We stayed in Haarlem for three nights, taking two day trips into Amsterdam (stay tuned for a future Amsterdam post!).
In Haarlem, we checked out a very interesting church, the Church of St. Bavo, which had an enormous organ that inspired both Handel and Mozart. It has over 5,000 pipes. I would have loved to hear it played, but sadly, the regular concerts were not on days we were in Haarlem:
The ceiling of the church is made of neat wooden arches:
And the floor is composed entirely of gravestones:
We stayed in a lovely little Airbnb apartment in Haarlem, located down this street:
It had a crazy lamp. Yes, all those light bulbs work - on a dimmer switch, thankfully. We never turned it up all the way:
Paul was amused and mildly surprised that this Haarlem store accepted bitcoins!
And finally, random legs:
In Haarlem, we checked out a very interesting church, the Church of St. Bavo, which had an enormous organ that inspired both Handel and Mozart. It has over 5,000 pipes. I would have loved to hear it played, but sadly, the regular concerts were not on days we were in Haarlem:
;D Love the lamp.
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