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unusual facts about Mutinous troops of the Army of Flanders ransack the ''Grote Markt



Grote Houtstraat

The Grote Houtstraat in Haarlem was originally just called the "Houtstraat" (Wood street) as it was the major road leading from the Grote Markt to the woods called the Haarlemmerhout.

Hendrik Lorentz

Unique 1928 film footage of the funeral procession with a lead carriage followed by ten mourners, followed by a carriage with the coffin, followed in turn by at least four more carriages, passing by a crowd at the Grote Markt, Haarlem from the Zijlstraat to the Smedesstraat, and then back again through the Grote Houtstraat towards the Barteljorisstraat, on the way to the "Algemene Begraafplaats" at the Kleverlaan (northern Haarlem cemetery) has been digitized on Youtube.

Marching and Cycling Band HHK

The first performance of this nowadays well known band took place at the Grote Markt (central market square) during the March of Musicians of 1973.


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