/ Hello, I’m the whole building.
Nineteen rooms, an apartment, a former children’s theatre, two patios and a professional kitchen. In the centre of Haarlem. For a few days, all of it is yours.
I’m Hello I’m Local, a boutique hostel and café. This is about handing the whole of it over to one team for a few days: somewhere to work, eat, laugh and sleep, with nobody else in the building. Teams book it for a team offsite in Haarlem: strategy days, rebrands and retreats.
// In short
/ 6 to 50 people, 84 beds
/ 19 rooms and 1 apartment, each with a private shower, some with their own toilet
/ The zaal: stage, beamer, sound and 50 chairs, up to 65 if you squeeze
/ Two patios, a professional kitchen, the café closed to the public
/ From €4,199 per night for the whole building
/ 15 minutes by train from Amsterdam, 45 by bus from Schiphol
/ 1 night minimum Sunday to Thursday, 2 nights Thursday to Sunday
WARNING: my rooms don’t have TVs. Your team will have to talk to each other. My apologies upfront.
/ What you get
Nobody else is here. No other travellers, no other groups. The front door is yours, and my team is here to look after you.
/ Nineteen rooms and a 40m² apartment, 84 beds in total. Every one has a name, not a number: Nachtwacht, Klederdracht, Frans Hals, Tante Leen, Droste, Duinlust, Nijgh. Private shower in each. Some sleep one, the biggest sleeps fourteen.
/ The zaal. A former children’s theatre with a stage, the original red curtains, its own entrance, beamer and sound system. Fifty matching chairs: theatre rows, workshop circles, cabaret, whatever you need. Up to 65 people if you squeeze.
/ Two patios, both with fireplaces. One in the heart of my seven buildings, one just outside the zaal.
/ The professional kitchen. Full stove, a proper oven, a grill, two fryers and real counter space. This is where the offsite usually turns into something.
/ The café and living room, closed to the public for your dates. Barista coffee, local beer, cocktails, a fireplace, board games and a bar.
/ Unlimited filter coffee, tea, local dune water and old-fashioned Dutch cookies, all day, included.
“The Zaal is so cozy, stylish and homelike. The atmosphere, so important for the sessions, is safe and warm.”
Workshop host, monthly events for over two years
/ Nobody else is here
Of everything teams tell me afterwards, this comes up most: having the whole place to themselves.
No strangers in the corridor at 07:00. No other group’s icebreaker coming through the wall. You can leave the laptops in the zaal overnight and the post-its on the wall for three days. You can have the difficult conversation on the patio at 21:00 without lowering your voice.
For a team working on something that isn’t public yet, a rebrand, a restructure, a funding round, a pitch, that isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s the whole reason to take a building rather than book a meeting room.
No deposit, and I don’t keep your card details. You arrive, I give you the keys. If something gets broken, tell me and I’ll sort it out and invoice it afterwards.
“We needed a place where fifteen people could sleep, cook and work together for a full week, and privacy mattered. The theatre space became our central hub, and the team actually talked to each other because there were no TVs to hide behind.”
Creative lead, international brand team
/ Who it’s for
The building sleeps 84. I cap takeovers at 50 people; above that the common areas stop working and the whole point is lost.
It works best for teams of 6 to 26. That’s when the building feels like yours rather than crowded, when everyone fits around one table, and when the conversation at 21:00 on the patio actually includes everybody.
/ One price, whatever the headcount
Six of you or fifty, the building costs the same. You’re not paying for beds. You’re paying for the whole place, with nobody else in it.
From €4,199 per night
for the whole building, depending on season.
Includes all nineteen rooms and the apartment, the zaal, both patios, the kitchen, the common areas, and unlimited filter coffee, tea, dune water and cookies. All prices include 21% BTW. Tourist tax is additional: €4.00 per person per night in 2026, €4.10 in 2027.
If your dates are flexible, ask me about January and February. That’s when I most want you here, and it’s when the fires are lit.
/ Old-school Dutch. Proudly so.
This isn’t a catering package. It’s what people in Haarlem actually eat.
| Breakfast, the Hello Feesttafel: a big loaf to slice yourself, a bread roll each, beschuit, cheese, hagelslag, strawberry jam, peanut butter, butter, apples, a big pan of scrambled eggs, hangop with cruesli, juice, filter coffee and tea | €15.00 pp |
| Lunch: soup, quiche and a green salad, bread and butter | €15.00 pp |
| Afternoon: apple pie and barista coffee | €7.50 pp |
| Borrelplank: roggebrood, young and aged cheese, Gelderse worst, nuts, Kesbeke pickles, bitterbal | €8.50 pp |
Breakfast is served to share at the table. Vegan options on request.
/ You cook. I’ll do the dishes.
I don’t do dinner. I’d rather do three things properly than four things adequately. You send me the grocery list, I do the shopping, your team cooks together in the professional kitchen, and I set the table and do the dishes afterwards. Groceries at cost, no mark-up.
It isn’t really about the cooking. It’s about what happens when your Head of Marketing and your junior designer end up chopping onions next to each other at 18:30. Teams that cook together talk differently at dinner.
Rather not? The Grote Markt is four minutes away and I’ll book you a table somewhere worth going.
/ How booking works
/ Minimum stay: 1 night Sunday to Thursday, 2 nights Thursday to Sunday. Saturdays always 2 nights.
/ Payment: 25% to hold the dates, the rest 14 days before you arrive. Invoice made out to your company.
/ Cancellation: free up to 51 days before arrival. Numbers going up or down never changes the building price, only the food. See my group terms.
/ Check-in / check-out: 15:00 / 11:00. Quiet hours 22:00 to 08:00.
/ Good to know: I’m made of Dutch monumental buildings, so steep stairs and no lift. No air conditioning; I have fans, and the patio has shade. No parking of my own; the train is the easy way in.
/ The questions you’re probably thinking
How many people fit?
Up to 50 for a takeover; the building sleeps 84. It works best for 6 to 26, which is what my long table seats. The zaal has 50 chairs for theatre rows, workshop circles or a cabaret set-up, and holds up to 65 if you squeeze.
What’s included when we take the whole building?
All nineteen rooms and the apartment, the zaal with its stage, beamer and sound, both patios, the professional kitchen, the café closed to the public, and unlimited filter coffee, tea, dune water and old-fashioned Dutch cookies. Breakfast, lunch, cake and drinks are ordered on top. Tourist tax is always additional.
It’s a hostel. Will my team think I’m being cheap?
The word stops people for about two seconds. Then they walk in and it makes sense. Leadership teams from global brands have booked this entire building for a week. They were looking for a space that would change how their team worked together.
How do I justify this to finance?
One line, everything in: the whole building, the theatre, the kitchen. No room-by-room breakdown, no AV surcharge, no charge for the meeting space, and the coffee, tea and cookies never appear on a bill.
Will my team actually focus?
The zaal has a stage and red curtains. People present differently standing on a stage. The space itself signals: this is different, pay attention.
What if people need to take a call or do focused work?
Every room is private: close the door. WiFi reaches everywhere, rooms included. The zaal is yours the whole time, so there’s always somewhere to step away to.
Isn’t Haarlem too far? We’re in Amsterdam.
Fifteen minutes by train from Amsterdam Centraal, then a fifteen-minute walk from Haarlem station over the most photographed bridge in town. From Schiphol, bus 300 takes 45 minutes. Teams tell me the journey becomes part of the ritual.
Can we really cook for thirty people in that kitchen?
It’s a professional kitchen. A sixteen-person team cooked together every night for a week. Thirty needs organising, which is rather the point.
Can we meet without staying the night?
Yes. The zaal can be booked on its own for a half day, a full day or an evening, always with coffee, tea, dune water and cookies. Or a handful of rooms, or something in between: tell me what you need and I’ll come back with one number.
/ Ready?
Tell me your dates, your headcount and how you’d like the zaal set up. I’ll send you one number, all in.
One contact. One booking. One invoice. I handle the building, the zaal, the breakfast, the coffee and the old-fashioned Dutch cookies, and I’ll do the dishes. Everything else in Haarlem is four minutes away.
Rather email? mail@helloimlocal.com