Schalkwijk

Worth seeing in and around Schalkwijk

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Frans Hals Museum

   The Frans Hals Museum is a museum in the North Holland city of Haarlem, the Netherlands, founded in 1862, known as the Art Museum of Haarlem. Its collection is based on the city's own rich collection, built up from the 16th century onwards.

   2.2 km · joint museum with a modern and a 17th century painting collection in Haarlem, The Netherlands · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Teylers Museum

   Teylers Museum is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science.

   2.4 km · art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam

   The Diocese of Haarlem–Amsterdam is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands. As one of the seven suffragans in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan archbishop of Utrecht, the diocesan territory comprises the north west of the Netherlands, including the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam.

   2.8 km · diocese of the Catholic Church in the Netherlands · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Grote Kerk

   The Grote Kerk or St.-Bavokerk is a Reformed Protestant church located on the central market square in the Dutch city of Haarlem. The church was built in 1307.

   2.5 km · church in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Cathedral of Saint Bavo

   The Cathedral of Saint Bavo is a cathedral in Haarlem, the Netherlands, built by Joseph Cuypers from 1895 to 1930 to replace the former waterstaatskerk in the Jansstraat called the St. Joseph.

   2.8 km · church in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Hoofdwacht

   The Hoofdwacht is a historically important rijksmonument. It was built in the 13th century and it is considered the oldest building in Haarlem, Netherlands.

   2.6 km · building in Haarlem, Netherlands · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Museum of the Mind Dolhuys

   Museum van de Geest was created in 2020 when Het Dolhuys, the national museum for psychiatry in Haarlem, the Netherlands, merged with the Outsider Art Museum from Amsterdam. Het Dolhuys had been founded in 2005 in the newly renovated former old-age home known as Schoterburcht, located just across the Schotersingel from the Staten Bolwerk park.

   3.4 km · Dutch national museum for psychiatry in Haarlem · Wikipedia
8. 08
   De Adriaan

   De Adriaan is a windmill in the Netherlands that burnt down in 1932 and was rebuilt in 2002. The original windmill dates from 1779 and the mill has been a distinctive part of the skyline of Haarlem for centuries.

   2.7 km · mill museum in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
9. 09
   De Cruquius Pumping Station

   The Museum De Cruquius occupies the old Cruquius steam pumping station in Cruquius, the Netherlands. It derives its name from Nicolaas Kruik, a Dutch land-surveyor and one of many promoters of a plan to pump the Haarlemmermeer dry.

   2.8 km · museum in Cruquius, the Netherlands · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Villa Welgelegen

    Villa Welgelegen is a historical building in Haarlem, the Netherlands, which currently houses the offices of the provincial executives of North Holland. Located at the north end of a public park in the city, it is an example of neoclassical architecture, designed by Abraham van der Hart and unusual for its style in the Netherlands.

    2 km · neo-classical building and administrative centre of the province of North Holland in Haarlem, the Netherlands · Wikipedia

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Getting to Schalkwijk

Airports

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS), 9 km · Rotterdam The Hague (RTM), 47 km · Eindhoven (EIN), 113 km

Stations

Haarlem railway station, 3.2 km · Heemstede-Aerdenhout railway station, 3.2 km · Haarlem Spaarnwoude railway station, 2.7 km

• Rotterdam → Schalkwijk

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 26m · €7–10
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• Eindhoven → Schalkwijk

  117 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · €14–19
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• Groningen → Schalkwijk

  160 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · €20–28
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