Ka kammala wannan magana: Kalaman birnin Haarlem shi ne "Vicit vim virtus" (Latin don nagarta ta shawo kan tashin hankali). Rassan rassan suna nufin bishiyoyi da aka ƙone a cikin Haarlemmerhout, waɗanda aka ƙone sau da yawa a lokacin kewaye daban-daban, musamman a lokacin kewaye da sojojin Jacqueline, Countess na Hainaut a 1428. Haarlem ya kasance tare da Cods a cikin
Yaƙe-yaƙe na Hook da Cod, sabili da haka a kan Jacoba na Bavaria. Karrarawa suna nufin damiaatjes. An ba da kararrawa biyu ga garin Haarlem na St. Bavochurch don tunawa da jaruntakar yanke sarkar tashar jiragen ruwa a lokacin Siege of Damietta (1218) tare da "jirgin ruwa mai gani", jirgin ruwa mai almara wanda aka sanye shi da ƙarfe na ƙarfe wanda aka ɗaure a gefen baka da gaban gaba. Wannan jirgi ya sauko ta hanyar tashar jiragen ruwa kuma ya ba da damar jirgin ruwa ya kai hari ga birnin, wanda ya kasance nasara.