点评:Grote Market is the main square in the centre of the city. It’s a beautiful historic square, surrounded by medieval architecture and art. It’s also the best starting point for exploring Haarlem.
For starters, the Tourist Information centre is located here on the ground floor of the Town Hall (its known as VVV Haarlem here). We dropped in first thing and picked up a walking map.
There’s a lot to see in the square itself before you even start to explore elsewhere.
The star attraction is the imposing Great Church of St Bavo. The small €4 entry fee was well worth it to see the Gothic interior and the incredible organ, which was once played by Mendelssohn, Handel, and a 10-year-old Mozart. Feeling short of time, I almost skipped going inside but I was very pleased that I returned later in the day and made the time to see it.
Other points of interest in the square include:
i) the Vleeshal (1603) - once a meat hall, it now houses both a small, free archaeological museum and HAL (a modern art museum)
ii) Stadhuis Haarlem, the 14th century Town Hall
iii) Statue of Janszoon Laurens Coster and several other sculptures around the square
iv) Hoofdwacht, the 13th century guardhouse, which is generally said to be the oldest building in Haarlem.
v) Verweyhal, 19th century building that also houses part of the HAL collection
Also, if you’re here on a Saturday or Monday, there’s an open-air market in the square, although it’s worth noting that we were here on Monday and it was a very small affair. I suspect that Saturday’s the big one.
翻译:大市场是市中心的主要广场。这是一个美丽的历史广场,周围环绕着中世纪建筑和艺术品。它也是探索哈勒姆的最佳起点。
首先,旅游信息中心位于市政厅(这里称为 VVV Haarlem)的底层。我们第一件事就是进去拿了一张步行地图。
在你开始探索其他地方之前,广场上有很多值得一看的地方。
最吸引人的是雄伟的圣巴夫大教堂。4 欧元的入场费非常值得,可以看到哥特式内饰和令人难以置信的管风琴,门德尔松、亨德尔和 10 岁的莫扎特曾经演奏过它。我觉得时间不够,我差点就放弃了进去,但我很高兴我当天晚些时候又回来了,抽出时间去看了看。
广场上其他景点包括:
i) Vleeshal (1603) - 曾经是肉食大厅,现在设有一个小型免费考古博物馆和 HAL(现代艺术博物馆)
ii) Stadhuis Haarlem,14 世纪市政厅
iii) Janszoon Laurens Coster 雕像和广场周围的其他几座雕塑
iv) Hoofdwacht,13 世纪的卫兵室,一般认为是哈勒姆最古老的建筑。
v) Verweyhal,19 世纪的建筑,也是 HAL 藏品的一部分
此外,如果您在周六或周一来这里,广场上有一个露天市场,不过值得注意的是,我们是周一来的,规模很小。我想周六才是最大的。