Constantijn Huygens and his music
If you are driving on the Scheveningseweg, on the corner of Ary van der Spuyweg you may see the bust of Constantijn Huygens. It is
Mercury – God of commerce
We all want to be favoured by the gods. But how do you get the right god to favour you? Shopkeepers and other entrepreneurs in
Eisenhower visits The Hague
Most schoolchildren are happy to be given an extra day off from classes. On October 6, 1945 the mayor of The Hague gave this treat
The speech from the throne in 1820
For over 200 years, our Head of State has read the Speech from the Throne on Prinsjesdag. What has actually changed in that time and
The Rosenburg and Bloemendaal Psychiatric Hospitals during World War II
By Corry van Straten When the Second World War broke out in the Netherlands in 1940, there were two psychiatric hospitals in Loosduinen: Rosenburg and
Scheveningse Bosjes
If you cycle through the Scheveningse Bosjes on a nice afternoon, you probably travel along the Galgenpad (‘Gallow path’). But fortunately the time has passed
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