Haarlem Highlights: Civic Pride on the Spaarne
60 min
3.2 km
10 stops
About this tour
Beer and linen paid for Haarlem. The city spent that money on a church, a city hall, almshouses, a science museum, and a mill, and it kept one medieval gate standing. Self-guided in the StepQuests app: GPS between stops, stories you read on your phone.
Itinerary
10 guided stops on this route
Grote Markt
Around 1400 Haarlem had about a hundred breweries inside the walls, one of the highest counts in the Low Countries, using Spaarne water and imported grain. Haa…
Sint-Bavokerk
Built mainly 1370-1520 on a Christian site from 1245. Cruciform basilica nearly 140 m long, wooden crossing tower 78 m high. The Christian Müller organ (1735-1…
Stadhuis
The medieval rectangular core is mid-14th century, on the ruins of a Count of Holland hunting lodge that burned. The Grote Markt facade was designed by Flemish…
Corrie ten Boom House
The ten Boom family ran a watch shop at Barteljorisstraat 19 from 1837. Casper ten Boom was 84 when arrested in February 1944. He died in Scheveningen prison t…
Frans Hals Museum
The building is the former Oudemannenhuis, founded in 1609 and built about 1607-1611. Design is now usually given to Pieter van Campen, not Lieven de Key. The…
Hofje van Bakenes
Founded in 1395 from the estate of Dirck van Bakenes. Oldest surviving hofje (charitable courtyard housing) in the Netherlands. The carved stone reads a riddle…
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GPS-guided walking route
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