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Haarlem is one of the most painlessly dog-friendly cities you can use as a base for the Amsterdam area: smaller, calmer, and with the dog beaches at Zandvoort and Bloemendaal a 15-minute train ride away. A handful of local rules and habits will make the trip smoother. The Grote Markt and the Spaarne wharves are leash-only zones; off-leash freedom starts in the marked losloopgebieden of the Schoterbos, the eastern Haarlemmerhout meadow, and the Koevlak sector of the Kennemer Dunes.