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The ''Haarlems Dagblad'' is a regional newspaper in
Margaretha van Bancken
in 1001 Vrouwen The weekly (which soon began appearing twice and subsequently three times a week, and in the nineteenth century became a monthly) thus preceded English regular newspapers. In the paper's early days, the ''Windsor''
''Weeckelijcke Courante''
Dutch-language information about the original title with facsimile versions of the first front page, the first back page and the advertisement
Advertisements in the ''Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant'' from the start up to 1675
{{Authority control Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Haarlem Joh. Enschedé 1656 establishments in the Dutch Republic Publications established in the 1650s
The ''Haarlems Dagblad'' is a regional newspaper in Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
, Netherlands. It makes claim to being the newspaper with the oldest publishing history in the world, even if this claim is based on its (forced) merger with another title.
''Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant''
This earlier publication was published by Abraham Casteleyn and his wife Margaretha van Bancken, beginning in 1656 under the title ''Weeckelycke Courante van Europa'' ("Weekly Newspaper of Europe"). In 1664, when the authorities took steps to protect the weekly from its imitators, it became known as ''De Oprechte Haerlemse Courant'' (spellings vary; "oprecht" is here used in its archaic sense of "genuine"). After her husband's death in 1681, Margaretha received permission to carry on the activities of the firm.in 1001 Vrouwen The weekly (which soon began appearing twice and subsequently three times a week, and in the nineteenth century became a monthly) thus preceded English regular newspapers. In the paper's early days, the ''Windsor''
coffee house
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-caf ...
used to advertise that, apart from offering "the best chocolate", it supplied translations of "the ''Harlem Courant'' soon after the post is come in".
During the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War, the ''Opregte Haarlemsche Courant'' was forced to merge with ''Haarlems Dagblad''; hence the latter paper's claim to being the oldest title extant. The merged newspaper is owned by Mediahuis
Mediahuis is a newspaper & magazine publishing, distribution, printing, TV, radio and online media company founded in 2014 with assets in Belgium, the Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Germany. Mediahuis publishes daily newspaper titles in Belg ...
, a Belgian newspaper conglomerate.
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''Weeckelijcke Courante''
Dutch-language information about the original title with facsimile versions of the first front page, the first back page and the advertisement
Advertisements in the ''Oprechte Haerlemsche Courant'' from the start up to 1675
{{Authority control Daily newspapers published in the Netherlands Dutch-language newspapers Mass media in Haarlem Joh. Enschedé 1656 establishments in the Dutch Republic Publications established in the 1650s