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The town hall is still used for civic weddings and nearly every Friday in Spring, brides can be seen entering and leaving by the main stairway. All year on Saturdays and Mondays there is a big market in front of the City Hall, where on Saturdays mainly flowers, household goods, and food is sold,
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and built from 1602-1604. The way it originally looked can be seen in a painting from 1460 by the Master of Bellaert. Originally the city hall was just the front of the building, and the rear cloister belonged to the Dominican brotherhood. After the Protestant Reformation this came into the
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who was also the Count of Holland at that time, donated the remains of the Gravenzaal to the city's municipality. A new building was built there. The central square building dates from the Middle Ages, but the distinctive façade of the building was designed by architect
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though on Mondays the products are mainly cloth, sewing accessories and clothing. Although the market is frequented by the local population, it is also a tourist attraction and worth a visit, if only to try the raw herring from the fish stand, or
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started meeting there in 1752, which was the beginning of a municipal museum for natural history, that today no longer exists, though its "competitor" founded in 1781 still does; namely the
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from the stroopwafel stand. The town hall is also still used for state visits, most recently when the King and Queen paid a visit to Haarlem on 14 June 2013. They heard the local choir
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In this photograph from c.1900 the tower is gone, the stairs have their railing, the balcony is gone, and on the right a large clock can be seen that served until after WWII.
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On the site of the current Gravenzaal of the City Hall, a wooden structure was erected around 1100. In 1955, remnants of this structure were discovered.
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A large number of paintings and objects from Haarlem's rich history can be found inside the building. One series of paintings depict the various
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shows the tower which was torn down in 1672, the old stairs that were redesigned in 1730, and the balcony in front of the "
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possession of the city council and it is now a large complex with offices and meeting rooms. Both the
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is the seat of the city's government. It was built in the 14th century replacing the Count's castle.
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The city hall is traditionally the place where residents have their civic wedding ceremony.
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in 1671 shows the 17th-century situation that the 18th century engraving was based on.
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The town hall was traditionally a gathering place for various gentlemen, and the
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sing and received a book about all the previous royal state visits to Haarlem.
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Het stadhuis van Haarlem: hart van de stad, Wim Cerutti, Haarlem, 2001
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One of the double portraits of the Counts of Holland, showing
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This lion used to be on the staircase and is visible in
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City Hall of Haarlem, detail from 1460 painting by the
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Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century
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14th century (main hall), 17th century (north wing)
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City Hall (Haarlem)
City Hall
Seat of local government
Haarlem
Netherlands
Grote Markt
Coordinates
52°22′53″N 4°38′05″E / 52.38139°N 4.63472°E / 52.38139; 4.63472
Lieven de Key
Haarlem

Master of Bellaert
William I, Duke of Bavaria
Lieven de Key
Frans Hals Museum
Haarlem Public Library
This 1750 "historic" engraving of an uprising in 1492 shows the tower which was torn down in 1672, the old stairs that were redesigned in 1730, and the balcony in front of the "Vierschaar" which was torn down in 1855.
an uprising in 1492
Vierschaar
This painting by Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde in 1671 shows the 17th-century situation that the 18th century engraving was based on.
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde
This lion used to be on the staircase and is visible in Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde painting of 1671
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde
In this photograph from c.1900 the tower is gone, the stairs have their railing, the balcony is gone, and on the right a large clock can be seen that served until after WWII.
The city hall is traditionally the place where residents have their civic wedding ceremony.
Haarlem waves back at Queen Maxima, 14 June 2013
Queen Maxima
Dutch Society of Science
Teylers Museum
Wing designed by Lieve de Key in the Zijlstraat.

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