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The Hague is the second most-visited city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam because it’s a city with many attractions and a large pedestrian zone where you can wander about in old historic lanes.
Although Amsterdam is the nation’s capital, almost all of the government is headquartered here with the parliament, and the prime minister and perhaps most famous as home of the International Court of Justice, a branch of the United Nations.
This video is a practical guide for you showing exactly where are the main sites and where you should be walking to catch all of the highlights in your visit.
You might think of the Hague as perhaps a modern city, as a government city and therefore maybe not so interesting to visit, but you’ll find that it’s fascinating. The Hague has got a rich collection of historic buildings, some of them dating back as much as to the 13th century, amazingly, and they have been restored and renovated and kept up to date. The government is located in this complex of very old buildings in the heart of town. And yet there’s also a modern side to the city, a modern shopping mall, ultramodern skyscrapers and that wonderful pedestrian zone. So altogether you’ll find The Hague has got a lovely variety of kinds of neighborhoods and attractions, historic sites, shopping areas, museums, and just friendly people everywhere, and everywhere, bicycles.
The two closest main cities are Delft and Leiden, both of which make a good home base for visiting The Hague on a day trip, only 15 minutes away by train.
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Prasad Mhalaskar..my Heague!!my Heart🤲🙏🏻🌷🙏🏻🤲👍👌✌😇
Man, amazing documentary about an amazing city! Lived there for 4 years and I miss the city every day since I left.
17:36 De Resident: very good baby back ribs!
27:57 The two red/orange buildings with the blue roofs (Castalia) are often called the Titties of The Hague, or "Haagse Tieten".
did you see zeehelden with the piet heijn straat ?
Next time go to DORDRECHT, it is an island. i was born there. i lived in the Hague and now in delft. my daughter lives in Dordrecht. dordrecht is the oldest city of the netherlands. the hague is still a village and delft its also a city. is n`t that bizar. 🙂
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My preconceptions of The Hague were so wrong. Bicycling through the streets I found it charming and quiet.
How can you skip the prisoner's gate (gevangenenpoort). The collection of torture at its best. Its not that we like to tortures people nowadays (it is illegeal). You also miss the Mauritshuis (Mauritshome) with our best painting: the girl with pearl by Vermeer. She is the most priceless picture in the Netherlands even better than Rembranct's Nightwatch.
Very comprehensive tour of Hague, it can't get any better. Thanks.
And…A beach !
i am applying to the International Criminal COurt I just finished my masters in human rights law in Queens Univeristy Belfast plan on putitng omar al bashir in prison for Darfur i devised a complex plan 1. get a masters degree IN internaitonal law. leanr intenrtional human rights law. leanr the rome statuste, 4 learn the six un languges Arabic Chinese Engliush French rusisan and Spanish
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I loved living in the Hague (Den Haag) for nearly 10 years…and a short distance to Amersterdam, I prefered it.
What I would like is a google maps route of this tour so I could follow it with my mobile phone because I think this is a really nice tour to do!
16:51 those markets are a scam. you need to pay to get plastic coins and then you can get food. But usually its like 5 per coin which means that you'll be paying 10 euros for french fries. No thank you. Way too expensive especially when you're surrounded by food stores every where. Just go to Bram lol
Thank you for creating such high-quality videos, I really enjoy them 😇🙏🏻
Thank you guide man
Awesome 🎥. Like 👍🏽
I have some friends in my discord group who are from the Netherlands and I'm really fascinated by the country and would like to visit it one day.
Came to work in the The Hague in November 1971. Met a lovely Dutch girl and am still here, enjoying this beautifull country now as a Dutch citizen. Great video Dennis.
This movie of hague is awesome. Buildings r stunning and lovely streets. Train and trams r also looking adorable. Big thanks to u.
Since the narrator sounds American : just want you to know that when I sat in my elementary class about 1956 or 57 at Decroly School, Boylestraat, The Hague, our school was informed that The Hague was no more the capital of the Netherlands. Instead it must have been Amsterdam whose population surpassed ours. So that is mainly why The Hague has all the government buildings and a beautiful palace with a huge garden. Amsterdam had a very old palace but it stood in the center of all the traffic. Enjoyed your show though. You showed many places we walked through. In fact, from our long street, we could see the tower of the Grote Kerk towering over Fahrenheitsrtaat and the other streets in the distance.
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Sounds like a great trip.
@15:42, The Hague used to have much more canals but they were all filled in/removed. The one shown here was reopened a couple of years ago. The water was always there but they built a street over it, and now it’s restored.