The historic city of Haarlem is one of the most attractive destinations in the Netherlands. We show the main neighborhoods you want to have a look at when you’re visiting Haarlem, a real Dutch treat. In the center the market square with the great church towering over, and just below there is a series of pedestrian lanes lined with shops and cafés that are very charming, and there are little side residential lanes here as well. Haarlem is only 15 minutes away from Amsterdam by train, so it makes an easy day-trip, but this small city is so fascinating you might want to spend a night or two to fully enjoy the experience.
Many of these brick buildings date back 400 years to the 17th century when Haarlem was at its peak of prosperity. They were homes and workshops and warehouses of the merchants. Today there are a lot of bars and restaurants and then it becomes a shopping street.
And this leads us right into perhaps the most charming street in Haarlem and maybe the cutest lane in the country.
Kleine Houstraat. You won’t get lost here because it’s a small district and the streets are rather straight and run at right angles to each other, but there’s plenty here to keep you busy for a full day just wandering around. Walk along some of these connecting streets like Anegan, it’s almost like a wide shopping mall that joins up three of the other main shopping streets.
You’ll find the shoppers and workers are friendly and ready to talk.
There is frequent train service every 10 minutes between Haarlem and Amsterdam. However if you come on day trip you’re probably not going to be getting to the ends of some of the shopping lanes and into the interesting little back streets or to the museums. If you spend a night or two you’ll have plenty of time.
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Haarlem, Netherlands (Holland) travel video
Far better and genuine than the majority of other tourist info videos about The Netherlands indeed! Deserve at least a 5 digit number of viewers.
By the way, regarding the bicycle friendly infrastructure and history in The Netherlands (and comparisons with other countries), a lot of detailled info videos via this channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/markenlei
Great description
real nice!!
another great video love the voice thank you !
The Spaarne is NOT a CANAL, ít"s a River!!
What a lovely video, and isn't it amazing how many cats we have in the Netherlands 🙂 🙂
this cat is on duty guarding the entrance loool
Did you notice that in all this videos the children are not wearing bicycle helmets….
Some other places to visit in the Netherlands:
Maastricht, Alkmaar, Deventer, Zutphen, Amersfoort, Middelburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Utrecht, Leiden, Delft, Hoorn and Enkhuizen.
To name just a few.
90% rides bikes…not just 50%
Thanks for this
Nice vid, its sint bavo, not great church
super photography
Nice photography ,but it is only about Centrum,20% of Haarlem.,,
I am moving back to Haarlem in March
wow…. your presentation about the lifestyle of people has made it more beautiful…thank you so much for uploading
Half the population owns a Bike?? You better say, everybody has one or more bikes. In The Netherlands the quantity of Bikes is around 21 million and people around 16,5 million.
Cat reminded me of a little but nice fact about Holland. We don't have stray cats or dogs or any animal. Sure we have animal shelters, but if a cat wonders in to your house, someone is looking for it.
Welkom in Haarlem! Nice video
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When will the Maastricht video be uploaded?
GREETINGS FROM HAARLEM , GOOD VIDEO.
Very nicely made video… Much informative about the beautiful Haarlem.
Thank you..!!
Nicely done! Keep it up! Bravo..
Has something in common with George Square in Glasgow.
Spent 4 days in Harlem last week. What a lovely little town,really beautiful. Much better than Amsterdam.
Some nice coffee shops too. I will be back again.
Spaarne is not a canal, it’s a river!
You do a really good job at presenting our country from an outside point of view. Nice footage and good solid information. I hope more people see your videos.
I will be traveling with my family in the month of August to Amsterdam. i need some help if you could suggest me a hotel at the centre where we could stay and move around the place. i will be in Amsterdam for 7days . is it possible if i stay all the days in Haarlem,
would it be feasible to go around by train for day trip to Amsterdam, delft .Also please recommend some good places to visit. i want to see the windmills, tulip farms, a few that i know. many thanks advance .
It's the FranS Hals museum!
Very nice people in haarlem. I love them
Very nice people in haarlem. I love them
I always stayed in Haarlem if iam in Holland
ik loved haarlem
i wish i knew where that bikes are from, china? they look heavy but practical
I like the common sense helmet use…without mandating a law like a nanny state.
bikes been contributed a lot to make those beautiful leggy birds
Brilliant!! Really informative and detailed information – with humour.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Great video, I will visit the Netherlands in a couple of weeks and Haarlem is on my list mainly for Franz Hal museum but you'v shown me many other thing to see, thank you.
Found this video while reading "The Hiding place." This city is where the Ten Boom family lived and hid the Jews from Nazi Germany.
Czech Republic,Germany,Netherlands……my Homelands!
Where do I find the videos on all the other Dutch cities?
Very nice. Maybe I will visit this town next year.
You are the first American I've heard on YouTube who can pronounce Dutch names, Congratulations!
My old home town. I miss it still, even though I haven't lived there since the early 1960s.