Haarlem

Haarlem ( pronunciation(info / explanation)) is a City and municipality in and the capital of the Netherlands province of North Holland. The City is located on the riverSpaarne and Kennemerland in the region.

Haarlem belongs to the medium-sized cities in the Randstad. The city belong to the municipality of Haarlem, Haarlem and the western part of the village of Spaarndam.The municipality counts 155.758 inhabitants[1]  making it the second largest city after Amsterdam of North Holland and the Netherlands's 13th municipality . The Metropolitan agglomeration Haarlem (Haarlem, Heemstede and Bloemendaal) counts about 200,000 inhabitants[2]  and the Metropolitan Zone Haarlem (Zuid-Kennemerland and IJmond) more than 400,000 inhabitants. [3]

Haarlem is first mentioned in a document from the 10th century. In 1245 it got City rights by William II of Holland. At the end of the middle ages Haarlem was become one of the most important cities of Holland. In the early modern period the City developed on industrial area as in the cultural field as textile town and schildersstad.



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[hide] *Name 1  ==Name[ Edit] == The place name Haarlem is probably a corruption of Haarloheim. The Dutch in the outdated heim is related to heme, which means "place of residence". The name as a whole probably means "living place located on a high sandy soil (her) in the forest (lo)". If this is the precise origin of the name, however, is not entirely clear. This is because the word had many different meanings at the time her . [4]
 * 2 History
 * 2.1 middle ages
 * 2.2 early modern period
 * 2.3 modern times
 * 3 Geography
 * 3.1 geology and landscape
 * 3.2 City format
 * 4 cityscape
 * 4.1 Center
 * 4.2 South West
 * 4.3 East
 * 4.4 North
 * 4.5 schalkwijk
 * 4.6 Protected cityscape
 * 4.7 parks and recreation areas
 * 5 demographics
 * 5.1 composition
 * 5.2 population development
 * 5.3 Religion
 * 5.4 Language
 * 6 politics and Government
 * 6.1 municipal and provincial government
 * 6.2 town twinning
 * 6.3 Symbolism
 * 7 public order and security
 * 7.1 Police
 * 7.2 Maintaining public environment
 * 8 Culture
 * 8.1 Famous buildings
 * 8.2 war memorials
 * 8.3 museums and galleries
 * 8.4 Visual Arts
 * 8.5 Literature
 * 8.6 Media
 * 8.7 Theatre, film and cultural centers
 * 8.8 Events
 * Economy 9
 * 9.1 Activity
 * 9.2 work and income
 * 9.3 retail trade
 * 9.4 tourism
 * traffic and transport 10
 * 10.1 road traffic
 * 10.2 railways
 * 10.3 City and regional transport
 * 10.4 shipping
 * 11 education, welfare and sport
 * Education 11.1
 * 11.2 health care
 * 11.3 Sports
 * 12 references
 * 13 external link

The name Haralem was at the beginning of the 10th century for the first time put on paper by a clergyman of the St. Martin's Church in Utrecht, which had to make an inventory of all church property. On this list is the place called Haralem with three farms. [5]

Its location on the river Spaarne, the City yielded the nickname spaarnestad . A resident of the city is an h, but it is jokingly also called called mosquito . The origin of this is not quite known, but as early as the 14th or 15th century ' mug ' used as a swear word.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" len="159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]  A logical explanation lies in the fact that there used to be a lot of mosquitoesin Haarlem were. As alternative explanations are the nitpicking of the Haarlem-Club and a sage about a witch that the inhabitants of the city threatened to turn into mosquitoes as they would listen to her not mentioned.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the early modern period was schildersstadknown as the Haarlem. Thanks to its location in the North of the bulb area has the city nowadays also the reputation to be the City of flowers . During the Carnival the city is called Mosquito donk.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1658, Peter Stuyvesant New Haarlem founded on the East coast of the United States. In 1664 the English colony took over and renamed the place to Harlem. Harlem, found in the North of Manhattan is the borough, is now part of the city of New York. ==History<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Middle Ages<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the 10th century Haarlem for the first time in literary sources. In the source is the place listed under the name ' Haralem '. Archaeological research shows that there was already 1500 years before our era of habitation in the vicinity of the Spaarne. The village originated as a beach Ridge, about which spirit settlement on a country road that ran North of Holland with the South Alliance. The city became the seat of the counts of Holland and count William II granted in 1245 Haarlem City rights. The convenient location to the Spaarne and by the above mentioned link road the city could develop rapidly. The economy of the city turned in the 13th and 14th centuries especially on beer brewing, shipbuilding and cloth industry. In the 15th century ran the economy back. This was partly due to the unrest in that period in Holland and West-Friesland. ===Early modern period<span class="mw-editsection" len="331" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Executions by the Spaniards during thesiege of Haarlem"Haer-lem" copper engraving made by Jan van de Velde after a drawing by Pieter de Molijn. Published in Amsterdam by Reinier and Joshua Ocampo between 1726-1766.<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1572 chose Haarlem in the eighty years ' war party for the rebels of William of Orange and by the Spanish King. At the end of that year began, led by Don Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, the siege of the city by the Spaniards and in June 1573 the city gave themselves over, after pretty much starved to be. 700 defenders were beheaded. Three years later, Haarlem ravaged by a big City fire. In 1577 the Spanish left and the city came back on the side of William of Orange.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem were affected by the reformation. In the agreement of Veere, that was closed in the same year, were the equal rights between Catholics and Protestantsestablished. This was the only Dutch city Haarlem where peace was.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" len="159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [7]  In June 1578 stormed the Protestants when on the main market square. They plundered the Church and killed the priest. Also the monasteries were plundered and partly destroyed, then referred to as rebellion.

City map of Haarlem from 1646<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1581 the agreement of Veere was terminated. From that time was only one religion allowed in Haarlem: the reformed. The Catholic life went underground: in churches, such as the Old Catholic Church of St. Anna and Maria at the Bakenessergracht, remained Catholics meet in secret.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the rest had returned saw many Flemings and French their chance and moved to Haarlem. They gave the Haarlem linen industry a new flowering time. The painterFrans Hals was a son of one of these Flemish immigrants.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city knew after 1577 a period of huge blooms. The number of inhabitants grew in 50 years of 18,000 to 40,000, which Haarlem up to one of the largest cities of Holland made. The economic boom was mainly due to the textile industry. In 1631 was begun with the construction of a trek speed between Haarlem and Amsterdam and in 1657 was a trek speed dug between Haarlem and Leiden. At the end of the 17th century the population of the city had grown to 55,000. ===Modern time<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===

A snow-like view of the Smedestraat.Painting by Eduard Alexander Hall from 1889<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After 1680 it went both in Leiden as in Haarlem bad with the textile industry. The number of inhabitants of Haarlem declined in 1815 to below 20,000.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1839 rode on the Haarlem the first train in Netherlands. In 1843 this rail link was extended to Lead. The old line, as it was called, and the other railway lines in the vicinity of Haarlem were operated by the HSM. All broad gauge lines were converted to standard gaugeby 1866. The original station was located on the site of the currentrevision company of NedTrain.

The 600th anniversary of Haarlem city in 1946<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to the railway connections the city also got a tram network in both standard gauge and metre gauge. On 28 May 1878 became the first horse tram linebetween Haarlem station and Drove opened by the Haarlemsche Tramway-society.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" len="159" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [8]  this line was electrified In 1913 and extended. Haarlem also got long distancesteam tram bedding lines to Alkmaar and a Lead and electric tram line Amsterdam-Haarlem-Zandvoort. All the tramway companies were merged into the NZHTM (later NZHVM), who rode with the famous Blue Trams. Disappeared the last tram line In 1957.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1853 was founded and the diocese Haarlem between 1895 and 1930 became to the then outskirts of the city built a new Cathedral . Only in the second half of the 19th century the economy of the city again began to scramble. There were new industries, including the carriages and spoorwagen Babu, the factory machine factory of Faisal and the printing of [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FKoninklijke_Joh._Ensched%25C3%25A9 Joh. Enschedé].

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 1 may 1927 was a part of the municipality of Schoten Haarlem. Also parts of other surrounding municipalities were annexed. In the 1930s suffered also Haarlem under the bad economy and disappeared after the Second World War the large industrial companies in the city. Haarlem became a city of Services, schools, and Government.

<p lang="en" len="502" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 2000 there in Haarlem worked on a number of large-scale construction projects, such as the project of the new construction plan, the Maria Foundationand the master plan Raaks railway zone. ==Geography<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is located in the North Wing of the Randstad. The municipality borders clockwise to the municipalities of Velsen, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude,Haarlemmermeer, Bloemendaaland Heemstede . To the East are Amsterdam (19 km) and Schiphol (13 km). The ports of IJmuiden are 10 km to the North and the North Sea coast is located about 7 km to the West.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has an important regional role. The primary service area consists of the northern part of the South-Dutch bulb region, especially the municipalities Hillegom, Zuid-Kennemerland, IJmond and part of the Haarlemmermeer. The city is Bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam. The agglomerationHaarlem makes in turn part of a larger conurbation, the Amsterdam metropolitan area. This region covers a large part of the North Wing of the Randstad and has over 2 million inhabitants.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Spaarne is the most important river that flows by Haarlem. There are plenty of old shedsat the Spaarne, the Droste-factory and other historic buildings. The river is especially in the summer months many used by boating. Also the Mooie Nel on the North East side of the city offers a large open waters. From the Spaarne is via theNorth Sea Canal accessible Spaarndam and through the ringvaart are puddles of South Holland to reach. The canals and canals in and around the town are accessible for boats with low vertical clearance. ===Geology and landscape<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Centre of Haarlem, Haarlem-Noord and the haarlemmerhout quarter are an ancient Beach Ridge, excavated to the West of the river Spaarne. On this shoreline are also the villages of Heemstede and bennebroek. The Western districts of the city are situated in the peat surface between the shoreline and the old dunes on which, among others, the villages Overveen, Aerdenhout, Bloemendaal and Santpoort are. West of these villages are the young, especially vacant dunes. The districts of Haarlem-East and schalkwijk, which lie east of the Spaarne, are built on peat deposits. North of Haarlem are the sea clay polders of the former IJ. East of Haarlem is the the Haarlemmermeer polder.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">North and East of Haarlem are large Meadow areas which a green buffer between the city and Amsterdam. The Haarlemmermeer Southeast of the city houses mostlyarable land. Southwest of Haarlem are forest areas and market gardens including many flower fields. Between Haarlem and Leiden is the bulb region, where in the spring many tulips, daffodils and hyacinths in bloom. The area west of the city consists of forests and dunes.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the total area of Haarlem, 32,12 km², is 91.3% (29.32 km²) of land and 8.7% (2.8 km²) of water. 53% (17.02 km²) of land is, in 2003, build.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-0" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9] ===City Format<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Topographic map of the municipality of Haarlem, the Netherlands, dec 2013 <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The municipality of Haarlem is divided into 5 boroughs, 9 districts and 40 neighborhoods.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [10] ==Cityscape<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Houses on the Short Dyke and the timber market along the river Spaarne. Links in the background is the Dome prison to see.Aerial view of Haarlem. Under: Western horticulture area and the garden village Disaster Avenue headquarters, align: the old town, align: haarlemmerhout, top right:schalkwijkThe SpaarneHildebrand monument in haarlemmerhout====Center<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The City Centre of Haarlem, 12,000 inhabitants, consists of the old town, and the area between the station and the New Canal. The historic centre, surrounded by moats and canals, is characterized by many old streets and monuments. In the heart of the town is the Large Market to which some special historical buildings including theTown Hall, the Vleeshal and the Grote of St. Bavo Church. The town's skyline is dominated by this huge church with its almost 80 metres high tower. Many well-known musicians including Mozart have on the world famous Müller organ in the Church played. The third version of the first Dutch plane, the Spin 3 by Anthony Fokker, flew on a flight over the Haarlem city centre and around the St. Bavo Church on the occasion of Queen's day in 1911.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [11]  On the Grote Markt is twice a weekly market and find there are different events take place throughout the year including the annual fair. From the Grand place in major shopping streets: the Grote houtstraat, theBarteljorisstraat and the Zijlstraat. In the historical centre there are a number of small characteristic shopping streets, such as the warmoesstraat, the Schagchelstraat and the Kleine houtstraat. The Spaarne river separates the town into two parts. West of the river is the largest part of the town. To the East the part that is called also called the Spaarnwouderbuurt . In this part include the only remaining city gate of Haarlem to find the Spaarnwouder or Amsterdamse Poort. Also featured here the millDe Adriaan and Dome prison. Both banks of the Spaarne turn by two monumental bridges, a small pick-up bridge called the Graves toes bridge and a modern stone bridge connected to each other. This last bridge, which is popularly called the ' paint roller, is officially called the long bridge.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many of the buildings in the town date from the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. However, there is also a lot of modern architecture such as the toneelschuur and the new construction around the Appelaar. The area between the new Canal and the railway station, the Stationbuurt, was built in the second half 19th century. Along the new canal contains many large mansions. In the ' 60s and ' 70s of the 19th century, the villas on the Kenau park and the Doelen not and on to strongholds. The design of this villa parks was designed by the Haarlem (garden) architect Louis Paul Zocher. In 1908 the new drive to the station came into being. The architecture of the station building is in Art Nouveau style, the station was designed by Dirk Margadant. ====South West<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">This district, which comprises the areas south and West of the Haarlem town has about 32,000 inhabitants. South of the city centre is the haarlemmerhout. To this city park is the 18th-century neoclassical Pavilion Welgelegen, which is now part of the provincial House of Noord-Holland. Welgelegen was built by banker Henry Hope and was during the French era inhabited by Louis Napoleon. Surrounding the park are the Queen's neighborhood and Den Hout, the most expensive areas of the city. Many of the early-20th-century villas are now used as office building. Sandwiched between the Centre, the Spaarne and the haarlemmerhout is the Rose Arbor, a late-19th-century workers nearby. Many of the old homes in the neighborhood during the last decades are demolished and replaced by a new building. In 2010 the construction of a large number of new apartments completed, these are built on the site where the Maria Foundation stood. The high flat in the middle of that new construction is a striking appearance and is to see from a distance.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">West of the city centre is another late-19th-century working class neighbourhood, the Leidsebuurt. In this neighborhood, that between the Leidsevaart and the railway to Lead in is located, are still a large part of the original remodeling standing. South of this neighborhood was in the late 19th century began the construction of theCathedral of St. Bavo. West of the railroad tracks is the outdoor swimming pool from the 1927 Wood speeddating. During the 1928 summer Olympics which were held in Amsterdam, trained here the American swimming team. At the western end of Haarlem it to the dunes bordering Western horticulture area one of the few agricultural land within the municipality. The Westelijke Randweg forms a separation between city and country. In the middle of this horticulture area is the Garden village Disaster Avenue headquarters. In the southernmost and westernmost tip of Haarlem Haarlem-highState, one of the first and highest buildings of the city. It is one of the few flats in this area which is mainly dominated by single-family homes. ====East<span class="mw-editsection" len="319" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== The dome prison in Haarlem Oost<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In this eastern city district with over 20,000 inhabitants are located a number of workers neighborhoods. They are built during the first half of the 20th century. Because of the damp soil have many houses here, which are based on wooden poles, suffer from piles plague. In this part of the city was formerly also the slaughterhouse.Around 1960 is East of the workers Park District built neighborhoods, a neighborhood characterized by flats and series development. The last major enlargement was the neighborhood Southern polder, built in the 1990s. On the border of Haarlem-East and the center of the city is the characteristic Dome prison.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">North of the industrial area is the Amsterdam Sails Waarderpolder. This area is home to mostly retail and wholesale companies, companies in the building industry and light industry. The East Bank of the North Outside Spaarne, such as the Spaarne just north of the town is called, is characterized by mostly monumental old factory buildings and sheds. Examples are the Light factory, the former energy company Haarlem, the buildings of the former Droste factory and the huge warehouse of Faisal, which now has been converted into a business premises with premises and lofts. On the East side of the Haarlem Waarderpolder is the tallest structure of the 149 meter high KPN Tower. ====North<span class="mw-editsection" len="320" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== The new North Schoterbrug in Haarlem<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">This district with over 51,000 inhabitants belonged to 1927 for the most part to the municipality Shots. The area just north of the station was already annexed in 1884.Here risen rapidly becoming the French Halsbuurt and kleverparkbuurt. In 1882 was started with the building of the Ripperdakazerne. After the annexation of Shots is the former municipality within 25 years almost completely filled. There are mostly single family homes from the 1930s, ' 40s and ' 50s of the 20th century. Here are also the city kweektuinen of Huis ter Kleef and three large cemeteries to find. In Haarlem-Noord are some important sports facilities. Football club HFC Haarlem had Stadium and there are also Hockey club Haarlem, the base-and softball club Sparks Haarlem and Kinheim baseball club are located there. On the west edge of the city part lie the Pim Mulierstadion and partly roofed ice skating. In Haarlem-Noord is also the smallest official Zoo of Netherlands: Stichting artisklas Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [12] ====Schalkwijk<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1963, schalkwijk, which until that time was a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude, annexed by Haarlem. The district has approximately 31,000 inhabitants. The municipality, located in the southeast of the district was during the ' 60s, ' 70 and ' 80 it is filled. In the district are many high Gallery flats, low portico flatsand sober series building area. Schalkwijk is also characterized by the many green that surrounds the apartment buildings and the good main road network. Middle in schalkwijk is a large shopping centre with over 125 stores. Schalkwijk is surrounded on three sides by water. West of the town is the Spaarne, South Meerwijkplas and the mill pond and East lies the ringvaart. On the northern edge along the Schipholweg is the location of one of Haarlem last large city expansions: The Entrance of Haarlem. ===Protected cityscape<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The old core of the city, the haarlemmerhout and the area between the wood and the town are on 5 december 1990 designated as protected cityscape. So if one wants to the historic urban structure and protect the historical architecture as well as possible. It is therefore not only to all the monuments of the city, but to the overall picture that is formed by buildings, streets, squares, canals and bridges. The village of Spaarndam the has been around since 1971.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Coming years will be extended with some heritage areas in the districts of North and South West, including Heritage neighborhood, kleverpark, Trees neighborhood,Queen's neighborhood and Vandenberg.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Republic includes the share Centre, South, Southwest and North. ===Parks and recreation areas<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === City forest the haarlemmerhout <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Haarlem are several parks and recreation areas. Of this is the still the best known haarlemmerhout . The haarlemmerhout is a stadsbibliotheek Haarlem. The forest has existed since the beginning of our era. Especially in this forest the golden age gold as haven for rich people who wanted to live here and near the Spaarne. History can be found in this park.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Kenau park, designed in 1865, is the second most famous park in Haarlem. The name is due to Kenau simonsdochter Hasselaer, who lived from 1526 to 1588 or 1589. She played a large role during the siege of Haarlem.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Other parks include the frederikspark, in Haarlem, the Doelen not strongholds, Mayor Reinaldapark, the mill pond park and the Schoterbos.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the area are even more nature reserves and parks. The largest is the National Park Zuid-Kennemerland in Bloemendaal , Velsenand Zandvoort. Recreation area Spaarnwoude is found in Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. The Haarlemmermeerse Bos is located near Hoofddorp in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. ==Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Population pyramid of Haarlem<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has 155.758 inhabitants and is 1 may 2014, after Amsterdam, Noord-Holland's second largest city by population.Haarlem In Netherlands is by population the thirteenth municipality. Since the borders of the city and municipality of sync, scores is the urban cores looked like just Haarlem to even higher: it is by population the tenth city of Netherlands.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the 70 's was a trend of negative population growth rate used, which only recently has stopped again. After bottoming out in 2004, the population was 146.739 inhabitants in 2008 again risen above the 148.200.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-1" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">With a population density of 5.036 inhabitants per km² land-for the Netherlands as a whole is population density 486 inhabitants per km²-Haarlem is one of the most densely populated cities of the country. The omgevingsadressendichtheid, another indicator for the urbanity, amounted to 3,130 in 2006. ===Composition<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the nearly 150,000 Haarlem is 21.7% 19 years of age or younger, or 32.131 inhabitants. The Group of 20-to 44-year-olds France 54.224 people is 36.6 percent of the total population; that percentage is located above the Dutch average of 34.0 percent. 39.222 Haarlem (26.5 percent) fall within the category of 45-to 64-year-olds and 22.624 (15.3%) of the population is 65 years of age or older.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kerncijfers_13-0" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 1 January 2009, 148.201 inhabitants, of whom 72.027 Haarlem men (48.6%) and 76.174 women (51.4 percent).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kerncijfers_13-1" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]  as of January 1, 2008 there were 71.749households, with an average size of 2.05 person; 21.8% of the total population is formed by single households.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kerncijfers_13-2" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [13]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">24% of the population is immigrant, compared to 20% in all of Netherlands.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [14]  In the Park Districtneighborhoods, Meerwijk Boerhaave district and is more than 40% of the population of foreign origin.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kerncijfers_13-3" len="173" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [13] ===Population Development<span class="mw-editsection" len="337" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the twenties of the 20th century the Haarlem population grew beyond the limit of 100,000 inhabitants. Haarlem reached the highest number of inhabitants In 1967: 173.133. Afterwards there was for several decades a population decrease, as more and more activity from the city and moved there so less work was. The population dropped below the 150,000 In 1994, after which the population decrease stagnated. It is expected that the Haarlem population this and the coming years will grow again.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem acts since the late 1990s as ' overflow ' of Amsterdam. Because in Amsterdam the houses are scarce and expensive, increasingly chose former Locals for Haarlem. House prices in Haarlem are thereby increased.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the chart below is the development of the population of Haarlem displayed.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-2" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]

<p len="255" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ===Religion<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Saint Bavo saves Haarlem from theKennemers in 1274. Painting from 1673<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to the Permanent research living situation (wrist) of the (CBS) from 2001-2003 was in this period almost two thirds of the population of the agglomeration Haarlem-64.4%-not religious-minded. 18.2% of the population is Roman Catholic, 2.8% 6.3% Dutch Reformed, reformed and 6.4% Islamic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [16]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Saint Bavo is the Patron Saint of the city. The worship of Saint Bavo is taken from Ghent, a city that because of the cloth industry good was connected to Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is since 1853 the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem, which since 1 January 2009 the name Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam carries.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [18]  the Cathedral of the diocese is the Cathedral Basilica St. Bavo on the Leidsevaart. For the construction of the Basilica St. Bavo was the seat of the diocese Haarlem located in the Bisdommelijk or Bishop's Palace to the new Canal 80 to Haarlem, the property is still doing service as Bishop's House. See also the list of churches in Haarlem. ===Language<span class="mw-editsection" len="319" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">It is the City dialect of Haarlem Haarlem, however, also features a South Dutch dialect shares with the Amsterdam. In the past closed the Haarlems reasonably in to the Kennemerlands. By dialect change is there anything special to notice more of now. The Haarlem phonology is characterized by a voiceless articulation of fricatives are voiced in the default language (v, z, g > f, s, ch), the relatively closed the short epronunciation (that is, the direction of pet pit) and the palatalized realization of the t and d, n.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has a reputation that there is the "purest" Dutch is spoken.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [19]  Although the dialect of the place indeed not much of the Australian business number is different, is it not the case that one must travel to Haarlem right there to hear the pure Dutch. The reputation the city has probably due to (the h!) Johan Winkler, which in the 19th century in its Dialect icon wrote that the local vernacular much resembled the "modern Hollandsch" and that this modern Dutch already through half of the Haarlem population was spoken.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [20] ==Politics and Government<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Municipal and provincial government<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The City Hall<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is the capital of the province of North Holland. The provincial House is the History in the haarlemmerhout.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The City Council of Haarlem consists of 39 members and is chaired by the current mayor since 4 July 2006, Bernt Schneiders. The Council has 9 different groups.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city is governed by the college of Mayor and aldermen, that for the period 2010-2014 consists of the Mayor and five aldermen from D66, the coalition parties PvdA,VVDand Groenlinks . The four parties hold 27 of the 39 seats in the Council. The Mayor of Haarlem is Bernt Schneiders of the labour party. Saad is since the arrival of Jan Reehorst in 1977 the fourth PvdA Mayor for the city in a row.

<p lang="en" len="61" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The College of B & W consists of the following six persons:

<p lang="en" len="496" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The result (in per cent) and seat distribution of the municipal elections from 1990:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-3" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9] ===Town Twinning<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === 
 * Bernt Schneiders (Mayor, PvdA): public order and security, Administration, civil affairs, City promotion
 * Jose Cabral (Alderman, D66): regional planning, real estate, participation and representation
 * Sam Varghese (Alderman, D66): Sport, WMO, welfare, public health, services, communication
 * Jan Nad (Alderman, PvdA): economy, housing, education, youth policy, Social Affairs
 * Lukas Mulder (Alderman, Green left): sustainability, Areas, mobility, management and maintenance
 * Cornelis Mooij (Alderman, VVD): finance, business, Culture

Haarlem  Osnabrück  Angers  This Haarlem and her sister cities on the map of Europe<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has partnerships with several cities. There are two twinning cities:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stedenbanden_22-0" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]

<p lang="en" len="278" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition, the city has two sister cities:<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stedenbanden_22-1" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]
 * Angers (France), since 1964
 * Osnabrück (Germany),<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  since 1961

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has teamed up with This worked on a project called "Towards a New Waste Management Policy",<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stedenbanden_.281.29_24-0" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]  that revolves around a waste policy. Now we are working on working arrangements and an emergence of a waste treatment plan. This has further indicated to want to work with Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stedenbanden_.281.29_24-1" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [24]  all this is done with the goal of integration and Exchange in the fields of culture, education, health and care for the elderly between Haarlem and to promote This.
 * This (Turkey)
 * Mutare (Zimbabwe)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">And there is also a collaborative band from private initiative with the region around Rivas in Nicaragua since 1986.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [25] ===Symbolism<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The coat of arms of Haarlem consists of a red field with a sword surmounted by a cross. The sword is flanked by four stars. The stars indicate the closeness of the city with the sea. The sword would have been added by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor from thanks for the conquest of Damietta in 1219. The patriarch of Jerusalem would have added the cross out thanks. The red field with the sword and the cross, the 4-star also applies if the flag of the city.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Haarlem's motto is virtus vim we Vicit, Latin for Prowess has overcome violence. ==Public order and security<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Police<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The maintenance of public order and safety is carried out by the Sheriff's Department in Haarlem Kennemerland, district Kennemerland-middle. Haarlem Mayor Bernt Schneiders of has been appointed as Corps administrator. Sam van den Berg has been appointed as police chief. The Kennemerland police headquarters is located on the Koudenhorn 2 in Haarlem. About 1,600 people work at the police Kennemerland. ===Enforcement public environment<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The municipality of Haarlem also has its own Enforcement public service environment that deals with monitoring and enforcement in the public domain. The parking service is a fusion of the former police and environmental police. The uniformed municipal officials focus on things like driving and parking control, violations of stopped traffic, environmental monitoring, pollution caused by youth and homeless, and general supervision. The enforcers are swimming and entitled to write speeding tickets, minutes and to use violence and handcuffs. Citizens are required to respond to the legitimate commands that a town official of this service gives. When maintaining public environment employs about 60 people. ==Culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="322" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Famous buildings<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The Grote Markt with the Grote Kerk or Sint-bavokerk. To see on the right is the VleeshalHofje van BakenesMolen De Adriaan at the SpaarneGraves toes bridge with the former brewery The OlyphantRuin of BrederodeThe Long Bridge ("Verfroller Bridge")<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is the sixth monument city of Netherlands. It has a population of 1149 national monuments. In addition the city some 80 municipal monuments. This list will be expanded over the next few years with 650 objects. In addition, the historic centre designated as protected cityscape. In the inner city are most of the monuments, such as the Grote Kerk or Sint-Bavo Church, the Town Hall and the Vleeshal. However, the city has a number of leading modern buildings, such as the toneelschuur, thePatronage, the new building of the municipal theatre and the Office of the ING Bank on wilhelminastraat.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Grand place is centrally located in the old town of Haarlem and is dominated by the Sint-bavokerk. On the west side is the Town Hall, a rectangular building with tilt and a tower. On the place where the Town Hall is built was formerly a hunting lodge by the counts of Holland. The Head Guard, also located on the market square, built in the 13th century and is one of the oldest monuments in the city. The Vleeshal and Vishal are two buildings in which it used to be, as the name implies, meat and fish were sold. In addition to de Vleeshal is the Verweyhal, built in the 19th century as men's society. Other famous streets in the city are the Butter market, new moat, Gedempte Oude Gracht and the jansstraat. The Barteljorisstraat, the Grote houtstraat and the Zijlweg can be found in the Board game Monopoly.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of the churches in Haarlem are the Grote Kerk or Sint-bavokerk, built between 1370 and 1520 and the St. Bavo Cathedral, built in 1930, the most famous two. Name ' as they are also called called Old and New Baaf . In the Sint-bavokerk sound every night between 9 and 9: 30, the Damiaatjesto commemorate the conquest of the Egyptiancity of Damietta. To the Saint John's Church, with adjoining a monastery that now houses the North Holland Archives . The Greenmarket Church is the second oldest Catholic remained Church in Haarlem. Likewise in the center of the city is the Bakenesserkerk, which stands out for its White Tower resembling that of the Sint-bavokerk.Other churches in Haarlem are the St. Joseph Church, Walloon Church, Lutheran Church, the great Admonition, Remonstrant Church, old Catholic Anna and Maria Cathedral and new Church.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [26]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem France courtyards. In the 17th century, there were more than 40, but in the 18th and 19th century, many disappeared. Also the oldest hofje in Haarlem, the Netherlands is of Hofje van Bakenes from 1395.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has several Mills, of which the Unicorn (built in 1776 to the Spaarne) is the oldest. In 1926-1927 is an electric sawmill at built. Association De Hollandsche Molen, the Unicorn in 1927 to preserve the mill as bought up. De Adriaan, an octagonal up mill, was built in 1779. The mill is on 23 april 1932 in 2001 rebuilt after the mill was burned down. Now it is a museum and wedding occasion. The Bumblebee is also once burnt down, after lightning strike. The mill was restored In 1972 and 1991. The Spring mill is a land sailor, built in 2001. The original Vijfhuizer Mill is burned down in 1859; the existing version was built in 1875. The Stoop or Schoterveense Mill, built in the 17th century, is a major city.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem also counts a number of buildings that used to be companies or stores arose in that environment. One such building is The Olyphant, where used to be abrewery was located. At the Spaarne is also the Teylers Museum as well as the Waag, situated on the corner of the Damstraat. In latter Street is also the Haarlem Court established.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Spaarnwouder-or Amsterdamse Poort was built in 1355 and is the only remaining city gate of the twelve that the city has known in total. The prison was built between 1899 and 1901 and is still in use. It is one of the three dome prisons in Netherlands. One is the drugstore Van der Pigge, built in 1849. This drugstore is the only building that has been preserved after the Vroom & Dreesmann has established itself there. The drugstore still possesses the original gaper.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are also instances of modern architecture in Haarlem. One example is the toneelschuur, that functions as a theater and movie house and was built in 2003, designed by Joost Swarte. In addition to the toneelschuur is the New Phil harmony, that at the beginning of the twentieth century has been renovated. The courthouse Haarlem, the Patronage, the ING branch and municipal theatre are also in modern style.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Outside the village include the Ripperda Barracks, Huis ter Kleef and the History. In the surrounding area can be visited several forts and castles. One of these is the ruin of Brederode, lying in Santpoort-Zuid. There Brederode Castle once stood, founded by William van Brederode in the second half of the 13th century. Another former Castle is the Slot Heemstede to Heemstede, that nowadays a country estate with the name is the old lock . Estate Elswout in Overveen is a country estate in French stylethat a few meadows, a piece of forest and includes a large country house. The Cruquius pumping station in Cruquius, both named after Nicolaus Cruquius, was built in 1849 and is one of the three ground that have drained the Haarlemmermeer . The forts of the Stelling van Amsterdam are the last major area attractions of Haarlem. ===War Memorials<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem also has a number of war memorials, see: list of war monuments in Haarlem. ===Museums and galleries<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The old men, where the Frans Hals Museum is established<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has a total of 22 museums and exhibition rooms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [27]  The Teylers Museum at the Spaarne was founded in 1784 and is the oldest museum in the Netherlands.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [28] the museum's collection focuses on art and science and owns a number of the Italian artist Michelangelo.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Another well-known museum in town is the Frans Hals Museum. This museum was established in 1862 and was located in the Town Hall; It's in 1913 moved to a courtyard from the 17th century. It manages a large collection of paintings from the golden age, including many works by Frans Halsnamesake. Museum De Hallen is an annex of the Frans Hals Museum in two buildings on the Grand place. Here is contemporary and modern art on display.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are more museums. The history of the city is extensively highlighted in the historical Museum at Haarlem. Mineral resources from the environment can be found in the Archaeological Museum. The Dolhuys Museum is the national museum of Psychiatry. On the grounds of the former tram depot of the Leidsevaart is present to theNZHM the NZH-transport museum, that a number of trams and buses are managing. The Corrie ten Boom Museum is dedicated to resistance fighter Corrie ten Boom and her evangelism work. In the Theo Swagemakers Museum are portraits, still lifes and landscapes by the painter shown. The collection of the barrel organ museum Haarlem includes nine Street organs.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The spaarnestad photo archive houses millions of press-and documentary photographs from the twentieth century and before. A regional archive is the North Holland Archives, that information about the city, the region and the province in the archive has.

<p lang="en" len="283" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Among other things the Vishal, the ABC architecture Centre and Gallery Peter House serve as exhibition space. ===Visual Arts<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === "Science and art by renowned award-winning"on the Teylers Museum<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is a typical schildersstad been for centuries. The city was in this area in the northern Netherlands and even leading in the years 1580-1630 more important than for example Amsterdam. The reputation of painter City got Haarlem by artists such as [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJacob_Isaacksz._van_Ruisdael Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael] and Frans Hals, Pieter Saenredam, though not the last two were both born in the city itself. In the Frans Hals Museum many works of Haarlem painters are on display.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also in the public space, there is a lot of art in Haarlem on display. There are in the municipality of six memorials that remind of Laurens janszoon Coster, who is regarded as the inventor of the printing press in Netherlands. The oldest of these is an image from 1722, which was made by Gerrit van Mr stable and is placed in the hortus of theStedelijk Gymnasium Haarlem. The oldest image in the city is the statue of Justitia at City Hall, it was posted about 1633.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-publiekevrouwen_29-0" len="177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [29]  there are also images of Frans Hals,Godfried Bomans Kenau simonsdochter Hasselaer.

<p lang="en" len="968" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Sculptors of the Haarlem Mari Andriessen, Ahmed Mahmood, Eric Claus and Kees Verkade are multiple images in the city. ===Literature<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The haarlemmer Laurens janszoon Coster would beginning 15th century have invented the printing press . However, the German Johannes Gutenberg is generally seen as the inventor. In Haarlem are some monuments in memory of Coster, who still, and especially by Haarlem, is seen as the inventor of printing. After the establishment of the printing works of [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJoh._Ensched%25C3%25A9 Joh. The city got the lasting reputation of Enschedé] printing city.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also has the reputation as writers city Haarlem. Many famous Dutch writers are born there or worked there, including Nicolaas Beets, Lodewijk van Deyssel, Godfried Bomans, Louis Ferron, Harry Mulisch, L.H. Wiener and Richard Nadeau. ===Media<span class="mw-editsection" len="320" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Haarlems Dagblad is a regional newspaper for Haarlem and surroundings and is regarded as the oldest, still existing newspaper in the world (since 1656).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [30]  TheHaarlems weekly and Haarlem this Weekend are free newspapers that appear every week. Another weekly free newspaper is the The h. The City newspaper is part of the h and publishes weekly all municipal notices.

<p lang="en" len="899" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem 105 is active on both radio and television: Cable Television maintains a newspaper and Haarlem Haarlem 105 105 Radio broadcasts in the ether on 89.9 fm and via the local cable on 103.3 fm. ===Theatre, film and cultural centers<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The Patronage<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Several theatres, cinemas and other cultural sites are in Haarlem. The Phil harmony in this list is the oldest building, which dates back to 1872. In 2001, this updated and expanded. The new building is built around the old part. This was until 2002 the Concertgebouw Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [31]  Also the toneelschuur/the Film barn has been moved. The current toneelschuur is in the building next to the Phil harmony. This has happened in 2003. The building is under construction project is fully completed Appelaar, that in 2007.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Patronaat in Haarlem is a music venue. It was founded in 1984 and was for a long time housed in an old school building. Since 2005 is a new, modern accommodations in use. The patronage is one of the 10 most important music venues in Netherlands and has two rooms and a music café.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Cinema Palace was a cinema from 1915 and was one of the oldest cinemas in Netherlands. The building contained one cinema, but this could accommodate 550 people and was the largest cinema in Haarlem. In July 2011 opened its doors and Cinema Palace Pathé Haarlem Haarlem is closed with effect from 8 January 2011. Also the Brinkmann-cinema, formerly the only cinema in Haarlem with multiple rooms closed in early 2012. ===Events<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In april attracts the flower parade of Noordwijk to Haarlem. The day after the corso are the floats still on display in the town. The annual Bevrijdingspop on may 5 is one of the Netherlands's largest liberation festivals . In 1980 it became for the first time organized and this makes it the oldest liberation festival of Netherlands. Bevrijdingspop takes place in the haarlemmerhout. It is also the venue for the annual Wood festival with world music and small-scale concerts. There is also fair in april a large place on the Large Market and also on the Zaanenlaan in Haarlem Noord.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On the Grand place also different events, including annual Haarlem Jazz & More, Haarlem Culinair and Haarlem Comic days.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to cultural events take place each year in Haarlem also some sporting events. The best known in this area are the Haarlem baseball week, the Haarlem Basketball week (to the year in Haarlem and Amsterdam) and the silver cross Achmea Walking. ==Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == The Waag at the Spaarne played between 17th and the 19th century an important role in the Haarlem economyFormer factory building at the Spaarne ofDroste chocolate producer<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Today Haarlem a city that especially companies from the service sector, such as shops, restaurants and business service providers, and public institutions such as schools, and Government houses. Also a few industrial companies are located in the city. Tourism is an important branch of the Haarlem economy. In the period from March 2005 to March 2006 brought more than 700,000 foreign tourists a visit to Haarlem. ===Activity<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From the 13th to the 17th century Haarlem was an important textile town. In the city of his bed sheet, linen and wool produced. During the middle ages was also brewing beer one of the most important economies in the city. The water from the Spaarne was used for this. But after it became too polluted water from the River, there is a canal dug that Haarlem with the dunes had to connect. This name was given the name Brewers applicable speed and had to the Haarlem beer breweries pure dune water supplying. The Haarlemse Jopen beer brand recalls the rich history of brewing beer in the city.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">After the industrial revolution of the 19th century Haarlem became a real industrial city. Several companies established themselves in the city and along the Spaarne.This River formed together with landscaped in the 19th century the rail links with Amsterdam and Leiden the main connections to the rest of the Western Netherlands.The factory of J.J. Babu vehicles and trams manufactured of origin and is later under the name Royal factory of produce also trains coaches and Track car. The factory, established in 1838 moved in 1950 to beverwijk and closed in 1963. The Henry factory established at the Spaarne Faisal began as crates factory and grew into a producer of derricks, pile driving equipment and dredging. Haarlem gained international reputation in the field of printing industry thanks to the printing works of Joh.Enschedé. In 1890 in Haarlem the Droste chocolate company founded. The company relocated to the Spaarne. The company is now based in Vaassen.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nowadays there are some pharmaceutical companies and building industry companies located in Haarlem. Also, the Printing Office [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJoh._Ensched%25C3%25A9 Joh. Enschedé] still in the city.Furthermore, there are many other commercial companies in the city, especially companies from the retail and wholesale. Haarlem also has a large number of companies that specialize in business services. ===Work and income<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The inhabitants of Haarlem work mainly in industry, Commerce, business services, in public institutions, in education and in health and welfare services. The remaining inhabitants work in other sectors such as construction, catering and transport. In 2007 offered the city more than 66,000 jobs.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-4" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Part of de in Haarlem active people originate from surrounding municipalities as Heemstede, Bloemendaal and Velsen. A large part of the Haarlem-Club does not work within the municipality. Many Haarlem travel daily for their work to Amsterdam, Schiphol, Hoofddorp, Velsen and Lead.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The average disposable income per household in 2005 amounted to approximately € 29,000, which is slightly below the Dutch average of € 30,100. The average disposable income per person, with 52 weeks income amounted to € 18,800, the Dutch average amounted to € 18,200 here.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-O.26S_9-5" len="165" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [9] ===Retail Trade<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Establishment of the V & D department store to the butter market<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem was in 1994, 2004 and 2005 by the Central Statistical Office voted best shopping city of the Netherlands. Haarlem offers a large quantity and variety of shops. In the inner city are shops, clothing stores and exclusive living different antiques and curios shops and a large range of stores. A large number of catering businesses and further know Haarlem there are among other things on the Grand place to find many terraces. In addition, the cultural facilities and the historic town Haarlem up to an attractive shopping city, so the CBS. The shopping center of schalkwijk is one of the best shopping centres of Netherlands.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [32]  The shops in the city centre on Sunday (Sunday) and on Thursday evening (late night) opened.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Apart from the many shops is there almost every day in the week though a marketsomewhere in the city. On the butter market is also an organic farmers market every Friday and on Wednesday a book market. The following markets are weekly held in Haarlem:

===Tourism<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Tourism is becoming increasingly important in Haarlem, in comparison with 2000 and 2001, the number of tourists has tripled in a few years: in the period 2005 to March 2006 was visited by more than 720,000 people Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Toeristische_cijfers_33-0" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [33]  Haarlem has after the four major cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague and Utrecht) most foreign tourists every year. This large number of foreign visitors can be explained by its convenient location near Schiphol and Amsterdam and near the coast and the wide range of cultural history, shops and restaurants.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Toeristische_cijfers_33-1" len="182" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [33]
 * Grand place and Butter market (Monday)
 * Schalkwijk (Tuesday)
 * Butter market (Wednesday)
 * Hoofdwacht
 * Summer kade, Beatrix square and butter market (Friday)
 * Grand place and Butter market (Saturday)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">As main attraction is the historic centre, which offers a large number of monumental structures, including many churches and courtyards, counts and has the status of protected cityscape. The city also offers a number of important museums: the Frans Hals Museum & the halls and the Teylers Museum heard in 2007 both at the 10 most visited museums of North Holland outside of Amsterdam.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bezoekers200607_34-0" len="177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [34]  On field events include theflower parade between Noordwijk and Haarlem, Jazz city, the flower Bevrijdingspop weekends and among the top 10 of North Holland (again with the exception of Amsterdam); the flower parade is with ca. 1 million visitors even the biggest event of the province.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-bezoekers200607_34-1" len="177" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [34]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 2007 the city had a hotel capacity of 731 rooms.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-begrotingtoerisme_35-0" len="179" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [35]  approximately 4,500 Haarlem are employed in the tourism sector.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [36] ==Traffic and transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Road Traffic<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Map of Haarlem and surroundings{| len="2056" <p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:inherit;"><span len="24" style="border-top-color:gray;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:3px;width:1em;position:relative;top:0.8em;">       Municipality Borders
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:inherit;font-size:11px;"><span len="2" style="border-style:none;color:rgb(115,178,115);">█ █  Forest or park

<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:inherit;font-size:11px;"><span len="2" style="border-style:none;color:rgb(190,255,232);">█ █  Inland waterway, river or channel <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem is from the North and East accessible via motorways. From the South and West is the city accessible by provincial roads. Most roads in and around the city have the function as to-and rainwater drainage channel. A number of roads, however, fulfill the function of thoroughfares to and from the coast. Use the roads in summer beachgoers to the beaches of Zandvoort and Bloemendaal aan Zee to drive, what often leads to traffic jams on the roads around the Centre. For this reason, there are plans to build a southern ring road from the Schipholweg to the Westelijke Randweg, which with a tunnel under the Spaarne continuing. In January 2009 the municipality of 20,000 euro in a study of the feasibility of the tunnel put into it.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [37]  there is also to improve the flow between the North and Haarlem Waarderpolder -by the municipality developed a plan for the construction of a bridge over the Spaarne, the Schoterbrug, and the construction of the E-road network, an eastern ring road by the Waarderpolder.
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<p lang="en" len="62" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Around Haarlem are the following national and provincial roads:

===Railways<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === NS Station Haarlem<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The municipality of Haarlem has two railway stations. The largest station Haarlem, which is North of the city centre is a 10-minute walk from the main market square. Thismonument dates back to 1906-' 08 and is designed by Dirk Margadant. It is the junction of the old line Amsterdam-Rotterdam and Haarlem-Uitgeest and the linesHaarlem-Zandvoort. Starting from this station intercity's and stop trains in the directions Amsterdam, Alkmaar (and beyond), Lead (and beyond) and Zandvoort aan Zee.
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<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The second station, opened in 1998, is station Haarlem Spaarnwoude. On this station stop only sprinters.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Station Bloemendaal is the municipal boundary between Haarlem and Bloemendaal. Station Overveen is just across the municipal boundary with Bloemendaal. Stop on both drives only stop trains. The station Heemstede-Aerdenhout, that just on the town border with Heemstede is an important station for residents from the South of Haarlem. Express trains stop here and stop trains in the directions Haarlem / Amsterdam, Leiden (and beyond) and Alkmaar (and beyond).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In former times knew Haarlem more railway stops. Among other things to the Haarlemmermeer railway lines layers railway stops that would lie in the city today as station rijksstraatweg and stop Nieuweweg. ===City and regional transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === High quality public transport between Haarlem and Schiphol: the zuidtangent<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The City and regional transport in and around the city is mainly provided by transport company Connexxion and consists of transport with city buses and regional buses.There are several city bus lines (line 2, 3, 8, 14, 15 and South of the station line 73) in Haarlem. There are also connections with Heemstede (line 4, 7, 14, 50, 140, 680), Heemskerk (line 74), IJmuiden (line 3, 75 and 277), Leiden (line 50) (is provided by Arriva), Uitgeest (line 73), Amsterdam (line 80, 175, 176), Zandvoort (line 80, 81), Hillegom (line 9), Uithoorn (line 140), Badhoevedorp (line 177), Amstelveen (line 175), Schiphol (line 177, 277, R-network line 300), Santpoort and Bloemendaal (area shuttle service 481) and Amsterdam-Zuidoost (175, Rnet-line 300, South tangent). Some of these lines is provided by Connexxion as part of RegioNet.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The zuidtangent (Rnet-line 300) is a quick tangential bus from Station Haarlem through Schiphol Hoofddorp and Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station. In the future there might be a tunnel under the Haarlem town so as to avoid intersections and the Spaarne.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [38] ===Shipping<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Ever since the middle ages the Spaarne is used as a route for freight ships. Since the draining of the Haarlemmermeer slibde the river still further proof. By the arrival of industrial companies beginning 20th century, the municipality was forced to explore the Spaarne, so that it was suitable for cargo transport by water. The business areaWaarderpolder that along the river is has a port for cargo ships, the industrial port. Cargo transportation to and from the Spaarne takes place above all in the North. TheNorth Sea Canal is accessible via the IJ RIVER at Spaarndam and side channel C. ==Education, welfare and sport<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Education<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The First Christian Lyceum<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Below is a type of education which schools are located in Haarlem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [39]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Of secondary education the Media, First Christian Lyceum, Lyceum Sancta Maria, Mendel college, The Schoter, Haarlem College (formerly: Laurens janszoon Coster College (LJC2)), Kennemer Lyceum, Stedelijk Gymnasium, Star College, Rudolf Steiner school, Ken Luck school, Teyler College and Paul Mavo.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The only school for senior secondary vocational education is the Nova College, located in eight different buildings spread across the city. Each property is home to a number of different training courses.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [40]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are two schools for higher education in Haarlem. The first is Inholland University (more than 7,300 students <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41] ) and the second is the art school Haarlem. ===Health Care<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Kennemer gasthuis is an important hospital and large employer within the region. The hospital is located in two places in Haarlem, with a location South and a location North.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The GGD in Haarlem falls just as the Fire Department Kennemerland under Security region Kennemerland. The catchment area has more than 500,000 inhabitants and is one of the most risky security regions in Netherlands, due to the risk of natural fires, the presence of Schiphol Airport, the location under sea level and the consequent risk of flooding and some other risks.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [42]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Region Kennemerland has three ambulance services. Ambulance Service Kennemerland is a private company and part of Connexxion Ambulance care. At Ambulance Service Kennemerland is worked from Velsen and Heemskerk. The GGD Kennemerland also has an ambulance service and provides the service from the station in Haarlem. The third, namely VZA Hoofddorp, is active in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer. The three work together to people throughout the area in time to be able to help. Also have none of the companies are ambulances to run very far, because the area is divided in three care areas.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [43] ===Sports<span class="mw-editsection" len="320" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === In the 2006 Haarlem baseball week Pim Mulierstadion<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Many different sports are represented in Haarlem. The city has a few sports even the oldest still existing association in Netherlands. The Koninklijke HFC has existed since 1879.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [44]  Tennis club HLTC Haarlem, in business since 1884,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  is also the oldest Dutch Association in its sport. The long sports history of Haarlem is partly due toPim Mulier, who at the end of the 19th century in sports from Haarlem Netherlands introduced many hitherto unknown. He was involved in the creation of the Koninklijke HFC and CNAC-NAVB and the sports organisations and the HLTC NOC * NSF.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Koninklijke HFC, started as a rugby club, was in the football seasons 1889/90, 1892/93 and 1894/95 unofficial Dutch champion and won three times the Holdertbeker, the forerunner of the KNVB Cup. Later, townsman HFC Haarlem more successful: this club won the Cup and 1945/46 in the champion League. HFC Haarlem played from the introduction of the football (soccer) clubs in the Eredivisie for years and came in 1982/83 to even out in the UEFA Cup. From 1990 played in theFirst Division, into bankruptcy on January 25, 2010.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Well known in the judo world is Kenamju, founded in 1948. This club produced many toppers off for the Olympics and the several kampioenschapppen. famous judokas are Henk Grol, Claudia Zwiers, Dennis van der Geest, Elco van der Geest. Haarlem has a lot more sports clubs, such as badminton Association and multiple Dutch champion BC Duinwijck.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [46]  Base-and softball club Kinheim exists since 1935 and plays in the Dutch League. Sparks Haarlem base and softball was no less than 8 times Dutch champion softball. Won the European Cup 3 times 2 and 3 times the European cup 1. In 2012, the club still in the race for the 9th National title in 17 years. Also IJsclub Haarlem, in 1869, and Hockey club Haarlem can be found in Haarlem.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The ice skating Kennemerland is opened in 1977 and covered since 2006. There are six swimming pools in the city, three of which are managed by the municipality. Under the municipal swimming pools is also an outdoor swimming pool, "the Wood ride" called.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" len="161" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [47]

<p lang="en" len="266" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first international bandywedstrijd in the world was played between a team from Haarlem and a British club. ==References<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == View of Haarlem by Jacob van Ruisdael <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Haarlem has produced several national or even international celebrities, especially in the field of the arts. Painters such as Cornelis corneliszoon, [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJacob_Isaacksz._van_Ruisdael Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael] and Jan de Bray gave Haarlem in the 16th and 17th century the reputation of city painter; other painters such as Frans Hals, [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FPieter_Claesz. Pieter Claesz.] and Pieter Jansz.Saenredam were not born in Haarlem, but spent a part of their lives. Jacob van Campen, the designer of the Royal Palace and the Mauritshuis, is born in the city, as well as architect Pieter Post and book printer Laurens janszoon Coster. Nicolaas Beets, the writers Arthur Japin, Harry Mulisch Lennaert Nijgh and also from Haarlem, the Netherlands. Also worth noting are the resistance fighters Kenau simonsdochter Hasselaer, in the defence of Haarlem during the eighty years ' war, and Corrie ten Boomand Hannie Schaft, during the Second World War.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nowadays enjoy among other things the politicians Job Cohencoming from Haarlem, the Netherlands, Femke Halsema, Fred Teeven Joop Wijn and a more than local fame. On radio and television area are the Haarlem-Club Giel Beelen, Beau van Erven Dorens, Caroline Tensen, Rob Trip, Jon van Eerd, Paul Witteman and well-known people. A well-known comedian is Brigitte kaandorp. Also are there any known athletes, including Olympic skating champion Yvonne van Gennip and Maarten Stekelenburg. Musically is the singer Alain Clark born in Haarlem. Also the animated movie-couple Gerrit van Dijk and Cilia van Lieshout lived and lives in Haarlem, they are generally known by their actions for the city.