblet

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Hofje van Noblet The original uploader was Guusbosman at English Wikipedia. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hofje van Noblet is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Wikipedia: Hofje van Noblet (EN)

314 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: Hofje van Staats

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Hofje van Staats

The Hofje van Staats is a hofje in Haarlem, Netherlands, on the Jansweg 39, close to the Haarlem railway station.

Wikipedia: Hofje van Staats (EN)

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