Town Hall Haarlem

A really nice town hall in the centre of the city. This is a lively square and there is a lot going on. It is a nice place to visit and explore when in the area.

I have been there on Saturday, therefore I could not see the inside unfortunately… however, the town hall and its main square was full of market!

On the opposite side of the town square than the cathedral. Not as grand, so after seeing the cathedral it is a bit less impressive than you would actually think if you saw it alone.

What a magnificent town/city hall, one of the oldest in the Netherlands. The Haarlem tourist information centre is located here. I have included a few photos of Grote Markt, the location of the city hall

A very nice place to visit during the yearly Open Monuments' Days. It has such a great history and also for the architecture as well as the paintings it was very worthwhile visiting.

Beautiful hall, saw it on the open Monument Day. Very interesting to know it's history and Haarlem 😊

One of the interesting historic buildings at Grote Markt is the Stadhuis (City Hall). Presently the Haarlem Tourist Office can be found at Stadhuis. Opening hours are 9.30am to 5.30pm on Monday to Saturday and 11am to 3pm on Sundays. Historically, there have been buildings here since at least 1100. The present building dates back to the first half of the 14th-century and is medieval in form. Stadhuis also impressively features an early 17th-century facade and tower Dutch Renaissance and Classicist in style. We enjoyed viewing the Stadhuis exterior during our visit to Grote Markt. We also found the Tourist Office within a useful place to pick up self-walk tour maps, brochures and general information about Haarlem. This was a worthwhile place to visit at the beginning of our day trip to Haarlem from Amsterdam.

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. Around 1100 a wooden building was constructed on the location of the current Gravenzaal of the City Hall. Traces of this building were found in 1955. The town hall is still used for civic weddings and nearly every Friday in Spring, brides can be seen entering and leaving by the main stairway. All year on Saturdays and Mondays there is a big market in front of the City Hall, where on Saturdays mainly flowers, household goods, and food is sold, though on Mondays the products are mainly cloth, sewing accessories and clothing. Although the market is frequented by the local population, it is also a tourist attraction and worth a visit, if only to try the raw herring from the fish stand, or stroopwafels from the stroopwafel stand. The town hall is also still used for state visits, most recently when the King and Queen paid a visit to Haarlem on 14 June 2013. They heard the local choir Zang en Vriendschap sing and received a book about all the previous royal state visits to Haarlem.