Activities
Discover Haarlem & Surroundings
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Haarlem is full of fun activities
Fancy a delicious beer from the Jopenkerk?
Go shopping in the Golden Streets, small boutiques and vintage shops?
Visit one of the museums?
Or would you rather cycle through the dunes of the beautiful Zuid-Kennemerland National Park?
Bloemendaal aan Zee & Zandvoort
North Sea beach
Just 7 kilometers away, about half an hour by bike, lies the beautiful North Sea beach.
In almost any weather, it’s wonderful to take a relaxing walk on the beach and then enjoy a drink or snack at a cozy beach café, or on a nice day, spend a summer’s day at the beach.
In Bloemendaal aan Zee & Zandvoort there are various beach pavilions, some of which are even open all year round.
Tips for Zandvoort: Hippie Fish and Ubuntu Beach
Tips for Bloemendaal aan Zee: San Blas
The Bloemendaal beach has received a Blue Flag for several consecutive years. This is an international environmental award given annually to beaches that have proven to be clean and safe.
Kennemer Dunes National Park
The Zuid-Kennemerland National Park stretches from Zandvoort to IJmuiden. This ever-surprising dune area, with estates along the outskirts, forests, and wild dunes leading to the North Sea beach, is home to numerous special animals and plants, including Scottish Highlanders, wild horses, foxes, deer, and birds. Perfect for walking and cycling.
Keukenhof 2026
From 19 March to Sunday 10 May 2026 Open daily from 8:00 – 19:00
The famous Keukenhof is the most beautiful spring park in the world! The 7 million tulips, daffodils and hyacinths create over 32 hectares of fragrance and colour. In the pavilions, 30 flower and plant shows alternate. Discover the latest trends in gardening and get inspired in the 7 inspirational gardens. Many artworks are shown to their best advantage among the flowers. www.keukenhof.nl
Everyone loves flowers, spring, tulips and the colourful bulb fields. Flowers and colours are part of celebrations and rituals all over the world, in every culture in their own way. Discover the power of colours in Keukenhof, the most colourful spring park in the world!
Tickets are sold via www.keukenhof.nl. Tickets are only available online for a fixed date and time slot. Combi-tickets including the Keukenhof Express bus 850 are recommended.
Beautiful bulb fields near Keukenhof can be admired from the end of March to early May. Perfect to visit on a bike ride. B&B Hotel Malts has 2 bicycles for rent.
Haarlem Canal Tours
The city at its most beautiful from April to October: sail in the open sloop with the enthusiastic skipper Jeroen through the centre of Haarlem with the Haarlem Canal Tours. During the 75-minute tour, you will receive a unique presentation on the history, art and architecture of the city and enjoy it to the fullest from the water.
The tour is available in Dutch and English. The sloop departs from the departure point reserved exclusively for Haarlem Canal Tours in the city centre on the Spaarne opposite the Teylers Museum.
During the tour, you will pass many well-known buildings: De Egelantier, Nieuwe Kerk, Stadsschouwburg, St. Bavo Cathedral, ING office, Patronaat, Diocese, Het Huis Barnaart, Het Paardenwed, Koudenhorn, De Molen Adriaan, Teylers Museum, Grote or St. Bavo Church, various squares and courtyards, and many other monuments and architectural highlights Haarlem has to offer.
The tour can be booked online via www.haarlemcanaltours.nl or at the tourist office on the Grote Markt.
Rent your own sloop
Enjoy sailing your own sloop through the canals of Haarlem, heading towards the beautiful Mooie Nel and Spaarndam or Heemstede.
Head out for an unforgettable day on the water and bring a picnic!
Boat rental: Greenjoy: Enjoy the water in a spacious whisper sloop. Motorboat rental Club Spaarne
Markets
Friday: Farmers’ Organic Market on the Botermarkt
Saturday: Nicest medium-sized weekend market in the Netherlands on the Grote Markt + Small market on the Botermarkt
Saturday: Antique market on the Dreef, near the Houtplein, twice a month from May to September
Wednesday: Antique and flea market on the Botermarkt (seasonal only)
City walk – walking routes
Every Saturday afternoon from the tourist office on the Grote Markt. The tourist office also offers various walking routes to discover Haarlem on your own, including:
– Monument route
– ‘Beautiful Haarlem’ walk
– Courtyard route, along the various courtyards Haarlem has to offer.
De Adriaan Mill Museum & Koepel Prison
The iconic windmill De Adriaan on the river Spaarne is also a museum.
The monumental Koepel Prison in Haarlem, popularly known as ‘de Koepel’, is a former penitentiary. Used until 2014 and now converted into a total concept called De Koepel: a cinema, university college, café, restaurant and workspaces!
Feel free to have a look, it’s free to go in… and out again!
Courtyards/Hofjes of Haarlem
With 22 courtyards, Haarlem is truly a city of courtyards. The courtyards are a reminder of times long past. Wealthy citizens founded the courtyards, small houses around an inner garden, for poor unmarried women and widows, where they could live for free.
These courtyards are still small city oases with charming houses, often behind heavy doors and hidden gates.
Most are open to the public, including the Hofje van Bakeness, the oldest courtyard in Haarlem from 1395. All courtyards are closed on Sundays.
Haarlem venues for music, dance, film & theatre
Activities Agenda Haarlem
For activities in and around Haarlem, see www.haarlemmarketing.nl for example Haarlem Culinair, Haarlem Jazz & More, Jopen Festival, Kunstlijn, and the Christmas Market.
Nice tip on what to do in Haarlem www.leuketip.nl/steden/haarlem
Link for a beautiful impression of Haarlem – forgetsomeday.com/haarlem – in English, made by Toccara; a special thank you for the beautiful pictures!
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We look forward to welcoming you to our B&B hotel in Haarlem!
Henk and Annemarie
B&B Hotel Malts
