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The Hague Travel Guide

The city center is pretty, with quite a few nice government buildings , stately mansions (many owned by ambassadors and or embassies) good museums (Mauritshuis, Panorama Mesdag) and a nice square to sit and have a drink (Plein). Though, The Hague is not the capital of the Netherlands, but it is the seat of the government and is also the place where Queen Beatrix lives. The Hague is a nice place to go despite not having the big city atmosphere of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, nor the cosy little canals of smaller Dutch towns. On a beautiful day it is especially worthwhile, because the beach resort of Scheveningen (hard to pronounce) is actually part of the city. With its Pier and Casino it is one of the most fancy beach resorts of the Netherlands.

The Hague (Den Haag in Dutch) is also the seat of several international organizations, such as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), all associated with the United Nations. These give a constant international presence to The Hague.

Source: world66.com

Things To Do and See in The Hague

Madurodam, The Hague
A miniature city with models of buildings (scale 1:25,) which provides the

story of how a typical Dutch City has developed throughout the centuries.
Attraction type: Specialty museum; Amusement/theme park; Historic village

Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague
The core collection at this famous art museum consists of masterpieces

from the Dutch Golden Age, which includes works by Rembrandt,

Vermeer, Steen and Frans Hals, including a magnificent panorama of

Dutch and Flemish art from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.
Attraction type: Art museum; Architectural building

The Hague Municipal Museum

(Haags Gemeentemuseum), The Hague
This art museum features an important collection of modern art, plus

works from earlier periods by Picasso, Monet and van Gogh.
Attraction type: Art museum

Omniversum, The Hague
Attraction type: Observatory/planetarium

Mesdag Panorama, The Hague
Enormous cylinder-shaped painting of the old fishing village of Scheveningen in 1881.
Attraction type: Landmark/point of interest

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