Spot a Haarlem hofje (almshouse)

Spot a Dutch cheese stall in Haarlem

Find a cheese stall on the Grote Markt or in a shop window with Gouda wheels. Photograph the stack.

Spot a Frans Hals painting reference

Find a Frans Hals reference: museum poster, postcard, the painter himself in a souvenir shop. Photograph the reference.

Spot a Grote Markt market day stall

On a Saturday or Monday find the Grote Markt market stalls (flowers, cheese, herring). Outside market days, photograph the square. Photograph a stall or the square.

Spot a Haarlem bakery appeltaart

Find an appeltaart (apple tart with cinnamon and raisins) in a Haarlem bakery window. Photograph the tart.

Spot a Haarlem Bart Smit toy or Dutch shop

Find a Dutch chain store (Hema, Albert Heijn AH To Go, Blokker) facade in Haarlem. Photograph the storefront.

Spot a Haarlem bell gable (klokgevel)

Find a bell-shaped gable (klokgevel) on a Haarlem facade (less common than steps, but Haarlem has them). Photograph the bell shape.

Spot a Haarlem bitterballen plate

Find a plate of bitterballen on a Haarlem café table. Photograph the line-up.

Spot a Haarlem boat-shaped street tile

Find a hand-painted ceramic street-name tile on a Haarlem corner. Photograph the lettering.

Spot a Haarlem brown café

Find a Haarlem bruin café (dark wood, smoke-stained, beer pumps). Photograph the interior or the doorway.

Spot a Haarlem Dutch flag

Find a Dutch flag flying on a Haarlem building, balcony or canal house. Photograph it.

Spot a Haarlem Dutch upright bike

Find a Dutch upright bike parked along the Bakenessergracht or Spaarne. Photograph the bike with the canal in shot.

Spot a Haarlem haring with onions

Find raw Hollandse Nieuwe herring with chopped onion at a Haarlem haringkraam. Photograph the silver fish.

Spot a Haarlem poffertjes plate

Find a plate of poffertjes (small Dutch pancakes) at a market stall or pancake house. Photograph the plate.

Spot a Haarlem stepped gable

Find a stepped gable (trapgevel) on a Haarlem canal house. Photograph the silhouette against the sky.

Spot a Haarlem street art piece

Find a Haarlem street-art piece (the underpass near the station, the Klokhuisplein area). Photograph the wall.

Spot a Haarlem stroopwafel

Find a fresh stroopwafel in a Haarlem bakery or market stall. Photograph the warm wafer.

Spot a Haarlem Vlaamse frites cone

Find a cone of Belgian-style frites with mayonnaise at a Haarlem friet stand. Photograph the cone.

Spot a Heineken sign in Haarlem

Find a Heineken sign on a Haarlem café awning. Photograph the red star.

Spot a Spaarne canal boat

Find a wooden tour boat or rowboat on the Spaarne. Photograph the boat from a bridge.

Spot a Spaarne canal reflection

Find a still stretch of the Spaarne or one of the city canals with houses reflected. Photograph the mirror image.

Spot a tulpenkraam (tulip stall)

Find a flower stall on the Grote Markt or in the city with tulips for sale (Haarlem is in the heart of the bulb fields). Photograph the cascade.

Spot De Adriaan windmill

Walk along the Spaarne and find De Adriaan windmill at Papentorenvest. Photograph the white sails against the sky.

Spot the Adriaan Pauwbrug or another Haarlem bridge

Find a Haarlem bridge over the Spaarne (the white Catharijnebrug lifts for tall boats). Photograph the bridge.

Spot the Frans Hals Museum facade

Find the Frans Hals Museum (Hof and Hal locations) facade. Photograph the entrance or sign.

Spot the Grote Markt Grote Kerk

Find the Grote Kerk (Sint-Bavokerk) on the Grote Markt. Photograph the gothic facade or the wooden tower.

Spot the Sint-Bavokerk wooden ceiling

Walk into the Grote Kerk (Sint-Bavo) and find the wooden barrel-vault ceiling or the Müller organ. Photograph the interior.

Spot the Stadhuis (Town Hall)

Find the Haarlem Stadhuis on the Grote Markt, the medieval-and-Renaissance town hall. Photograph the steps or the facade.

Spot the Teylers Museum facade

Find Teylers Museum, the Netherlands' oldest museum, on the Spaarne. Photograph the classical facade.

Spot the Vleeshal facade

Find the Vleeshal (Meat Hall) on the Grote Markt, the gabled brick-and-stone Renaissance building. Photograph the facade.