Schalkwijk, Haarlem

Schalkwijk is the largest neighbourhood of Haarlem, Netherlands. It has about 30.000 inhabitants, and covers about 25% of the municipality of Haarlem.

1868 map of Haarlemmerliede and Spaarnwoude, showing North and South Schalkwijk in the southwest of the municipality.

Until 1963, Schalkwijk was a part of the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude. It consisted of two hamlets, North Schalkwijk and South Schalkwijk. The latter still exists as a separate hamlet; the area of North Schalkwijk is now covered by the residential area Schalkwijk that was built in the 1960s.