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The Nieuwe Kerk is a Dutch Baroque Protestant church in The Hague, located across from the modern city hall on the Spui. It was built in 1649 after the Great Church had become too small. Construction was completed in 1656.
The Ridderzaal is the main building of the 13th-century inner square of the former castle of the counts of Holland called Binnenhof at the address Binnenhof 11 in The Hague, Netherlands. It is used for the annual state opening of Parliament on Prinsjesdag, when the Dutch monarch drives to Parliament in the Golden Coach and delivers the speech from the throne. It is also used for official royal receptions, and inter-parliamentary conferences.
Madurodam is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments. The park was opened in 1952 and has since been visited by tens of millions of visitors. The entirety of net proceeds from the park go towards various charities in the Netherlands.
Wikipedia: Madurodam (EN), Website, Url, Opening Hours, Facebook
4. Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings. The collection contains works by Johannes Vermeer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter, Frans Hals, Jacob van Ruisdael, Hans Holbein the Younger, and others. Originally, the 17th-century building was the residence of count John Maurice of Nassau. It is now the property of the government of the Netherlands and is listed in the top 100 Dutch heritage sites.
5. Christian Science
Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices which are associated with members of the Church of Christ, Scientist. Adherents are commonly known as Christian Scientists or students of Christian Science, and the church is sometimes informally known as the Christian Science church. It was founded in 1879 in New England by Mary Baker Eddy, who wrote the 1875 book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, which outlined the theology of Christian Science. The book became Christian Science's central text, along with the Bible, and by 2001 had sold over nine million copies.
6. Thomaskerk
The Christian Community is an esoteric Christian denomination. It was founded in 1922 in Switzerland by a group of ecumenically oriented, mainly Lutheran theologians and ministers, who were inspired by Rudolf Steiner, the Austrian philosopher and founder of anthroposophy. They were led by liberal theologian Friedrich Rittelmeyer, who had been the most prominent representative of liberal Lutheranism in Germany during the First World War and whose early theological work had focused on the concept of a socially engaged "Christianity of deeds" (Tatchristentum).
7. Panorama Mesdag
Panorama Mesdag is a panorama by Hendrik Willem Mesdag. Housed in a purpose-built museum in The Hague, the panorama is a cylindrical painting more than 14 metres high and about 40 metres in diameter. From an observation gallery in the centre of the room the cylindrical perspective creates the illusion that the viewer is on a high sand dune overlooking the sea, beaches and village of Scheveningen in the late 19th century. A foreground of fake terrain around the viewing gallery hides the base of the painting and makes the illusion more convincing.
8. Laakmolen
The Laakmolen is a polder mill in the current The Hague (Laakkwartier) located on the Haagse Vliet on the corner of the Laakkade and the Trekweg. The Laakmolen, an 8-sided ground sailer, dates from 1699 and is partly built on the foundations of a former mill. The mill was built on behalf of the Delfland Water Board and, together with the Broeksloot Mill or New Mill, had to ensure that the water in the Noordpolder remained at the desired height. The water was pumped from the Laak into the basin. The Haagse Vliet was the basin water.
9. 'Indisch-monument'
The Indies Monument is a memorial in The Hague in memory of all Dutch citizens and soldiers killed during World War II as a result of the Japanese occupation (1942–1945) of the former Dutch East Indies. It is dedicated to all who died in battle, in prison camps or during forced labor. As stated in the mission statement of the 15 August 1945 Commemoration Foundation, it is also:A place where you can pass on to your children the part of your childhood spent in the Dutch East Indies
10. De Korenaer
The windmill De Korenaer, also known as the Prins Maurits windmill, was built in 1721 on a substructure from 1595 and is located at Margaretha van Hennebergweg 2a in the Loosduinen district of The Hague. There was a mill on this site as early as 1310. The current mill is a round stone scaffolding mill on a square stone base. The mill has two coupling grinding stones, each with a regulator for grinding grain. The millstones are artificial stones with a diameter of 140 cm.
11. De Drie Stoepen
The Three Sidewalks is the joint name of three adjacent national monuments from the first half of the eighteenth century, in the centre of The Hague. In addition to their original function as residences, they would later serve as a museum, court, official residence, and (provisional) seat of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. The name dates back to the sixties of the twentieth century, when the buildings were used as a conference and entertainment center.
12. Galerij Prins Willem V
The Prince William V Gallery is an art gallery on the Buitenhof in The Hague that currently shares an entrance with the Gevangenpoort museum. It is a recreation of the original gallery Galerij Prins Willem V, once founded there by William V, Prince of Orange in 1774. The displayed paintings are part of the collection of the Mauritshuis. Amongst the paintings on display are works by Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Steen, Paulus Potter and Gerard van Honthorst.
13. Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague)
The Great Church or St. James' Church is a landmark Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands. The building is located on the Torenstraat, named for its high tower. Together with the Binnenhof, it is one of the oldest buildings in The Hague. Members of the House of Orange-Nassau have been baptised and married there. The latest are King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands and his daughter and heir apparent Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange.
Wikipedia: Grote or Sint-Jacobskerk (The Hague) (EN), Website
14. Oorlogsmonument 'Leger en Vloot'
The army and fleet monument commemorates the Dutch troops that were mobilized at the start of the First World War and the victims who fell during the war. The monument is on the Boulevard in Scheveningen, just south of the Kurhaus, next to a staircase that goes from the boulevard to the Gevers Deynootplein. It was unveiled on September 20, 1921 by Queen Wilhelmina. In 2018 the monument was dismantled and temporarily stored in a depot.
15. Kerk van Eikenduinen
The Church of Eikenduinen, better known as the Ruins or Chapel of Eikenduinen, was a Roman Catholic church building located in the old dunes between Loosduinen and The Hague. It was founded by Count William II of Holland and gained fame due to the presence of a special relic. Today, the remaining ruin, a national monument, is mainly associated with the cemetery that arose around the ruin over the centuries, Old Oak and Dunes.
16. Oude Kerk
The Oude Kerk is in Keizerstraat, once one of the busiest shopping streets in Scheveningen, in the Dutch municipality of The Hague. The church is the oldest monument of the former fishing village. The Oude Kerk is a church of the Protestant congregation in Scheveningen and offers space to its neighborhood of Oude Kerk and to the restored reformed municipality of Thabor Scheveningen.
17. Museum Meermanno
House of the Book is the oldest book museum in the world. It is located in the former home of the founder of the museum Willem Hendrik Jacob baron van Westreenen van Tiellandt (1783-1848) on the Prinsessegracht in The Hague and focuses on the written and printed book in all its forms, past and present. The development of the design of both old and modern books is central to this.
18. Onze Lieve Vrouw Hemelvaartkerk
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption is a Roman Catholic church in Loosduinen, The Netherlands. The church belongs to the faith community of "Maria van Eik en Duinen", part of the parish Parish of the Four Evangelists. The church is located on the Loosduinse Hoofdstraat. A little further on, on the same side of the street, has been the Hague Liberation Monument since 1955.
19. Nieuwe Veenmolen
Nieuwe Veenmolen or Boschmolen is a polder mill of the ground sailer type in The Hague, Bezuidenhout. The mill from 1654 is located next to the railway line The Hague - Leiden and originally drained the Veen- and Binckhorstpolder together with the older mill De Vlieger in Voorburg. The mill, which was originally built as an indoor porter, is equipped with an iron paddle wheel.
20. Scheveningse Bosjes
The Scheveningse Bosjes is an original dune area and now a park in the Scheveningen district. The park is bordered by the Scheveningseweg on the southwest side, the Kerkhoflaan on the southeast side and Madurodam on the north side. The Prof. B.M. Teldersweg cuts the forest in half from Madurodam to the Scheveningseweg. On the sea side there is a large pond, the Water Feature.
21. Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
The Senate is the upper house of the States General, the legislature of the Netherlands. Its 75 members are elected on lists by the members of the twelve States-Provincial and four electoral colleges for the Senate every four years, within three months of the provincial elections. All provinces and colleges have different electoral weight depending on their population.
22. Franse Kerk
The French church in Voorburg was founded in 1726 by Huguenots. The church is located in the old center of the Dutch town of Voorburg, in the province of South Holland. Since 1926, there have been no French-speaking services; it came into the hands of the Reformed Church Liberated, since 2023 Dutch Reformed Churches. The building is a national monument.
23. Maranathakerk
The Maranathakerk is a Dutch Reformed Church on the Second Sweelinckstraat in The Hague. The church was built in 1949 on a site that was broken down by the Atlantic Wall, a defence work by the Germans against possible Allied attacks in World War II. Maranata is an expression in the New Testament, meaning 'Our Lord, Come!'.
24. Westbroekpark
The Westbroekpark is a park and district with an area of 18 hectares, which is located in The Hague, between Madurodam and Scheveningen. It is located on the grounds of an old hamlet, which was called Wittebrug. Together with the Belgian Park, the Westbroekpark is one of the protected cityscapes in The Hague.
25. Vrijmetselarij Museum
The Cultural Masonic Center 'Prins Frederik' (CMC) in The Hague, in the Dutch province of South Holland, is a museum, archive and library of the Order of Freemasons under the GrandOost of the Netherlands. The center manages the collection that the Dutch Freemasons have brought together in more than 250 years.
Wikipedia: Cultureel Maçonniek Centrum 'Prins Frederik' (NL), Website
26. Hofwijck
Hofwijck is a mansion built for 17th-century politician Constantijn Huygens. It is located in Voorburg on the Vliet canal from The Hague to Leiden. Formal address of the cultural heritage is 2 Westeinde, Voorburg, the Netherlands, but its location today is better known as the Voorburg railway station.
27. O.L.V. Onbevlekt Ontvangen / Elandstraatkerk
The Elandkerk or Elandstraatkerk, officially the Church of Our Lady Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic church located on the Elandstraat opposite the Elandplein in the Zeeheldenkwartier in The Hague. The church building and the religious community are part of the parish Maria Star of the Sea.
28. Heilige Antonius Abtkerk
The Antonius Abtkerk is a Roman Catholic church at the end of the Scheveningseweg in The Hague. The Antonius Abbot Church is a national monument, built in 1926-1927 by architect Joseph Cuypers and his son Pierre Cuypers Jr. in a business-expressionist style with a richly decorated art-deco interior.
29. Malieveld
Malieveld is a large grass field in the city center of The Hague, Netherlands, located opposite the central train station. The field is widely known in the Netherlands for being the location of many large-scale demonstrations. It is also used for festivals, funfairs, concerts and other big events.
30. Buitengoed Dorrepaal
Buitenplaats Leeuwenbergh was a country estate on the Westvlietweg in the Dutch town of Leidschendam, part of the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in the province of South Holland. The house was originally founded around 1640 by Lenaert Kettingh, a member of the city council of The Hague.
31. Oude Kerk
The Oude Kerk is a Protestant church in the Dutch municipality of Rijswijk. The current church was built in the 15th century and is one of the oldest buildings in Rijswijk. What is special is that during this renovation the tower was built around it, so that it now stands in the church space.
32. Museum Bredius
Museum Bredius is a museum named after Abraham Bredius on the Lange Vijverberg in The Hague. It is remarkable for its collection of etchings and paintings, but is most attractive to visitors for its accurate restoration of the 18th-century Herenhuis interior with period furnishings.
33. Loosduins Museum De Korenschuur
The Loosduins Museum in The Hague is a museum that focuses on the cultural heritage of the Loosduinen district, which has its origins in the twelfth century, when Floris III of Holland founded a homestead there. From 1811 to 1923 Loosduinen was an independent municipality.
34. Mauritspoort
The Mauritspoort or Grenadierspoort is the eastern gateway to the Binnenhof in The Hague. The gate was built in 1634 together with the nearby Binnenpoort and had a drawbridge over an inner moat at the time. The pulley holes are still visible on the outside.
35. Eben Haëzerkerk
The Eben-Haëzerkerk is the church building of the Reformed Congregation in Scheveningen. The church is located on the Nieuwe Laantjes and also has an entrance in the Keizerstraat. As of 1 January 2018, the Eben-Haëzerkerk has been withdrawn from worship.
36. Kloosterkerk
The Kloosterkerk is a church on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, Netherlands. The church and its accompanying monastery were first built in 1397. The church is known today as the church where Beatrix of the Netherlands occasionally attended services.
37. Bethlehemkerk
The Bethlehem Church at Laan van Meerdervoort 627 in The Hague is a church building of the Protestant Congregation of The Hague. The building is used by the extraordinary reformed district congregation. The church building is a municipal monument.
38. Grondwetbank
The Constitution Bench is a monument to the Dutch Constitution located at the Hofplaats in The Hague. The monument takes the form of a 45-metre-long bench made of smooth marble on which the text of Article 1 of the Dutch Constitution is applied.
39. Muzee Scheveningen
Muzee Scheveningen is a cultural and natural history museum in the Dutch seaside resort of Scheveningen, a district of The Hague, that portrays the history, culture and daily life of that place, especially in relation to the sea and fishing.
40. Landgoed Oostduin en Arendsdorp
Arendsdorp is the remnant of an old estate and a country estate, located in the nationally protected cityscape of Benoordenhout in The Hague. A considerable part of the Benoordenhout district was built on parts withdrawn from this estate.
41. Oorlogsmonument 'Dwangarbeiders'
Forced Labourers is a war memorial in The Hague. It is located in the courtyard of the Provincial Government House. At the time, it was the site of The Hague Zoo, where men were brought together in the zoo building during a raid in 1944.
42. Museum de Gevangenpoort
The Gevangenpoort is a former gate and medieval prison on the Buitenhof in The Hague, Netherlands. It is situated next to the 18th-century art gallery founded by William V, Prince of Orange in 1774 known as the Prince William V Gallery.
43. Oude Kerk
The Oude or Martinikerk in the Dutch town of Voorburg is one of the two district churches of the Protestant Municipality of Voorburg and belongs to the Protestant Church of the Netherlands. It is the oldest church building in Voorburg.
44. Lourdeskapel
The Lourdes Chapel in Scheveningen is part of the urban complex included in the register of national monuments, which is sometimes called 'the church village'. The chapel dates from 1913 and is located on the Berkenbosch Blokstraat.
45. Theater Diligentia
Diligentia is a learned society founded in The Hague in 1793. All reigning monarchs of the Netherlands since King William I have been patrons of Diligentia, and many members of the royal family have been honorary members.
46. Catshuis
The Catshuis, initially known as Huis Sorgvliet, is the official residence of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands. Built between 1651 and 1652 for Jacob Cats as private villa, it was renamed after him after his death.
47. Mubarak Mosque
The Mubarak Mosque in The Hague is the first purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands. Its foundation stone was laid by Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan on 20 May 1955 who later inaugurated the mosque on 9 December 1955.
48. Huis ten Bosch
Huis ten Bosch is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace in Amsterdam.
49. Museum Beelden aan Zee
Beelden aan Zee museum in the Scheveningen district of The Hague, founded in 1994 by the sculpture collectors Theo and Lida Scholten, is the only Dutch museum which specialises in only exhibiting sculpture.
50. Humanity House
Humanity House was a museum in The Hague, intended to shed light on the human story behind disasters and conflicts in the world. The Humanity House had to close its doors permanently on November 1, 2020.
51. Grondwetsherziening van 1848
The Heulstraat in The Hague is a short, centuries-old street between the Noordeinde and the Kneuterdijk. The name refers to the heul or wooden bridge that gave access to the street over the Haagse Beek.
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