Von Uffenbach Route part 9 (Amsterdam - Haarlem)

This route is based on the book “ A pleasure trip in the summer of 1718, the Von Uffenbach family in the Netherlands ”. The route was created with the permission and cooperation of the author Dr. Johan R. Ter Molen and Waanders publishing house in Zwolle. For an optimal experience, we recommend that you order the book via this link . You can navigate worry-free with our route app (including spoken instructions)

This is a remarkably nice route that goes from Amsterdam CS through perhaps the nicest street in Amsterdam (Haarlemmerstraat). Then you drive for some time along the Haarlemmer trekvaart and at a certain point you enter a green buffer (De Lange Bretten). Via Halfweg you go through the polder towards Haarlem.

Once you arrive in Haarlem, we recommend that you visit theTeylers Museum and then end on the Grote Markt where you will successively visit the town hall and the Grote Kerk . The former house of Laurens Jansz. Coster stood at Grote Markt no. 33 but was unfortunately demolished in 1929. A few doors further on is now the so-called Costerhuis (no. 25). The Von Uffenbachs' place of residence in Haarlem was Hotel De Gouden Leeuw, then located at Grote Markt no. 13.