Haarlemmerhout

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.

On a map drawn in 1560 of Haarlem, the Haarlemmerhout is shown in the characteristic form that it has today.

The east–west road at the southern edge of the park still exists and is called the Spanjaardslaan (Spaniard's lane) in memory of this event.

But the long vista through the eastern portion of the park designed in 1760 by Jan van Vorel exists up to this day, affording a view of the government building villa Welgelegen.

Heemstede did not charge taxes on drinking beer and wine in public taverns, and for this reason drinking in Heemstede taverns in the park was very popular and even caused an argument between the Haarlem city council and the Heemstede city council that escalated to the high court of Mechelen and had to be resolved in 1539 with a special map by Simon Meeuszoon.