Tourist attractions Zandvoort

Since 1913, this museum has occupied the former hospice for the elderly (1608). Devoted mainly to the work of Frans Hals, paintings of civic guards and regents give visitors a clear idea of his evolution as a painter. The museum also has many work..

The most widespread flowers in the Netherlands are tulips, gladioli, narcissus and hyacinths. Nevertheless many other flowers are cultivated like irises, crocuses, dahlias and anemones. The end of April is the best time to explore the region. Cut int..

At the centre of a vast region of flower fields, the Keukenhof is in some way the holy grail of tulips, extending over 28ha in an attractive woodland setting. Since 1949, this national collection has drawn on average 600 000 visitors per year. The mo..

This huge 15C church is topped by a superb 80m high lantern tower , made of wood covered with lead (where the nave and transept cross). Admire the cedar vault (nave and choir) inside. A number of famous people have been laid to rest here, among them..

Next to this 14C Gothic building is a turret. Among the many changes made to it since the 14C are, to the right, a projecting section above a gallery topped with a gable (15 C-17 C) and, to the left at the top of a flight of stairs, a Renaissance log..

This elegant Mannerist building was constructed between 1602 and 1604 by Lieven de Key. It is topped by richly decorated roof dormers, and its facade is ornamented with the heads of cattle and sheep that recall its former function. This former covere..

The Great Church, the town hall and the old meat market line this square. Here you will find a statue of Laurens Coster (1405-1484), considered in the Netherlands to have invented printing before Gutenberg (around 1430).

This museum, the oldest in the Low Countries (1779), was created thanks to the legacy of P. Teyler van der Hulst, a Haarlem manufacturer of broadcloth and silk goods (18 C) who devoted his fortune to promoting the sciences and the arts. Its beautiful..

This museum brings together 160 cars made by the famous Detroit company. This is the largest collection of Fords in the world. The cars on display date from the period 1905-1948. Admire in particular various models of the Model T Ford, a Lincoln 160 ..

This amusing "flagship building" houses a cinema and a theatre and is an attractive example of modern architecture. It was designed in 1991 by the architect Sjoerd Soeters.

This is a 1250 hectare estate located in the large strip of dunes bordering the North Sea. This park is crisscrossed with cycle tracks and footpaths. Many birds come here to roost, near the small ponds.

This very large basilica was built between 1895 and 1906 by J. T. Cuypers in the neo-Gothic style and according to the taste of the era. Its sacristy houses the treasure : an important collection of liturgical objects, mainly of silver (15-20 C). No..

Among the institutions available to the inhabitants of the rich city Haarlem as early as the 15 C were the Provenierschofje (1592), whose large porch opens onto the Grote Houtstraat, the Brouwershofje (1472) in the Tuchthuisstraat, and the Hofje..

This small museum is devoted to the history of the city. A model of Haarlem as it was in 1822 is on display here.

As well as forming part of the Frans Hals Museum, like the Vleeshal, this market hall is dedicated to the works of the impressionist painter Kees Verwey, originally from Haarlem and whose name it bears.

Leading the way into the town through two turrets, this gate dating from the end of the 15C also served as a watergate.

This museum, on the edge of the former Haarlem lake, is housed in one of the three pumping stations which were used to dry it out. It bears the name of the surveyor Nicolas Cruquius (1678-1754), who drew up one of the plans to dry out the lake. In ..

The first railway line in the Netherlands, inaugurated in 1839, ran between Amsterdam and Haarlem. Built in the Art Nouveau style in 1908, the sumptuous Haarlem Station building is still in use today.

A path leads you on foot along the marina to reach the basin of Oost-en Westkolk. There you will see some pretty restored houses.

This statue stands on one of the locks which punctuate the Spaarndam dyke. It is dedicated to Hans Brinker , a true hero of Spaarndam who, so the story goes, succeeded in saving the town from a flood having spent the whole night with his finger in a..