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The Hague
City and municipality in the Netherlands

The Hague

The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.

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With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and has been described as the country's de facto capital since the time of the Dutch Republic, while Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands.

Get in

Getting to The Hague

The Rotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM IATA) is the closest airport to the city. Metro line E connects Den Haag Centraal station with the Meijersplein, a station close to the airport. The airport terminal is connected with the later one by bus line #33 (which continues further up to the Rotterdam Centraal railway station). The Schiphol Amsterdam Airport (AMS IATA), is a bit farther.

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    Den Haag Centraal Station
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    Den Haag Hollands Spoor

    It is a 20-min walk from Central Station.

See

Worth seeing

The heart of the city contains most of the historic architecture from the medieval, renaissance, and Baroque periods and is easily accessible on foot. You'll also find lots of outdoor cafes and shopping near the Plein on the Lange Poten or just east of there on the Hofweg.

Do

Things to do

Since The Hague was founded on a former hunting manor, there are a variety of parks and green spaces that are ideal for exploration. Like the majority of cities in the Netherlands, The Hague is extremely bike friendly and it's easy to get from one place to another on a bicycle if you feel like stepping outside the city centre.

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    Park Clingendael

    Japanese Garden: late April to mid-June and 2 weeks in mid-October.

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    Westbroekpark

    Renowned for its Rosarium or rose garden, with 20,000 different varieties of roses blooming from June until November.

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    Haagse Bos

    This park is the oldest forested area in the country.

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    Museon

    Stadhouderslaan 37 (next to the Gemeentemuseum), info@museon.nl.

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    Omniversum

    President Kennedylaan 5 (behind the Museon), info@omniversum.nl.

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    Madurodam

    George Maduroplein 1 (tram 9 or bus 22 (toward Scheveningen Noorderstrand)),.

Eat

Where to eat

Just as Indian restaurants abound in the UK, the Netherlands has an excellent tradition in Indonesian and colonial Dutch-Indies cuisine. After Indonesia became independent from the Netherlands in 1945, the country received a large number of former colonials from Dutch and mixed descent who had been forced to leave the newly independent colony.

How locals move

Getting around The Hague the local way

  • Get aroundby HTM Bike, Donkey Republic (The Hague) and OV-fiets (requires a personalised OV-chipkaart).

From Wikivoyage: The Hague, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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