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Haarlem's Lost Gates: The Siege of 1572–73

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Haarlem's Lost Gates: The Siege of 1572–73

Languages: NL, ENFrom €18

This is a self-guided walk in the StepQuests app. You finish checkout there and walk with stories on your phone.

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About this outing

Walk a full loop around Haarlem's singels and find the ghosts of fourteen medieval city gates. Only one survived. the Amsterdamse Poort. Discover where defenders blew up their own gate, where a windmill rests on a tower's foundation, and why demolition contractors paid the city 3,500 guilders to tear the walls down. Read each stop in the StepQuests app.

What's included

  • A self-guided walk — start whenever you're ready
  • GPS navigation guides you along the route automatically
  • Stories and quizzes unlock as you walk
  • Lifetime access to the route in the StepQuests app

StepQuests walking tour

  • Amsterdamse Poort — The Only Survivor
  • Catrijnenpoort — The Gate Under the Windmill
  • Vrouwehek — A Gate That Was Barely a Gate
  • Kennemerplein — The Gate That Broke Its Promise
  • Kruisstraat — The Gate Haarlemmers Blew Up Themselves
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