The Hague's largest museum occupies an elegant residence, and is named after the man who financed its building, Prince John Maurice of Nassau-Siegen. It was built around 1640 in the purest classical style to designs by J. van Campen. The Mauritshuis ..

This "panorama", a device that was very fashionable a century ago, shows Scheveningen in 1881. The work is a collaboration between Hendrik Willem Mesdag and other artists of the Hague school. Painted in a style that is in the purest tradi..

The municipal museum was built in 1935 by Berlage. Its reinforced concrete structure is faced with yellow bricks. A gallery leads to the museum's rooms, where the displays and natural lighting coalesce perfectly. The collections are divided into six ..

The name of this miniaturised town is a tribute to George Maduro, an officer who was deported to Dachau then killed in 1945. The creation of Madurodam dates back to 1952. The models, built on a scale of 1: 25, bring together Holland's most typical bu..

Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), art historian and former director of the Mauritshuis, bequeathed his collection of paintings to the city. Installed in a fine town house of 1757, the museum is named after him and displays some of the collection. Amongst ..

This place is democratic Holland's centre of political process. The Stathouder gate leads into the interior courtyard (Binnenhof), in the middle of which stands the Chamber of the Knights, or Ridderzaal. The buildings built all around, of different p..

Queen Emma’s former palace displays the works of artist Maurits Cornelius Escher (1898-1972). Using either tangible figures (fish, birds, reptiles, humans) or more artificial forms (unravelled knots, three-dimensional cross-sections, contrasts betwee..

The shaded side avenues of the Lange Voorhout - their broad lawns brightened by crocuses in the springtime - are flanked by the finest residences in the Hague, most of them occupied by embassies. In the summer a large antiques fair brings life to the..

This museum of 19th Century painting occupies Mesdag's home and the building he had constructed in 1887 to house his rich collections of artworks. The painter bequeathed all of it to the state in 1903, and thanks to this museum the mid 19th Century s..

Broad avenues spread out from the Binnenhof (the centre of Dutch political life). Along them stand finely constructed aristocratic residences. Pedestrian streets and covered arcades serve numerous shops, among them some of the purveyors of antiques a..

A statue of William II dominates this exterior courtyard of the ancient castle of the Counts of Holland. It is a very popular place for a stroll.

The Ministry of Defence (Defensie) is in this square. A statue of William the Silent stands in the middle and in winter there is an antiques market. Number 23 is worthy of note, a fine 18th Century edifice built to plans by D. Marot.

This museum is in the intriguing setting of a former prison. The 13th Century fortified gate was once part of the Binnenhof castle. It was turned into a prison in the 15th Century and a number of illustrious Dutchmen have been incarcerated within its..

This gallery of paintings occupies the second floor of the house beside the Prison Gate. Started in 1773 and reflecting the taste of William V, the collection is mostly made up of 17th Century landscapes. Bequeathed to the state in 1815 by William I,..

This remarkable historical museum occupies the former lodgings of the Company of Archers of St Sebastian. There are collections of material from archaeological digs, church silver, egg-shell porcelain and views of the Hague; together they illustrate ..

The Korte Vijverberg provides a fine view over the rectangular basin where the windows of the Chamber of Truces and the First Chamber are reflected in the water, as is the Mauritshuis, the Prime Minister's octagonal tower. An elegant jet of water r..

This small building retains a pleasing 16th Century facade with a stepped gable. The 18th Century lateral wall is elegantly decorated and has a thought-provoking Latin inscription Ne Jupiter Quidem Omnibus (Even Jupiter cannot satisfy everyone). Tw..

Groenmarkt is the Hague's central square, where the City Hall and Great Church stand side by side. Several pedestrian streets leave the square: the Paleispromenade to the north, and to the south, De Passage , a broad covered arcade built in 1880.

This crosses the front of the Noordeinde Palace and takes it name from it. It is lined with numerous antiques shops. Queen Beatrix has set up her offices in the palace.

This palace, also called Het Oude Hof, dates from the 16th and 17th Centuries and has two wings at right-angles to the main building. First occupied by Louise de Coligny, widow of William the Silent, then by her sons, the princes Maurice and Frederic..