The Hague

Hague is well known by "the Hague Tribunal", however, not everyone knows where actually it is located. The city is quite large by European standards. It was badly damaged during the Second World War and later rebuilt. Now it looks more like the German cities like Hanover, than the Dutch ones.

Find here good pdf maps of Hague.

Flowers meet the tourists near the train station.


There are a lot of flowers in the city in summer.


The city has many water canals like Amsterdam.


It's funny, but in the Netherlands Russia's largest social network is blocked for distributing pornography.


A lot of small sculptures in the center.






New church (1649—1656)


Great Church of St. James (1420-1424). Hexagon Tower is not common for the Netherlands.


Old townhall (1564)


There are no old Town in The Hague, the center consists of the shops and office buildings. Pay attention to the width of a dedicated bike lane on the main street.


Chinatown




There are few palaces in The Hague, the largest of which is the Binnenhof, Dutch Parliament, located next to the Central Station.




Funny ad, even for the Netherlands.


Graffiti in the center


Flowers and installation in the Palestine park.




The Peace Palace, building of UN International Court of Justice. Can be visited (https://www.vredespaleis.nl/visit/?lang=en).


Dove of peace


Installation of stones brought from all countries, members of the UN.


Ukrainian stone (red)


The Hague also has a chic beach Scheveningen. Actually, the city is located close to the coast, about 5 kilometers away. Use tram 1 or 11 to get to the sea, though we went on foot. The road is straight, along the tram line, through the forest and park.

If you want to visit the city on foot as well, keep in mind that it will take at least 5-6 hours and you have to go 20-25 kilometers.

Despite the nice beach, you can swim only a few weeks per year.






Amrâth Kurhaus hotel


Huge De Pier with restaurants, shops and recreational areas.


Pillars under the pier


The crane for bungee jumping.


Back to the train station we went other way and visited Westbroekpark.




And a residential complex on the street Burgemeester de Monchy Plein.




Directly in front of the central station there is a huge park with deer.




Interesting solution, a bench built around a tree.


Getting there: The Hague has two train stations - Den Haag Centraal and Den Haag HS, they are located within a kilometer of each other, you can go to any. Travel time from Rotterdam is only 20 minutes. Airport is shared with Rotterdam, although Amsterdam Airport is close aswell and most people use it.