I consider myself an observant inhabitant of The Hague. But sometimes I find that I have been cycling past beautiful and interesting art without noticing it. So this time I show you the art at Zuiderpark. Art in Zuiderpark: how it started Have you visited the vast floral gardens at Keukenhof, in Lisse? Well, from …
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 …
Seeing the title of this blog article, many people in The Hague would think I was referring to the bombing of the Bezuidenhout area in March 1945. But they would be wrong. During World War II, the Allies dropped bombs on more than one location in The Hague in their efforts to fight the evils …
The first time I could take part in a national election was in 1977. But, although I could cast my first vote in 1977, I could not have stood as a candidate for anything! Back then you had to be 21 to stand as a candidate. And in 1977 I had not yet reached that …
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 …
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