Holiday apartment in Haarlem: discover museums, windmills and dunes

Haarlem combines art, urban history, brewing culture and landscapes. The city experience includes the Frans Hals Museum, historical exhibitions, Molen De Adriaan, the Jopenkerk, as well as paths on the green outskirts of the city and in the national park.

Art and urban history in Haarlem

The Frans Hals Museum is Haarlem’s art museum. In Haarlem’s historic city centre, it displays art from the 16th and 17th centuries as well as modern and contemporary art.

The Teylers Museum is the oldest museum in the Netherlands. The “Allemaal Haarlemmers” exhibition at the Verwey Museum Haarlem presents 1,000 years of the city’s history. At the Archeologisch Museum Haarlem, the city’s archaeology is brought to life through archaeological finds from Haarlem’s soil; at the same time, the museum tells the story of the city. Culture enthusiasts can choose between art at the Frans Hals Museum, urban history and archaeology in Haarlem.

Special conditions apply at the Corrie ten Boomhuis and Molen De Adriaan. Access to the Corrie ten Boomhuis is only possible as part of a reserved guided tour. Molen De Adriaan can only be visited with a guide. For both visits, the specified tour schedule should be incorporated into the day’s planning.

Molen De Adriaan and its history

Molen De Adriaan offers a 45-minute guided tour. The windmill has a permanent exhibition about the mill and various aspects of Haarlem’s history. It was rebuilt in Haarlem on 23 April 2002, seventy years after the fire, and is used primarily as a museum windmill. The 45-minute tour provides a fixed time frame for this visit.

Brewing culture at the Jopenkerk

At the Jopenkerk, visitors can watch the brewing process from Monday to Friday while enjoying a Jopen beer. The church was renamed the Jopenkerk. When planning this brewery visit, the weekdays and Jopen beer form part of the specified framework. The renaming is part of the history of the Jopenkerk, where visitors can also observe the brewing process.

Hiking and cycling on the outskirts of the city

The Parkenpad hiking trail runs along Haarlem’s green southern edge from Oosterhout to Oosterduin and passes through four parks before reaching Aerdenhout. The sequence of locations gives the trail a clear route for planning a hike. Four parks lie along the route between Oosterhout and Aerdenhout.

In Zuid-Kennemerland National Park near Haarlem, visitors can hike and cycle through dunes, along lakes, and through forests and open areas to viewpoints. This provides two means of getting around for an active day outdoors.

Regional products around Haarlem

The Local Food Fietsroute in and around Haarlem connects cyclists with local, sustainably operating producers of regional products. Sustainability is part of the route’s thematic framework, as are regional products.

Ter Kleef En Te Zaanen

To the overarching travel overview: Haarlem.