Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in The Hague, Netherlands

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 4.3 km
Ascend 50 m
Descend 54 m

Explore The Hague in Netherlands with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in The HagueIndividual Sights in The Hague

Sight 1: Vuurtoren Scheveningen

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Vuurtoren Scheveningen

De Scheveningen Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Scheveningen, Netherlands. It was designed by Quirinus Harder and activated finished in 1875.

Wikipedia: Scheveningen Lighthouse (EN)

583 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Eben Haëzerkerk

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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 As of 1 January 2018, the Eben-Haëzerkerk has been withdrawn from worship.

Wikipedia: Eben-Haëzerkerk (Scheveningen) (NL)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Oude Kerk

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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.

Wikipedia: Oude Kerk (Scheveningen) (NL)

658 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Museum Beelden aan Zee

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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.

Wikipedia: Beelden aan Zee (EN), Website

340 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Oorlogsmonument 'Leger en Vloot'

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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.

Wikipedia: Monument Leger en Vloot (NL), Website, Fixme

482 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: AFAS Circustheater

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The Circustheater (AFAS Circustheater) is a musical theatre in The Hague, owned and operated by Stage Entertainment.

Wikipedia: Circustheater (EN), Website

260 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Lourdeskapel

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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.

Wikipedia: Lourdeskapel (Scheveningen) (NL)

295 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Muzee Scheveningen

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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.

Wikipedia: Muzee Scheveningen (NL), Website

1309 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 9: Zij waren eensgezind

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Zij waren eensgezindMaiabijl J.L. van den Oever / CC BY 4.0

The Oranjehotel was the nickname of the Polizeigefängnis in the detention centre in Scheveningen during the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Zij waren eensgezind 1940-45 (NL)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Het Poortje

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Het PoortjeMaiabijl J.L. van den Oever / CC BY 4.0

The Oranjehotel was the nickname of the Polizeigefängnis in the detention centre in Scheveningen during the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Oranjehotel (NL), Website

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