History

Best Western Hotel Baars is located in the historic centre of Harderwijk.

Since 1875, Hotel Baars has been a family business, where the Baars family honours the tradition of hospitality. Both the tourist and the business guest feel at home here!

As an old Hanseatic city, Harderwijk has a rich heritage:



· 1223: the year in which Harderwijk was first mentioned. Harderwijk was already an agricultural settlement that had grown into a trading place.

· 1550: Harderwijk was home to the most important fish market on the Zuiderzee. The Vischpoort and other monuments still remind us of this period in history.

· 1965: Dolfinarium Harderwijk was opened. This park has grown into the largest marine mammal park in Europe.

· 2009: Harderwijk has almost a hundred national monuments.