Haarlem

Not to be confused with Harlem, a neighborhood in New York City.

Haarlem is a municipality in the Netherlands and the capital of the province North Holland. It has about 145,000 inhabitants. It has a very old door called Smedestraat 33.

Municipality
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Coordinates: 52°22′55.0″N 4°37′46.1″E
Country	Netherlands
Province	Noord-Holland
Government
• Mayor	Jos Wienen
Area
• Total	29.17 km2 (11.26 sq mi)
Population  (January 1, 2001)
• Total	148,373
• Density	5,086/km2 (13,170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
Postal code(s)	2000–2037, 2063
CIN	0392
Website	Official website

Twenty kilometers west of Amsterdam, close to the coast, it lies on sandy soil very suitable for growing tulips. It has been the center of tulip cultivation for centuries, which is why it was nicknamed « the flower town ».

Haarlem Media

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  Topografische gemeentekaart. Resolutie: 400 pixels/km.*Kaartbeeld samengesteld uit de open geodata van de Top10NL en Top25namen (Kadaster), Creative Commons-BY licentie. Gebouwvlakken uit open geodata BAG extract. Wegen uit de OpenStreetMap, OpenStreetMap community. Reliëfschaduw uit de Actuele Hoogtekaart AHN2. Samenstelling en kleurenschema:

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  The City Hall on the Grote Marktcode: nl is deprecated , built in the 14th century, replacing the Count's castle after it partially burnt down. The remains were given to the city.

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  A sketch of the siege of Haarlem seen from the North, with Het Dolhuys on the right, and the river Spaarne on the left

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  A map of Haarlem around 1550. The city is completely surrounded by a wall and defensive moat. In the North (top), at a fork in the road, the complex known as Het Dolhuys can be seen. In the south-west corner on the lower left, are the city bleaching grounds. The near-square shape of the city was based on the ancient plan of Jerusalem.

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  A map of Haarlem after the fire in 1578 by Thomas Thomasz. The damage across the city can still be seen two years later.

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  The legend of the Haarlem shield, painting (c. 1630) by Pieter de Grebber in the City Hall

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  A map of Haarlem in 1646, before Salomon de Bray's ambitious northwards expansion plan was executed. North is to the left. The Houtmarkt has been built in the north east, and the Haarlemmerport is visible, as well as the Old Men's Almshouse, which now houses the Frans Hals Museum.

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  The Amsterdamse Poort, former gateway to the city from Amsterdam, is one of the few visible traces left of the old city wall.

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  Grote Markt of Haarlem, c. 1670–90, by Cornelis Beelt

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  The Grote Markt in 1696, painting by Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde

Other websites

• Website of the communal administration Archived 2004-01-29 at the Wayback Machine
• pictures from Haarlem Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine