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Haarlemmerhout

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Also known as De Hout

thumb|The Haarlemmerhout in Summer. It is said that Napoleon's soldiers carved their initials in these trees. The Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands. It lies on the south side of Haarlem, on the same old sandy sea wall that is shared by the public park Haagse Bos in The Hague and the Alkmaarderhout in Alkmaar.

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Instance of
urban park
Located in
Haarlem
Image
Hout monument Haarlem.JPG
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Commons category
Haarlemmerhout
heritage designation
Rijksmonument
street address
Bos bij Paviljoen Welgelegen
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thumb|The Haarlemmerhout in Summer. It is said that Napoleon's soldiers carved their initials in these trees. The Haarlemmerhout is the oldest public park of the Netherlands. It lies on the south side of Haarlem, on the same old sandy sea wall that is shared by the public park Haagse Bos in The Hague and the Alkmaarderhout in Alkmaar.

==History== thumb|Early map of Haarlem from 1560 showing the Haarlemmer Hout much as it is today

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Haarlemmerhout” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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