Grote Markt (Haarlem)
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The Grote Markt is the central market square of Haarlem, Netherlands.
The Grote Markt in Haarlem with the Sint-Bavokerk. In the shadow of the church on the northern side is the former fish market. On the left is the statue of Laurens Janszoon Coster and on the right are the Vleeshal and the Verweyhal.
The north side of Grote Markt, Haarlem, looking west
View across the market square towards the town hall in 1900
Grote Houtstraat
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The Grote Houtstraat is a shopping street in Haarlem that connects the Grote Markt to the Houtplein in the direction of the Haarlemmerhout woods.
The older half of the Grote Houtstraat from the corner of the Gedempte Oude Gracht looking North towards the Grote Markt and the St. Bavochurch
The Verweyhal, part of the museum De Hallen on the Grote Houtstraat at the corner of the Anegang
This modest entrance from 1757 which leads to the Doopsgezinde or Mennonite church of 1683, has been made more noticeable with a neon lamp.
The shops in what was once known as the St. Joris Doelen, today called the Proveniershuis. The paintings of the civic guard of St. George by Frans Hals once hung in these two buildings (the building on the right corner was the meeting hall with the residence of the castelein or keeper attached).