Get information, meet services and businesses, attend free workshops and presentations, enjoy a stand up comedy, live music, networking, meeting people and having fun! Free professional childcare and kids entertainment is available during the event. Join the FIRST FAIR FOR INTERNATIONALS in Haarlemmermeer! Program 2 pm: DOORS OPEN 2-5 pm: FAIR: Free workshops and presentations with speakers and […]
Freezing winds from Siberia are blowing into the Netherlands this weekend bringing heavy frost with sunny sky. By next week Wednesday and Thursday, the temperature could dip to as low as -6C degrees to -9C degrees overnight. The temperature during the day will likely be around 0C, or slightly above this. The real feel temperature on […]
Geluksroute (Happiness Route) is a relaxed way of sharing happiness, which makes for inspiring meetings and wonderful discoveries. Discover it on Saturday the 3rd of February 2018 and Sunday the 4th of February 2018 in Haarlem. The invitation is simple: What makes you happy and would you like to share this? Come and put your […]
Heard of the new buzz words and want to know more about it? Join the speed course bitcoin and blockchain. Free for our readers. Program of the speed course bitcoin and blockchain The lecturer Henk van Cann will address: – Why you need to know more about bitcoin and blockchain – Why bitcoin price is […]
Join the Haarlem New Year’s Comedy Night 2018 and/or the expatsHaarlem New Year’s Drink 2018 on Friday evening, 26 January, in the gorgeous ancient building of the Societeit Vereeniging Haarlem.
Just like in previous years, the municipality of Haarlem and Spaarnelanden organize the Christmas trees campaign in early 2018. On Thursday 4 and Wednesday 10 January 2018 – between 12.30 and 16.00 hrs – children up to 15 years old can bring old Christmas trees at various locations in Haarlem. The aim of this action is […]
Those crazy Dutch! Once you survived Sinterklaas, Christmas and dodged the fireworks during new years eve you think you can finally relax. Well, guess again. How the tradition started I don’t know but on the first of January masses of children, parents, elderly and mostly hangovered adults run in the the ice cold sea wearing […]
It is a Dutch tradition to eat ‘oliebollen’ on New Year’s Eve. What’s that, what’s their origin, where to buy the best ones and how to bake them? Here we go…
Amsterdam’s winter festival returns each year to illuminate the city’s streets and waterways with fantastic light installations by international artists. Find out more about where, when and how to see this year’s works! Amsterdam Light Festival 2017 – 2018 This year’s event runs from 30 November 2017 – 21 January 2018, giving you 53 nights during which […]
INNENSHAU will be performed in Toneelschuur Haarlem on 4, 5, 6 January, 2018, 8:30 PM. ExpatsHaarlem readers get discount. Let’s enjoy the performance together, join our Innenschau Meetup on Friday, January 5, 2018, 8:00 PM.
Experience a true winter wonderland at Winter Village Hoofddorp. An ice rink in a fairytale atmosphere, crackling fireplaces, hot glühwein and delicious winter dishes. The Town Hall Square has been transformed into Winterland Hoofddorp. A place for skating, eating, drinking and entertainment till January 8th, 2018. Readers of expatsHaarlem & expatsHaarlemmermeer enjoy a second entrance to […]
Special FREE FIRST CONSULTATIONS and DEALS for registered readers of expatsHaarlem. Find our readers’ offers about renting, buying, mortgage, notary, insurance, tax advice, home utilities, cleaning and more.
The Christmas Market in Haarlem is one of the biggest and nicest Christmas markets in the whole Netherlands and Benelux. Every year the city turns in a real spectacle. This year the Christmas Market will take place on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 December. Join the Haarlem’s Christmas Market Photo Walk and be enchanted and […]
They both work in the same sector, wear red, and have a big white beard. For Piet’s sake: what’s the difference?
It’s black Friday! Find an overview of the (web)shops that participate to Black Friday 2017. Visit their shop or find the webshop with Google for great sales deals!
A lottery is how Amsterdam is now officially the next home of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). 900 jobs and 500 family members will leave London and move to Amsterdam, with staffers needing to choose between staying in the UK or making the move to the Netherlands. The local press sees the economic benefits but doubts […]
According to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sciences (ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap -OCW) school classes still average around 23 pupils. But a reaserch conducted by AD newspaper with government figures obtained using freedom of information legislation, shows that there has been a 5% increase in the number of classes with over 26 children […]
On November 28th Buma|Algera Notariaat, Expat Mortgages, Mie-Lan Kok Estate Agency and Orange Tax Agency will host an Expat Housing Seminar in Haarlem. At the seminar, you will learn all there is to know about the legal, financial, tax and practical matters of buying a home in the Netherlands.
Join us for a great English-Spoken Comedy Night on Friday 24 November 2017, 8-9 PM at Tierney’s Irish Pub. Three talented comedians will take to the stage to offer you a night of full of laughs. After the comedy: the Monthly Drink! Make sure you don’t miss it and buy your tickets online NOW. Ticket price […]
St. Martin’s Day or Sint Maarten in Dutch is a popular children’s feast day in many parts of the Netherlands and it is celebrated on 11 November. Typically, in the early winter evening of 11 November, small groups of children can be heard going up and down the street singing songs and reciting poems.They hold […]
Last year the biggest proportion of Dutch couples consisted of two highly educated people, instead of one highly educated person and one less educated person as was the case in 2006, CBS (Statistics Netherlands) reported this Monday. In 2006 just one in five couples (19%) had two university or college graduates, but that has now […]
POLY-INTERPRETABILITY will be performed in Haarlem by POINTLESS INTERNATIONAL on Friday 3 & Saturday 4 Nov, 20:30. Read more about the performance & the ExpatsHaarlem discount and meetup.
Toneel-en Filmschuur Haarlem offers a ‘language no problem’ program that consists of a broad variety of films, theater, dance and musical theater performances for adults, youngsters and children. Below you find the Language no problem theater program 2017-2018. With expatsHaarlem discounts and meetups.
We are pleasured to show you the video en photos of the Experience Haarlem Fair 2017. Here is the video of the Experience Haarlem Fair 2017. The video is made by Cherello With. Find the photo album of the Experience Haarlem Fair 2017 here. Most photos are made by professional photographer Bernadet Gribnau. As we are a community, the input of the community […]
Schiphol is preparing for a busy time during the upcoming autumn holiday. Schiphol expects around 3 million people will travel through Schiphol in the coming days. This is 6 percent more than the autumn holiday of last year. The airport is taking additional measures to make traveling through Schiphol as pleasant as possible, Nu.nl reports. […]
The fall has its advantages. Sunday October 15th is the Haarlemse Bokbierdag! During De Haarlemse Bokbierdag, 16 different bars in Haarlem will let you taste the best Bokbier. The 16 different bars in Haarlem have each other bokbieren on tap. The degustation at the participating bars starts at 13:00 hours and the day ends at 20:00 […]
Speeches, presentations, workshops, exhibitors, kids entertainment, Tierney’s Pub Quiz, popular music band The Buccaneers, drinks, meeting people & having fun. Join the largest bilingual fair in the Haarlem area! The program will cover topics from a wide range of businesses and organisations, there will also be workshops and presentations on: Housing – Transport – Finance […]
At this event reliable selected professionals told all there is to know about the legal, financial, tax and practical matters of renting, letting, buying or selling a home in the Netherlands. Look at the photos and the video of this great Housing Event. 1) Speaker’s Program was: Rental property estate agent Alison Mills guiding you […]
Incontri con un misto di lezioni, giochi, canzoni in italiano e cucina italiana. Età: 3-8 anni Durata: 1,5 ore. Costo: € 12,50. Incluso: materiale educativo, limonata, biscotti, verdure crude (carotine, pomodori e sedano) e se in programma, spesa per cucinare. Papà e mamme possono fare shopping, spesa o andarsi a prendere una bibita da soli. Imparare […]
Are you looking for an International School and English speaking after school care in Haarlem? From the beginning of the new school year (2017-2018) this will be possible. The International School of Haarlem (ISH) and childcare Op Stoom are working together to create an innovative and engaging educational and childcare concept in the old Volkuniversiteit building situated just […]
Best Age to Travel with KidsJuly 15, 2019 - 9:03 pmThe smaller the better It doesn’t seem so when you have a tiny baby and are overwhelmed with the big change in your life. But, having a toddler and having travelled with her a lot, we can assure you that the easiest age to travel with kids is till they turn 2. Before that they […]
Danger poisonous caterpillars in the NetherlandsJuly 6, 2019 - 8:15 pmA plague of poisonous caterpillars explodes throughout the country.