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- Dutch
During the Discovery Trip "The Missing portet of Pieter Teyler" you will explore the city of Haarlem during a 90-minute self-guided walking tour. In 90 minutes, you will see the most iconic places of Haarlem while solving fun puzzles about the environment. Do your best and set a new high score for the trip together with your friends or family.
As Discovery Trips is self-guided, there are no fixed starting times. You can pick whenever you want to start discovering and pause at any time.
In this trip, you'll need to find the missing portrait of Pieter Teyler. Mr. Teyler is a well-known resident of Haarlem. The Teylers Museum and the Teylers Hofje are built with his inheritance. Letters indicate that he has hidden a painting and left hints throughout the entire city. Can you find the painting?
Update: We received feedback that the puzzles were to easy, so we recently updated our puzzles to make them more challenging!
What are you waiting for? Let's start discovering!
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Your Trip is a self-guided Discovery Trip. You can start yourself whenever you want. Go to the starting point at the train station in Haarlem and launch the Discovery Trips app to start your Discovery Trip!
The Discovery Trip ends in the middle of the great market in Haarlem. From there it is a short walk back to the train station of Haarlem
Itinerary
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1Haarlem Railway Station
We start at the railway station in Haarlem. One of the older railway stations in the Netherlands
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Molen De Adriaan Museum
We will see across the water the Molen De Adriaan that is beautifully lightend in the evening.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
You will walk past one of the most beautifull hofjes in Haarlem which you can enter provided that you keep peacefully as people live in the hofje.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
Teylers Museum (Pass by)
You will walk past one of the biggest museum that you can find in Haarlem. THe museum is created by Pieter Teyler, an important figure in Haarlem and our story. Later you could go back to visit the museum in earnest. Note that admission into the museum is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
Admission ticket free -
4
You will walk past the old Waag of Haarlem. This was the place where people would weigh their goods for the market and pay their taxes on these goods.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
You will stop at the Frans Hals museum to solve one of the puzzles. This museam is dedicated to Frans Hals, a dutch painter that lived in Haarlem. Later you could go back to visit the museum. Note that admission into the museum is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
Admission ticket free -
(Pass by)
Thee Vleeshal used to be the place where the people of Haarlem bought their meat. Now, it is an exposition centre which holds a crucial piece of information to solve the game. Feel free to visit the exposition centre after you finished the game if it seems intresting to you. Note that admission into the exposition centre is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included.
Admission ticket free -
Sint-Bavokerk (Church of St. Bavo) (Pass by)
During the Trip you will visit the Church of St. Bavo which is one of the biggest and oldest churches in Haarlem in the middle of the Grote Markt. Note that entering the church is not needed for playing the Discovery Trip and is also not included. But feel free to do so on your own accoord.
Admission ticket free -
5Grote Markt
The Trip will end at the Grote Markt in the middle of the city centre.
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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