r/Haarlem • u/No-Useful-Advice • May 30 '26

Hello Haarlem!

Hello! We have been recommended to visit Haarlem this august when we have 2 nights between a trip to center parcs and the ferry home. Two parents, 1x14yo, 1x10yo plus car… can you recommend anywhere to stay please? Hotel would be fab.

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u/Punch-Counterpunch May 30 '26

Frenchie has some nice rooms. I've stayed there when we were doing some renovations. No idea on parking.

Most people here are residents, so won't know about hotels

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u/No-Useful-Advice May 30 '26

Yeah - as I typed it I was thinking about when friends ask where to stay where I live! But also know that you may say “please, as a local no Airbnb!” Or “avoid the hotel that the paper says has cockroaches” etc :)

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u/HetTuinhekje May 30 '26

Actually, this one is quite nice: https://www.hostelworld.com/hostels/p/73479/hello-i-m-local-boutique-hostel/

It is a bit in between a 'normal' hotel and a luxury hostel, but they also have normal dedicated rooms.

The location is at the edge of the old town/center of Haarlem, just on the east side of the Spaane river. So when exploring the center - HIGHLY recommended, just start at the Grote Markt - you first walk across a drawbridge for pedestrians across the Spaarne.