Belgium and Holland had to make a compromise and alternate the capital between Brussels and Amsterdam every two years. Still, during all this time, the government remained in The Hague, so when the separation took place in 1830 it was settled that Amsterdam would remain capital and The Hague the seat of government. This strongly influenced the city’s architecture, as houses were built to host diplomats and government...
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You'll find that Hague nightlife is not half as buzzing as Amsterdam's Nightlife with its Red Light District or as Rotterdam’s. This is mostly due to the fact that The Hague has no university and therefore no students to keep the party going, but there are still plenty of things you can do in the city for entertainment. There are several cinemas in the city but The Hague has a special one, Europe’s first 360-degree...
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One of the strangest art works available for visitation in The Hague is the Panorama Mesdag, a cylindrical painting dating from 1881 that measures 14 meters in height and 120 m in circumference and was painted by the famous Hendrik Willem Mesdag.
read moreThis Hague travel guide will give you an insight into one of the most politically aware cities in the world and its main city functions. The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, and forms, together with these two and Utrecht, the conglomerate metropolitan area Randstad, which has a total population of 6.660.000. The Hague itself is located in the province of South Holland...
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