Entertainment in Haarlem
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Proeflokaal In den Uiver
This nautical-themed place has shipping knick-knacks and a schooner sailing right over the bar. There’s jazz on Thursday and Sunday evenings. It’s one of many atmospheric places overlooking the Grote Markt.
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Toneelschuur
This bizarre multilevel stage complex (designed by a Dutch cartoonist, Joost Swarte) has a daring agenda of experimental dance, theatre and art-house cinema, and acts as a production house for up-and-coming directors.
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Café 1900
This authentic brown café is a little gem, with a fin-de-siècle interior, long bar perfect for propping up, and pleasantly mixed crowd. Live bands and DJs often feature on weekends.
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Patronaat
Haarlem’s top music and dance club attracts bands with banging tunes. Events in this cavernous venue usually start around 9pm unless it’s a midnight rave.
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Philharmonie
Haarlem’s venerable concert hall, which features music from every spectrum imaginable (except perhaps Death Metal, but with the Dutch, you never know).
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Café Stiels
For jazz and rhythm ’n’ blues, bands play on the back stage almost every night of the week from 10pm onwards to as late as 4am weekends.
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Café het Melkwoud
A great place to nurse a beer (vast selection) with eco-friendly locals in ancient wooden surrounds behind ceiling-high windows.
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Stadsschouwburg
The city’s municipal theatre - The Stadsschouwburg reopened in 2008 after a lavish refurbishment.
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Café Studio
A genteel watering hole during the day, this grand cafe-bar with cathedral views buzzes after dark.
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