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Clingendael Bos – Bunkers, and more!

"Clingendael Bos" in The Hague is one of several large forests in the city. This one has bunkers left over from WWII where I love playing with my kids!

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Museum Rijswijk – Classy museum just outside town

"Museum Rijswijk" in The Hague is a fine example of what makes Dutch museum often so worthwhile: it's a commitment to the local...

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Adam

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Feb 5, 2025
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Spellenhuis Den Haag – Game shop

"Spellenhuis Den Haag" is what I wish had existed when I was a kid: a games shop with a full slate of daily activities where you can play for hours on end!

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Feb 5, 2025
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O'Casey's Irish Pub – Brexit? What's Brexit?

"O'Casey's Irish Pub" in The Hague brings together nations in a way that everyone feels at home. There's an intimate feeling I can't find elsewhere!

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Rootz – A mix of hip and historic

"Rootz" bills itself as a cafe and restaurant, but it's also a bar and grill and an intersection of many of the best things The Hague has to offer...

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1646 – Contemporary art space

"1646" in The Hague is a project space where you can view, and often participate in, art that runs towards the intellectual and the avant-garde...

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Adam

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Feb 5, 2025
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Skatepark De Kuil – Family-friendly counterculture

"Skatepark De Kuil" in The Hague is not just a playground for all ages and yes, a cool skatepark - it's an essential component of a vibrant community!

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Adam

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Feb 5, 2025
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Clingendael Pet Cemetery – Charming!

"Clingendael Pet Cemetery" in The Hague has about a dozen headstones that mark the lives and deaths of pooches from the turn of the 20th century...

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Adam

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Het Balihuisje – 'Concept' cafe in trendy 'hood

"Het Balihuisje" is The Hague's attempt to keep up with the 21st-century version of urban chic. It aspires to be a hub of creativity as well as a cafe!

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Coffee & tea

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Adam

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Feb 5, 2025
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Holocaust Memorial – Unique slice of Hague history

This is The Hague's Holocaust Memorial - the way it's set up, once cannot avoid seeing it. History must be remembered or it will be repeated...

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Adam

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Feb 5, 2025
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Maison Kelder – Confectionary

"Maison Kelder" in The Hague is famous in the whole Netherlands for its sweets - tarts, cakes, cookies etc. But my favorite is the 'hazelnoot gebak'...

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Bierspeciaal Cafe de Paas – Beer on a boat

"Cafe de Paas" is my favorite bistro/craft beer pub along the 'Bierkade' in The Hague - it's an old-school oasis of calm in this bustling district!

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