den haag
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- emmaopeel
nice place to visit for the holidays? we're thinking of christmas with friends in den haag... will there be chocolate and holiday cheer?
- skser0
they're speaking dutch over there...
- janne760
den haag?
go to amsterdam and smoke weed and get high! //
- skser0
den haag is a lot of fun... nice place to stay
- janne760
den haag is nice. even though it is very much split up. you have the rock/freeminded side and the government/embassy formal side.
Lange Voorhout is the place for a classy atmosphere and nice bookmarkets every now and then.. (close to our govt. building Binnenhof, you can go to the fish shed and buy a good herring!)
Grote Markt is where a lot of bars are, and FREE WiFi on the entire square including all the bars, provided you sit close to the window, the internetrouter is actually outside i believe..
Boterwaag and Zwarte Ruiter are 2 of my fave places to be there.Boterwaag is excellent place for lunch, coffee and general hanging out, really nice, large and cozy place, tons of mags/papers to read and always lots of posters/flyers on the wall in the corner, good Dutch graphic design to see.. excellent coffee and sammiches as well!
Also, to be really touristy go to the Netherlands miniature style "Madurodam".
- emmaopeel0
oh lovely... thanks, janne76!
- Greedo0
The Mauritshuis and the Gemeentemuseum are actually very nice museums and well worth a visit; the Gemeentemuseum has some early Piet Mondrian pieces you've probably never seen and is a lovely Art Deco style building and the Mauritshuis has "Girl with a pearl earring" by Vermeer, nuff said.
http://www.mauritshuis.nl/index.…
http://www.gemeentemuseum.nl/ind…
Also, Delft is right next door (you can take a tram there or rent a bike or whatever), and it still has its medieval center intact, very pretty.
- bolus0
I feel strangely proud because greedo thinks my place of birth, delft, is very pretty
- bolus0
if you decide to go a bit sooner you can catch the hagues cosiest music and literature festival:
http://www.crossingborder.nl/ind…
also at the gemeentemuseum there is GEM
http://www.gem-online.com/index2…
furthermore, the hague has some nice architecture (lots of koolhaas in the centre)