Haarlem

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Welkom in Haarlem | Welcome to Haarlem (Dutch | English)

Why visit

Haarlem is the easy day-trip answer for travelers tired of Amsterdam's crowds. The Frans Hals Museum holds the world's best collection of Golden Age portraiture, the Teylers Museum is the oldest in the Netherlands (founded 1778) with original Enlightenment-era cabinets of curiosities, and the Grote Markt is one of the most beautiful squares in the country. Combine with the tulip fields at Keukenhof in April or the North Sea beach at Zandvoort. Spring (April to May) is best.

When to avoid

Mondays many museums close. Avoid arriving without booking accommodations during tulip season (mid-April to early May). Prices spike. Cyclists rule the streets. Look both ways twice. Don't try to pack Haarlem and Keukenhof into half a day. In Haarlem, do the practical checks before the day is fixed: opening days, tickets, transport frequency, and distances between areas. In Haarlem, even a compact-looking map can produce a slow visit.

Plan Haarlem

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Haarlem

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Rain

32° / 21°

3.6 mm

UV High

Wed

Overcast

25° / 21°

UV High

Thu

Drizzle

21° / 17°

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Fri

Drizzle

22° / 15°

UV Moderate

Sat

Overcast

25° / 15°

UV Moderate

Sun

Overcast

29° / 18°

UV Moderate

Mon

Partly cloudy

22° / 18°

UV Moderate

Climate

Summer (Jun-Sep)

Typical highs around 18°C, lows around 15°C.

Winter (Dec-Mar)

Typical highs around 7°C, lows around 4°C.

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Weather

20° / 17°

Typical high / low

3 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.8h

06:23 – 21:09local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest AMS · 12 km

Getting around Haarlem

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

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Operators and modes are aggregated from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications come from each feed’s route type codes.

About Haarlem

Haarlem is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe; it is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Haarlem had a population of 162,543 in 2021.

Area: 32 km²
Mayor: Jos Wienen

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City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation, IANA Time Zone Database.