Grote Markt

The Grote Markt is the central market square of Haarlem, Netherlands.

According to the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica;

In the great market place in the centre of the city are gathered together the larger number of the most interesting buildings, including the quaint old Fleshers' Hall, built by Lieven de Key in 1603, and now containing the archives; the town hall; the old Stadsdoelen, where the burgesses met in arms; the Groote Kerk, or Great Church; and the statue erected in 1856 to Laurens Janszoon Koster, the printer. The Great Church, dedicated to St Bavo, with a lofty tower, is one of the most famous in Holland, and dates from the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th centuries.