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Courtyard of the Frans Hals Museum in HaarlemThis Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please · CC BY-SA 4.0

What to do · Haarlem

Frans Hals Museum

Museum · 1 h 30 · Frans Hals's group portraits in a 17th-century almshouse. €18.50, free up to age 18; Tuesday to Sunday.

InformationFrom €18 per adult
From
€18 per adult
Duration
1 h 30
Season
All year, Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00
Who it's for
Adults and teenagers

Frans Hals painted in Haarlem all his life, and here are his great group portraits: militiamen at a banquet and regents of almshouses, with a looseness of brushwork that Manet and Van Gogh admired centuries later. The museum occupies a former 17th-century almshouse around a garden courtyard, five minutes on foot from the Grote Markt, at Groot Heiligland 62.

It is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00 to 17:00. It costs €18.50 and under-19s enter free. An hour and a half is enough to see it well; if you only have one museum in Haarlem, choose between this one, for painting, and the Teylers, for curiosity.

With teenagers

Directions See all of Haarlem

Opening hours and prices can change: check them before you go.

Round off the plan

Where to eat, where to stay and what else to do

To eat nearby

The dining room with white-tablecloth tables and paintings on the walls© Ratatouille Food & Wine

Ratatouille Food & Wine

Restaurant · Haarlem · €€€€

What to order: the four-course menu at midday, Thursday to Sunday, with wine pairing.

A cone of chips beside the drawing on the shop's façade© De Haerlemsche Vlaamse

De Haerlemsche Vlaamse

Takeaway · Haarlem · €€€€

What to order: a medium cone with mayonnaise.

Customers toasting with beer in front of a church stained-glass window© Jopenkerk

Jopenkerk

Bar · Haarlem · €€€€

What to order: the pairing of three Jopen beers with a bite each, with a reservation.

To stay nearby

The Grote Markt in Haarlem with its terraces, seen from the hotel© Hotel CarillonSmall hotel

Hotel Carillon

Grote Markt 27 · On the main square · Simple rooms

Why we like it: A simple hotel in a historic building on the Grote Markt, above its own café, with small rooms with bathroom and single rooms with shared bathroom.

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The façade of the Hotel Lion d'Or lit up at dusk© Hotel Lion d'OrHotel

Hotel Lion d'Or

Kruisweg 34-36 · Next to the station · Haarlem's oldest city hotel

Why we like it: Haarlem's oldest city hotel, four-star, a step from the railway station and ten minutes on foot from the Grote Markt.

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The hostel's white building beside the water among trees© StayokayHostel

Stayokay Haarlem

Jan Gijzenpad 3 · By the water · Free parking

Why we like it: A hostel with private rooms and breakfast included, beside a canal in the north of Haarlem, with free parking and bike hire.

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