Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
If the people of Den Haag, The Netherlands want to get out of the city and enjoy some time at the beach, they go to Scheveningen – only located 6 kilometers afar from the city center of Den Haag. It was once a fishers village and is nowadays the biggest seaside resort of the Netherlands. Continue reading “Off to the beach”
The miniature world Madurodam is one of the most famous sights in Den Haag, The Netherlands. Behind a dam you can find 300 miniature representations of well-known buildings from The Netherlands. The area is 18000 m2 large and was opened in 1952 to honor George Maduro who died in the concentration camp of Dachau, Germany.
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The Mauritshuis is an art museum located in the center of Den Haag, The Netherlands. It has been built from 1633 on as a nobility palace at a lake in the center of the city and serves as a museum from 1822 on. It houses many works from Flemish and Dutch painters from the 17th century. Continue reading “The girl with a pearl earring”