Haarlem Travel Blogs

Jacob van den Ban was born in Nieuw Helvoirt at 28 december 1860. He was married to Anna Kater born in Appingedam 29 August 1859. Jacob van den Ban studied Architecture in Delft he was lectured by E.H. Gugel.  He combined Jugendstill with Renaissance and i have seen neo classistic b…

Yes i am still at home but not for long. I will leave on the 28th of februari to bergmo. Where my journey will begin. I changed plans a bit, the baltic states are not on the to do list anymore. I am gonna see if there are some cheap flights around and see where they take me.   The first few…

The Kremer Collection is a fabulous collection of about 50 masterpieces of art (mostly paintings) dated in the 17th century. My personal favourites are "Jong dienstmeisje " ("A young maidservant") painted by Michael Sweerts and "Tronie van een oude man met tulband" ("Bust of an old man w…

The day couldn't have started out better...the breakfast table was spread with several types of cheeses, fruits, breads, eggs...on and on...it was delicious and we absolutely enjoyed it! We tried all the cheeses, which I might add, if I thought I loved cheese before, I was in heaven now!! I wasn't …

Finally the day has come. I have gone digital!!!! Today i bought my first small digital camera to take on my journey thru europe in a few weeks time. So this blog is a test if my camera will work the way i planned and it gave me an opportunity to give you a small guided tour of my city. (more pictu…

Haarlem the nicest city in the Netherlands ;-) I just love it. The city were I grew up and also Haarlem was my home-town for soooo many years. It's a city with a great and old history but it's also very relaxt as a small-town. I like the all kind off restaurants and the nice shopping area! The small parks and the nice houses. Also has Haarlem nice musea and art-galleries. If you have plans to go there some-time send me an email or if you need a cityguide...

Welcome to your Holland travel guide Holland is a great holiday destination with plenty to offer everyone, good for grown-ups and entertaining for children. People looking for a cultural holiday and those into sports, nature or city lovers will find something to suit their needs in this…

Pictures of the best cities of my home country

I've finally written about my trip to Europe in retrospect (I had to get it done as part of my paper about the trip for aesthetics class). If you are interested at all, here is a more detailed account of my trip. I’m leaving on a Jet plane; don’t know when I’ll be back again. By Heather Hopki…

Haarlem the nicest city in the Netherlands ;-) I just love it. I grow up in Haarlem and it was my home-town. It's a city with a great and old history but it's also very relaxt as a small-town. I like the all kind off restaurants and the nice shopping area! The small parks and the nice houses. Also…

Haarlem is a great little place to wander around, not really for sight seeing but more for just the relaxed atmosphere and friendly people. There's a central square with an impressive cathedral and market stalls set up selling clothes and an assortment of oddities. The central shopping street makes…

Ramon, (rvanekeren) had a birthday on July 30th and I looked at his profile photo and thought, I could give him a gift by changing his shot. I downloaded the shot and did a little lighting and color changes and I hope he is happy with the outcome.  Happy Birthday!!   If this is a photo…

We had talked that one day we would go somewhere, away from A'dam, just like last time we went to Zandvoort. We ended up to go to Haarlem and took my friend's house mate's girl friend :] with us because she had a day off, as did my friend too. We took a train there, walked around the city, had tea …

After left the horrible Van Der Valk hotel at Leiden, we tried to get the fietspad to Haarlem, we were quite lost cycling between Katwijk and Noordwijk, but finally we got the fietspad that follows the coast, near the beaches. For me was the best part of the cycling routes, crossing dunes, little f…

After backpacking Europe many other times, this trip was a quick 3 week jaunt around to some of my favorite places in Europe. I hit up Holland, Denmark, Florence, and Barcelona before friends and I met up to go to Morocco, which is another blog :)