Discover our locals' 117 hidden gems in The Hague

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Oma Toos

Typical Dutch cuisine

Oma Toos, overlooking the picturesque harbour, gives you a delicious taste of Dutch cuisine in a relaxed atmosphere without paying “tourist prices”.

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Karoline

Welton

Feb 11, 2025

Pearl Earring

The Other Girl with a Pearl

I think it certainly makes for a cute and spontaneous photo opportunity.

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Art & culture

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Karoline

Welton

Feb 9, 2025

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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Relaxing

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Art & culture

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Relaxing
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Shopping

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Bars
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Music
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Snacks

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Bars

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Art & culture

By

Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Relaxing

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Art & culture
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Relaxing

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Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Bars
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Coffee & tea

By

Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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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Art & culture

By

Adam

Frick

Feb 5, 2025

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