Briefly a royal palace from 1808 to about 1810, when Napoleon’s brother Louis was briefly King of the Netherlands before Napoleon took direct charge, this historic Haarlem building now apparently houses various provincial administrative offices for the Province of North Holland. For the curious, North Holland includes Amsterdam as well, and stretches from the island of Texel down almost to Leiden – which is at the northern end of Zuid Holland province. Yes, there is more to NL than A’dam :-).
(so much world, so little time....) 
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