A report on Haarlem, Haarlemmermeer and Amsterdam

A topographic map of Haarlem.
Topographic map of Haarlemmermeer, June 2015
The Oude Kerk was consecrated in 1306 AD.
Amsterdam citizens celebrating the Peace of Münster, 30 January 1648. Painting by Bartholomeus van der Helst
The City Hall on the Grote Markt, built in the 14th century, replacing the Count's castle, after this had burnt down partially. The remainders were given to the city.
Historic map of the Haarlemmermeer before reclamation.
Courtyard of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange by Emanuel de Witte, 1653. The Amsterdam Stock Exchange was the first stock exchange to introduce continuous trade in the early 17th century.
A sketch of the siege of Haarlem seen from the North, with Het Dolhuys on the right, and the river Spaarne on the left
Pumping Station Cruquius
View of Vijzelstraat looking towards the Muntplein, 1891
A map of Haarlem around 1550. The city is completely surrounded by a city 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, the city bleaching grounds can be seen. Notice the near-square shape of the city: this was based on the ancient plan of Jerusalem.
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Photochrom of Amsterdam's Dam Square at the beginning of the 20th century
A map of Haarlem after the fire in 1578 by Thomas Thomasz. The damage across the city can still be seen two years later.
Cruquiusmuseum entrance, taken from Cruquiusmuseum park
The rebuilt Magere Brug, around 1938.
The legend of the Haarlem shield, painting (c. 1630) by Pieter de Grebber in the City Hall
TransPort Building - Houses the head offices of Martinair and Transavia.com
People celebrating the liberation of the Netherlands at the end of World War II on 8 May 1945
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 nowadays houses the Frans Hals Museum.
Calatrava bridge - Cittern
The 17th-century Canals of Amsterdam were listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2010, contributing to Amsterdam's fame as the "Venice of the North". Along with De Wallen, the canals are the focal-point for tourists in the city.
The Amsterdamse Poort, former gateway to the city from Amsterdam, is one of the few visible traces left of the old city wall.
Schiphol Airport
Satellite picture of Amsterdam and North Sea Canal
Grote Markt of Haarlem, c. 1670–90, by Cornelis Beelt
Boardroom of the local government in Hoofddorp
Topographic map of Amsterdam
The Grote Markt in 1696, painting by Gerrit Adriaensz. Berckheyde
Hendrik Colijn, 1925
Large-scale map of the city centre of Amsterdam, including sightseeing markers,.
Many government-owned buildings are national heritage sites, such as the local police headquarters located on the Koudenhorn 2. Originally built as the Dutch Reformed "Diaconie" (poor house and orphanage) in 1768, it was built to house up to 900 people, indicating the extent of the economic crisis in Haarlem that had resulted from losing shipping power to Amsterdam.
Tineke Netelenbos, 2015
Nieuwendammerdijk en Buiksloterdijk, Amsterdam-Noord, winter 2010
Windmill De Adriaan
Fanny Blankers-Koen, 1988
The Westerkerk in the Centrum borough, one of Amsterdam's best-known churches
A map of Haarlem in 1827. The city walls have been torn down to use as building materials for city expansion.
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The Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem is the oldest park designed for public access in the Netherlands. It is said that Napoleon's army carved their initials in these trees.
A 1538 painting by Cornelis Anthonisz showing a bird's-eye view of Amsterdam. The famous Grachtengordel had not yet been established.
The Villa Welgelegen, built in the 18th century, is the current government house of the province of North Holland.
Rokin – November 1977
A typesetter at the Joh. Enschedé printing shop (was located behind the St. Bavochurch) in 1884, by the American artist Charles Frederic Ulrich.
Herengracht
Cotton mills in Haarlem in the 19th century
Prinsengracht
A replica of the Arend, one of two locomotives built by R. B. Longridge and Company for the Haarlem-Amsterdam railway line in the 1830s.
The Egelantiersgracht lies west of the Grachtengordel, in the Jordaan neighbourhood.
This Gaper is located on the front of "Van der Pigge", a chemist's that declined to move for Vroom & Dreesmann's new department store in 1932.
The Scheepvaarthuis, by architects Johan van der Mey, Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer is characteristic of the architecture of the Amsterdam School.
"Man in front of a firing squad", memorial by Mari Andriessen to commemorate 15 innocent victims chosen at random who were shot there by German occupational forces on 7 March 1945, Dreef, Haarlem
The Begijnhof is one of the oldest hofjes in Amsterdam.
Pipe organ at Haarlem's Sint-Bavokerk. Mozart once played this organ.
The Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam and Conservatorium van Amsterdam, two examples of 21st-century architecture in the centre of the city
Saint Bavo saves Haarlem from the Kennemers. Dated 1673 but showing legend from 1274. In the background the Sint-Bavokerk (Grote Kerk) can be seen.
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange, the oldest stock exchange in the world
Cathedral of Saint Bavo
The Zuidas, the city's main business district
Teylers Museum in Haarlem
Boats give tours of the city, such as this one in front of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.
Stadsschouwburg, theater on the Wilsonplein
Spiegelgracht
Patronaat pop music hall
De Wallen, Amsterdam's Red-light district, offers activities such as legal prostitution and a number of coffee shops that sell cannabis. It is one of the main tourist attractions.
Haarlem Baseball Week 2006 at the Pim Mulier Stadium
An Amsterdammer waits for a traffic light to change at the Muntplein in the heart of Amsterdam.
View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields by Jacob van Ruisdael (c. undefined 1665)
The Rijksmuseum houses Rembrandt's The Night Watch.
River Spaarne through Haarlem
The Van Gogh Museum houses the world's largest collection of Van Gogh's paintings and letters.
The Street of Donkere Spaarne near Spaarne River
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is an international museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art and design.
Kleine Houtstraat street in summer
Rembrandt monument on Rembrandtplein
Lange Brug (Long Bridge), in popular speech also known as "de verfroller" ("the paint roller").
Coldplay performing at the Amsterdam Arena, 2016
Haarlem railway station, built in 1906, one of the oldest train stations in the Netherlands. It replaced the original station at the Oude Weg dating from 1839, which was one of the first two stations in the Netherlands as part of the oldest Dutch railway line between Amsterdam and Haarlem.
The Concertgebouw or Royal Concert Hall houses performances of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and other musical events.
Street in Haarlem
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam's best-known theatre
Satellite image of Haarlem
One of the decorated boats participating in the 2013 Canal Parade of the Amsterdam Gay Pride
AFC Ajax player Johan Cruyff, 1967
Femke Halsema has been the Mayor of Amsterdam since 2018.
Boroughs of Amsterdam
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Police headquarters of Amsterdam
King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix, and Queen Máxima greeting Amsterdammers from the Royal Palace of Amsterdam during Willem-Alexanders inauguration in 2013
A tram crossing the Keizersgracht
The Amsterdam Metro is a mixed subway and above ground rapid transit system consisting of five lines.
Amsterdam Centraal station, the city's main train station
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ranks as Europe's third-busiest airport for passenger traffic.
Police bicyclist crossing a bridge over the Prinsengracht
Bicyclist at Amsterdam
The Agnietenkapel Gate at the University of Amsterdam, founded in 1632 as the Athenaeum Illustre

The name Haarlemmermeer means Haarlem's lake, referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century.

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Newer sections of Spaarndam lie within the neighbouring municipality of Haarlemmermeer.

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It is situated about 20 km west of Amsterdam and near the coastal dunes.

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But it was not until a furious hurricane in November 1836 drove the waters as far as the gates of Amsterdam, and another on Christmas Day sent them in the opposite direction to submerge the streets of Leiden, that the mind of the nation was seriously turned to the matter.

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Amsterdam is located in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, the capital of which is not Amsterdam, but rather Haarlem.

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This can be recognised by the suffix -meer which means lake, as in Aalsmeer, Bijlmermeer, Haarlemmermeer and Watergraafsmeer.

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Province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country.

Province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country.

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Damrak, Amsterdam
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Government house of North Holland province, Villa Welgelegen, in Haarlem
Broek in Waterland
Satellite image of the North Holland, Friesland and Flevoland
Satellite image of the south of North Holland
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Map of North Holland (2019)
A Highland in Zuid-Kennemerland National Park

In 1855, the Haarlemmermeer was drained and turned into land.

The provincial capital is Haarlem (pop.

161,265). The province's largest city and also the largest city in the Netherlands is the Dutch capital Amsterdam, with a population of 862,965 as of November 2019.