// MIXED DORM: 6X 1P BED
Hello I’m the
Willem
Room
Own bathroom and toilet.
I’m a dorm or private Room. Up to six, young and old, can stay with me. I have three custom built bunkbeds. Relax in front of the window and enjoy the morning sun. I’m on the ground floor. There is a shower and toilet in the room.
// Hello I’m Ome Willem. I’m a really old local character. ‘Just ask normal, that’s crazy enough’, is a saying we old-timers love to say. Oh, and if you pay attention you might just see me walking through Haarlem with a parrot on my shoulder.
An old men’s alms house can be seen as an early precursor to a retirement home. From the 16th century these houses were established because older men are generally less able to care for themselves than older women. There are still some of these houses preserved in the Netherlands, however their uses have changed. For example the former old men’s house in Haarlem has been the Frans Hals museum since 1913. That’s the place to be to find a wonderful overview of paintings made in Haarlem during the Golden Age.
