Editing Haarlem (section)

===18th century===
[[File:De Adriaan windmill in Haarlem.jpg|thumb|Windmill De Adriaan]]
As the centre of trade gravitated towards Amsterdam, Haarlem declined in the 18th century. The Golden Age had created a large upper middle class of merchants and well-to-do small business owners. Taking advantage of the reliability of the [[trekschuit]] connection between Amsterdam and Haarlem, many people had a business address in Amsterdam and a weekend or summer home in Haarlem. 

Haarlem became more and more a bedroom community as the increasingly dense population of Amsterdam caused the canals to smell in the summer. Many well-to-do gentlemen moved their families to summer homes in the Spring and commuted between addresses. Popular places for summer homes were along the Spaarne in southern Haarlem. [[Pieter Teyler van der Hulst]] and [[Henry Hope]] built summer homes there, as well as many Amsterdam merchants and councilmen. Today, boat travel along the Spaarne is still possible and has become a popular form of tourism in the summer. In the 18th century, Haarlem became the seat of a [[suffragan]] diocese of the [[Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands|Old Catholic Church of Utrecht]].

[[File:Haarlem1827.JPG|thumb|A map of Haarlem in 1827. The city walls have been torn down and used as building materials for city expansion.]] [[File:Haarlemmerhout.jpg|thumb|left|The Haarlemmerhout in Haarlem is the oldest park designed for public access in the Netherlands. It is said that Napoleon's army carved their initials in these trees.]]
[[File:Paviljoen Welgelegen.tif|thumb|The [[Villa Welgelegen]], built in the 18th century, is the current government house of the province of [[North Holland]].]]