Heemstede — Heemstede Map Poster & Print

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Heemstede Map Poster & Print

Seen from above, Heemstede is a green town. It sits on an old beach ridge running along the Dutch coast, right against the southern edge of Haarlem, and much of its map is taken up by wooded estates rather than streets. Houses fill the land between those parks along curving lanes and short avenues. The street pattern feels planned but unhurried, and the canopy of trees shows through almost everywhere.

The Leidsevaart runs through the western side in a long, ruler-straight line. It was dug in the seventeenth century for the horse-drawn barges that carried passengers between Haarlem and Leiden. To the east the ground drops toward the flat, reclaimed land of the Haarlemmermeer, and that change in height is easy to see on the map: the irregular, older fabric of the ridge gives way to the open geometry of the polder.

A Heemstede map poster picks up that contrast between woodland and settlement in fine black lines. The Groenendaal woods show up as a large open patch of paths, and the Binnenweg, the town's well-known shopping street, runs through the middle. The result is a quiet, balanced composition. It suits a place that has long been known as a green, residential neighbour to the city next door.