
A zeppelin over The Hague
When I was a child, my sisters and I would sing a little song about a zeppelin. This song can be treated as a game,

Rozenburg tile panels
You don’t have to go to a museum to see beautiful things. Personally, I love ceramics, and ceramic tiles can be found on house facades

Spanish flu in a Hague family
My father-in-law, Pierre van Laeré, often told the story of the tragedy in his family: “During the Spanish flu epidemic, my parents lost a daughter

From Chapel to Madhouse
By: Corry van Straten In the Middle Ages there was a chapel on the corner of Slijkeinde and Vleerstraat: the Saint Anthony Chapel. This chapel

Meer en Bos
I don’t just walk around The Hague as a city guide. Twice a week, together with other volunteers, I go out with residents of a

International Court of Justice
When we were young, my sisters and I would have arguments that sometimes ended in scuffles. Our parents then tried to explain to us that

Fashion palaces
The Hague is, of course, the city of royal palaces, but we have other types of palaces as well. Beginning around 1900, The Hague was

Liberation Children
A special group within the post-World War II Dutch baby boom were children fathered by the Allied soldiers, our liberators. These are the “liberation children”

The baby boom
What does it take to have a child? No, don’t worry, I am not offering a lecture about sex education. I want to talk about
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