I think it has been around 8 years since I have last been to the Hague. To be honest, I did not remember anything of the city, except for eating some really nice tapas. And that we were searching for the parliament inside the parliament properties. And caught that moment of dumbness on camera. The good old times.
This time I went to The Hague with a friend from Luxembourg. We went there just before Christmas so the crowds in the centre part of the city were really crazy with last minute Christmas shoppers. It was quite a nightmare to walk through the shopping streets, so we avoided those for most of the time. A good choice, because we got to see some pretty parts of the city:
And this time, we found the parliament (Het Binnenhof) really easily, just by following the signs that are everywhere and are pointing out all the main attractions of the city. Really useful. And I must say that the parliament was actually nicer than I remembered. It's a shame the weather was so gloomy. I am sure you could take some awesome pictures here on a sunny day.
The parliament was just a short visit, since you cannot go inside (at least, as far as we could see). So we decided to randomly follow some of the signs that pointed to nice-sounding attractions. And we found some great places! Also, my friend ate herring for the first time. And she liked it too.
For lunch we had to concur the crowds and head into the city centre a bit. We sat on a very nice heated and covered terrace in the middle of the centre. The food was amazing and the view was nice. Just one problem; the wind. It was so strong that I was afraid the entire cover of the terrace could just be blown off any minute. Not good for my nerves.
When walking through the shopping streets I noticed that some of the shops and malls are located in really wonderful buildings.
The crowdedness made us decide to have dinner in another city, because the amount of people just seemed to increase more and more when it got later (remind me to avoid cities completely in the week of Christmas next year). Luckily we found this cute little place to have a coffee before leaving. It looked like a small artist studio on the inside.
All in all, I really liked the city. A lot more than I remembered even. You can definitely see everything in one day and maybe even combine it with Rotterdam or Scheveningen (both are very close).
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