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Haarlem
train station
, connected to Amsterdam and to Leiden by four trains an hour, is on the north side of the city, about ten minutes' walk from the centre;
buses
stop right outside. The
VVV
, attached to the station (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10am-2pm; tel 0900/616 1600;
www.vvvzk.nl
), has maps and can book private rooms (?10-15/$16-24/€18-27) for a small fee. Haarlem has a few reasonably priced and central
hotels
, such as
Carillon
, Grote Markt 27 (tel 023/531 0591; ?20-25/$32-40/€36-45);
Amadeus
, Grote Markt 10 (tel 023/532 4530; ?15-20/$24-32/€27-36); and
Joops Innercity Apartments
, Oude Groenmarkt 20 (tel 023/532 2008; ?15-20/$24-32/€27-36) and Lange Veerstraat 36 (tel 023/512 5300; ?15-20/$24-32/€27-36). There's an
HI hostel
at Jan Gijzenpad 3 (tel 023/537 3793; ?5-10/$8-16/€9-18; bus #2 from the station; takes 10min), and
campsites
among the dunes west of town, accessible on bus #81 from the station, including
Bloemendaal
, Zeeweg 72 in
BLOEMENDAAL-AAN-ZEE
(tel 023/573 2178; April-Oct), and De Branding, Boulevard Barnaart 30 near
ZANDVOORT
(tel 023/571 3035; April-Oct). Haarlem's own site,
De Liede
, is at Lieover 68 (tel 023/533 2360; bus #2).
For
lunches
,
Cafe Mephisto
, Grote Markt 29, is open all day and serves Dutch food for €7-11, snacks for much less.
Cafe 1900
, Barteljorisstraat 10, is also a good place for lunch, serving drinks and snacks in a
fin-de-siecle
interior. In the evening, there's
Alfonso's
restaurant
, Oude Groenmarkt 8, which does Tex-Mex meals for around €11;
Adagio
, Lange Veerstraat 17, which serves Italian meals for around €16; or the Indonesian
De Lachende Javaen
on Frankestraat, with
rijsttafels
from €18.
Ze Crack
, at the junction of Lange Veerstraat and Kleine Houtstraat, is a dim, smoky
bar
with good music and beer by the pint, or for a little traditional character, try the
proeflokaal
(a spirit-tasting room turned bar)
In den Uiver
, Riviervischmarkt 13. Other useful information
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Netherlands,
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