Haarlemmerpoort

Former city entrance

Address:

Haarlemmerplein 50 - Schiphol
1013 KH - Inner City West/Haarlemmerbuurt & Western Isles
NH

Nearest Bus or Train:

Haarlemmerplein: tram 3

Open Hours:

Not available

The Haarlemmer town gate is the only gate left of old Amsterdam. These old gates used to surround the city. Others built included: Leidsepoort, Muiderpoort and Utrechtsepoort. They functioned as guarded entrances to the city and as exits out of town. The gates led to the cities with which their names matched: The Haarlemmer Gate led to Haarlem and the Leidsepoort to Leiden. Until 1825, Amsterdam was located inside these gates. Following another city expansion, the gates and the town ramparts became useless and were taken down. In 1840, the Haarlemmerpoort was restored in the classical style by architect C. Alewijn. The gate was then named after King Willem I, after he made his entry into Amsterdam through it in 1840, the year of his coronation. Unfortunately for Willem I, the people of Amsterdam still, even today, call it Haarlemmerpoort.

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