Haarlem
Haarlem (population 150,000) is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province. The city is located at the river Spaarne, close to the North Sea.
The municipality also comprises the following towns, villages and townships: Spaarndam.
In 1658 Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant founded the city Nieuw Haarlem ('New Haarlem') at the eastside of North America. Later this was to give its name to the Harlem neighborhood in New York City, United States.
In 1839 the first Dutch train service started, between Haarlem and Amsterdam.
Famous buildings and location:
- The Grote or Sint-Bavokerk
- The Grote Markt
- The Amsterdamse Poort
- The Teylersmuseum (the oldest museum of the Netherlands)
External links
Maps:
- http://www.kg.nl/pages/plattegrond_ww.htm
- http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=NL&city=haarlem
- http://de.maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?csz=haarlem&country=nl