The north side of Grote Markt, Haarlem, looking west

The Grote Markt is the central

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. According to the 1911 ''Encyclopædia Britannica'';

Buildings of interest

Frans Hals Museum - Hal Frans Hals Museum - Hal (until March 29 2018: ''De Hallen Haarlem'') is one of the two locations of the Frans Hals Museum, located on the Grote Markt, Haarlem, Netherlands, where modern and contemporary art is on display in alternating presentatio ...

Grote Kerk, Haarlem The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church and former Catholic cathedral located on the central market square ( Grote Markt) in the Dutch city of Haarlem. Another Haarlem church called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves a ...

Haarlem City Hall The City Hall in Haarlem is the seat of the city's government. It was built in the 14th century replacing the Count's castle. History Around 1100 a wooden building was constructed on the location of the current ''Gravenzaal'' of the City Hall. ...

*Statue of Johann Costerus *Archaeological Museum of Haarlem *The Vleeshal *The

Verweyhal The Verweyhal is an exhibition space next to the Vleeshal on the Grote Markt, Haarlem. The Verweyhal was built in the 19th century as a gentlemen's society of the former drama society, later a cultural social club, Trou moet Blycken. In the secon ...

File:Haarlem - Stadhuis 1900.jpg, View across the market square towards the town hall in 1900

References

{{1911, wstitle=Haarlem Streets in Haarlem Squares in the Netherlands