NZH Transport Museum — Attraction in Haarlem

A specialized museum that’s not for everyone, but it was for me! The old NZH trams and busses hark back to a time when there was a tram from Amsterdam Spui to Zandvoort. Yes, up the Spuistraat! (Crossing the GVB trams 1 and 2 that ran down the NZ Voorburgwal).

But Spuistraat is too narrow for two tracks of tram tracks I explained. Hans (pictured) assured me I was wrong.

This museum is open for four hours on Saturdays and it is staffed by old tram and bus driver volunteers who get to chat with each other and talk to you as much as you want to listen.

How about the tram that went from IJplein north to Noord Holland (the ferry picked you up at what is today Lute’s terrace at Stationplein?

If this means anything to you, head to Haarlem Spaarnwoude station (on the way to Haarlem) and start your 20 minute walk! Bus 15 does not run...

In an obscure part of Haarlem, this enthusiast-run experience is a little gem. It can satisfy both the nostalgic Dutch public transport rider and the technical historian. The exhibits are available to touch and trams and buses open to enter and the attendants are willing let one roam or engage in one to one attention. And they are highly informative in both English and Dutch. Once they get a few more English exhibit notations they would be 5 star...

Amazing museum with many historic trams and buses you can explore both from the outside and inside. I visited with my 4-year-old, and he couldn’t get enough of climbing into the driver’s seats or spinning the tram brakes. There’s also a train playset and a model railway, which kept him entertained once he grew tired of the life-size vehicles. The staff are very friendly and happy to explain every detail of the history. Definitely...