Nowadays, my search for recipes usually begins and ends on the internet. Not so in 1973! That year Saint Nicholas gave me my first cookbook, titled “Het Haagse Kookboek”. It was the 64th edition, and came with a very practical plastic cover, so stains could be wiped easily. Haagsche Cooking School The first formal cooking …
A well-known Dutch comedian once said: ‘The Dutch have only two problems: how to lose weight and where to park the car’. Perhaps it’s no surprise that these problems still bother many an inhabitant of The Hague.After the completion of the Museumkwartier Parking Garage at Tournooiveld, there are 320 new parking spaces in the city …
I drink tea and don’t like coffee, my husband drinks coffee and doesn’t like tea. But talking about beverages, we are of the same opinion on one thing: The best and most interesting coffee and tea shop in The Hague is Inproc at Denneweg. Indische PROducten Centrale As early as 1853 the Leupen family had …
Each year in the weeks before Christmas, my choir performs in nursing homes. This year we sang in a home called “Het Zamen”. When I looked for directions I understood the peculiar spelling (“zamen” instead of “samen”).The nursing home’s address is “Esperantostraat” and this street intersects with “Zamenhofstraat”. To understand each other If we can …
It’s February 21, 1985 and I have a job interview in The Hague. It’s a cold day with temperatures between -0,2 °C and 4,3 °C. More importantly, we have had freezing nights since the start of February, with the temperatures dropping below -10 °C on several nights. Why do I trouble my readers with these …
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When I drive into The Hague from the north, I always use the “Landscheidingsweg”, or “land-dividing road”. The other day, whilst driving home, I wondered which “lands” are divided by this road. Below sea level Whenever I read the word “polder”, I hear my geography teacher’s voice in my ear: “A polder is a piece …
As you walk around The Hague, what kinds of birds do you see? Thanks to the city’s many parks, there are a lot of ponds where ducks, swans and geese feel at home. But you can also do a spot of bird watching in unexpected places. Look up Walking along the Lutherse Burgwal it’s worthwhile …
I like a good beach walk, but only when the weather is nice. In The Hague we are fortunate to have an alternative indoor facility. We can enjoy the sea, the dunes and the beach at Panorama Mesdag on Zeestraat. Enterprise Few people know that Panorama Mesdag began as a private enterprise and remains so …
Some years ago I attended a funeral outside The Hague. It was held at the cemetery Duinhof in IJmuiden.The funeral itself was held in a remarkable auditorium at the cemetery and of course I wanted to know more about this building. I learned that it had been designed by the famous Dutch architect Willem Dudok. …
‘No pain, no gain’. In Dutch we have a similar saying that is about fashion: ‘If you want to be beautiful, you must suffer’. And fashion dictates what is beautiful and what isn’t. Fashion has probably been with us since humans began to wear clothes. But once in a while, people (women) reject outright the …
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