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Haarlem attractions
Haarlem attractions
Teylers' Museum
Frans Hals Museum The only good memory of the painter Toulouse-Lautrec about the Netherlands
Corrie ten Boom This house has now been transformed into a museum. This house was used in the 1940's as a place to hide Jews and others away from the Nazis. It is located in the centre of town. There are guided tours available as well as tours for groups. There is a gift shop on the premises.
Across the street, the small History Museum offers a glimpse of old Haarlem. During the city's Golden Age four centuries ago, Haarlem was a thriving commercial centre rivalling Amsterdam. Back then, the town was a port on the large Haarlemmer Lake, with the North Sea only about five miles away (threatened by floods, residents eventually diverted the lake into canals to preserve shipping business and then pumped the remaining land dry). As well as being the tulip capital, Haarlem was a manufacturing centre producing wool, silk, lace, damask cloth, furniture, smoking pipes (along with cheap, locally-grown tobacco), and massive quantities of beer. Haarlemers were notorious consumers of beer. It was a popular breakfast drink, and the average person drank six pints a day.
Saint Bavo Church. Located in the centre of Haarlem's Grote Markt it is the oldest church in Haarlem. The Cathedral of Saint Bavo was built in Haarlem by the Catholics from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former Waterstaatskerk St. Joseph. That church was itself a replacement for the Sint-Bavokerk, that had been converted to Protestantism from Catholicism in 1578. The Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. Within the Cathedral, the former sacristy has been converted into a small museum (schatkamer) containing historical artefacts from Haarlem's Catholic past.
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