Guidebook for Haarlem
Food Scene
Food is good, good value for your money, you can sit directly next to the water watching the ships and boats passing by €€
48 locals recommend
Spaarne66
66 SpaarneFood is good, good value for your money, you can sit directly next to the water watching the ships and boats passing by €€
Ratatouille Food & Wine
96 Spaarne Fine dining (1 Michelin Star) €€€€€!
Indonesian food including Indonesian treatment, compleet pakkage of Indonesian atmosphere €€€
23 locals recommend
De Lachende Javaan
25 FrankestraatIndonesian food including Indonesian treatment, compleet pakkage of Indonesian atmosphere €€€
French Cuisine, good food, value for your money €€
27 locals recommend
Jacobus Pieck Drink & Eetlokaal
18 WarmoesstraatFrench Cuisine, good food, value for your money €€
De Overkant
10 PaarlaarsteegBreakfast, lunch or dinner, simpel and good mixed cuisine €€
Restaurant Delphi
2 GravinnesteegFrench cuisine, good food, €€€
Palingrokerij J.B. Plat (de Kale)
2 HavendijkjeThe authentic way of preparing eel.
Drinks & Nightlife
Feast on lobster, whiskey-based cocktails, creole kitchen, the perfect spot to stay late listeing to live jazz
28 locals recommend
The Louisiana
21 ZijlstraatFeast on lobster, whiskey-based cocktails, creole kitchen, the perfect spot to stay late listeing to live jazz
Haarlem's beer brewery situated in an old church in the middel of Haarlem's city center.
272 locals recommend
Jopen
2 Gedempte VoldersgrachtHaarlem's beer brewery situated in an old church in the middel of Haarlem's city center.
Sightseeing
Simonehoeve
2 WagenwegTraditional cheese farm and clog maker in the town of Volendam
Marken Museum
44 KerkbuurtThis museum offers a look at the town's distinctive way of life and heritage
Open air museum for all ages with a collection of historical windmills. best time to visit is April to October due to opening hours of the windmills.
651 locals recommend
Zaanse Schans
KraaienestOpen air museum for all ages with a collection of historical windmills. best time to visit is April to October due to opening hours of the windmills.
Windmill De Adriaan (1779)
1A PapentorenvestWindmill in the middle of Haarlem center
Essentials
DekaMarkt
30 AmsterdamstraatBudget friendly supermarket for everything you need
The luxury supermarket with a large variety of processed (pre-cooked) food and meals and longer opening hours
39 locals recommend
AH Grote Houtstraat
182 Grote HoutstraatThe luxury supermarket with a large variety of processed (pre-cooked) food and meals and longer opening hours
Getting Around
Fietspoint Haarlem
Rent a Bike Haarlem
36 Lange HerenstraatHaarlem station
11 L StationspleinSeverijnsstraat
SeverijnsstraatFree parking within 300 meters walking distance
Zuidpolderstraat
ZuidpolderstraatFree parking within 250 meters walking distance
Parks & Nature
Bring your bike or go for a walk in the duines, meet friendly bizons and pony's in the wild. Find out more about the dutch way of winning drinking water from the ocean and much more about dutch nature reserve.
41 locals recommend
Bezoekerscentrum De Kennemerduinen
12 ZeewegBring your bike or go for a walk in the duines, meet friendly bizons and pony's in the wild. Find out more about the dutch way of winning drinking water from the ocean and much more about dutch nature reserve.
Arts & Culture
Teylers Museum
16 SpaarneFrans Hals Museum - Hof
62 Groot HeiliglandOne of the famous dutch painters
Unique industrial monument, the steam powered pumps were employed to pump parts of Haarlemmermeer dry, leaving the Dutch polder landscape behind, the museum looks at the history of reclaimed land, polders and drainage, as well as current water management techniques in the Netherlands.
34 locals recommend
De Cruquius
27 CruquiusdijkUnique industrial monument, the steam powered pumps were employed to pump parts of Haarlemmermeer dry, leaving the Dutch polder landscape behind, the museum looks at the history of reclaimed land, polders and drainage, as well as current water management techniques in the Netherlands.
This should definitly be the first stop for anyone visiting the beautiful city of Haarlem to watch the 10 minute introduction film (also available in english)
16 locals recommend
Museum Haarlem
47 Groot HeiliglandThis should definitly be the first stop for anyone visiting the beautiful city of Haarlem to watch the 10 minute introduction film (also available in english)
This is the award-winning interactive museum that encourages you to explore what it means to be 'mad'. Be warned that some of the imagery might not be to everyone's taste, and the wall art in the cafe is little sexually explicit.
50 locals recommend
Het Dolhuys
2 SchotersingelThis is the award-winning interactive museum that encourages you to explore what it means to be 'mad'. Be warned that some of the imagery might not be to everyone's taste, and the wall art in the cafe is little sexually explicit.
De Hallen Haarlem
16 Grote MarktContemporary and modern art museum
During World War 2, the Ten Boom family provided a hiding place for Jewish people and members of the resistance...
54 locals recommend
Ten Boom Museum
19 BarteljorisstraatDuring World War 2, the Ten Boom family provided a hiding place for Jewish people and members of the resistance...
Rijksmuseum
1 MuseumstraatAnne Frank House
20 WestermarktVan Gogh Museum
6 Museumplein