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Sights in The Hague

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As the Hague hosts the Dutch government, it is also the residence of a lot of national and international organisations. Governmental like the Binnenhof and the residences of the Queen, international like the many ambassies, the Peace Palace and even the UN International Tribunal.

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Binnenhof

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The residence of the Dutch governement and the Dutch parlement and the senate.

The Binnenhof started out as a hunting retreat for the counts of Holland. Located near a source of fresh water (the present Hofvijver) and an abundant source of game it quickly grew into their main residence, exemplified by the extension of the castle by the ridderzaal (knight's hall) by count Floris V. Successive rulers kept on using the binnenhof as the main seat of power in Holland, and when the Dutch republic gained independance, and Holland being the most powerful state of the more..

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Madurodam

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the Netherlands in miniature, a must see for first time vistors to The Hague.

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url:www.madurodam.nl

Lange Voorhout

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The Lange Voorhout is one of the most beautiful and unusual inner city streets in the Netherlands.

not only does it have the dimensions of an urban piazza and do the many trees give it a cosy atmospere, it is lined with palaces, where once the cream of Dutch nobility lived; nowadays most house embassies.

Centerpoint of the street is the Paleis Lange Voorhout, once home of queen Emma and formal reception palace of queens Wilhelmina, Juliana and Beatrix. Today the building is a museum.

Another notable buildings on the Lange Voorhout is The Hague's more..

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Koninklijke Stallen

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The royal stables

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address:Piet-Heinplein

Vredespaleis

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Translated "Peace Palace" the building was a gift of Andrew Carnegie. It was given the name peace palace to stress the importance of solving international disputes in a courtroom, rather than on the battlefield.

The building houses the UN international court of justice.

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Sea life

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Sea life shows the wonderful world beneath the ocean waves.


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UN International Tribunal

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The United Nations

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Paleis Noordeinde

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Royal Palace in the center of The Hague.

The palace serves as an office for her majesty queen Beatrix.
It is not open to the public.

You can, however, sometimes see the queen come out of the palace to get a stroopwafel at the bakery next door.

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Huis ten Bosch

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Royal Palace on the outskirts of the Hague.

Located in the Haagse Bos, it was built by Frederik Hendrik, son of the father of Dutch independance William of Orange and at the time ruler of the Netherlands, as a retreat for his wife Amalia van Solms.

Today it is the residence of her majesty queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
The building is not open to the genaral public.

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