Presenting the Bloemencorso Bollenstreek 2024 in Haarlem … This flower parade is the highlight of the spring season in the Netherlands! Such yearly event usually starts on Wednesday to Friday whereby the public can buy tickets to see behind the scenes how a float is decorated by volunteers, in Sassenheim….
Category: Haarlem
Gravenzaal
When you arrive at Grote Markt in Haarlem, you will not miss the imposing City Hall building, across from the big church, the Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk. It was originally a count’s hunting mansion built in 1250. After large fires in 1347 and 1351, William II, Count of Holland donated…
Corrie Ten Boom House Museum
The story started in 1837 when Willem ten Boom opened a small watch shop at the front of his family home in Barteljorisstraat in Haarlem. Ten Boom family was known to be devoted Christians, inspired to help their community and active in social work around town. Their corner property along…
Haarlem Red Light District
The unsuspected Haarlem Red Light District towards the end of this street at Begijnhof. It is a small cluster of operations around Waalse Kerk Haarlem or Walloon Church Haarlem. Yes, a real church! The undistinguished pink building with red lanterns hanging outside is Het Poortje, a brothel in Haarlem’s Red…