Den Haag - Nightsky's Holland trip

[Nightsky]

Thanks!

Originally Posted by SYDNEY

I love The Sting, would you know if it is an old building or a new one ?

It looks a bit like an old building, but it could also be new so I don't know. Didn't know Sting was a chain, we don't have it here in Sweden.

[CitoyenNéerlandais]

Wauw great!
Nice to see people from outside like this city.
For me The Hague is still the second beautiful city after Amsterdam.
It has a special atmosphere. New and old are combined on a good way.

It’s like the city has everything you could wish.
Normally I’m not that positive about a city, but this city makes me really happy.
It has a metropolitan atmosphere, but also an old city centre.


*, The city has it’s own beach and a cool skyline no other city has like..

[zaguric2]

Nice night pics

[christos-greece]

Great, very nice photos and from Den Haag, Nightsky

[Nightsky]

Thanks! I agree that the city is the 2nd nicest in Netherlands, because of the mix old and new, the beach, the skyline, the nice buildings, pedestrian streets...

[Nightsky]

De Bijenkorf deparment store.


The gate to Chinatown.




Chinatown.





Escalator to heaven.

Binnenhof, the inner court:


Ridderzaal at Binnenhof.







Binnenhof.

[Nightsky]

Noordeinde Palace, one of 3 royal palaces.


Typical smallscale street in the old town.





The Czech embassy.


Carnegieplein.

[Nightsky]

Vredespaleis (Peace Palace). It houses the International Court of Justice since 1946.


It is a beautiful neo renaissance building at Carnegieplein. The Hague is considered the “juridical capital of the world”.


World peace flame. This flame was made from several different countries. There are also gifts from almost all countries of the world in shapes of stones.

[Kretjong]

Nice photos! I'm looking forward to the ones from Utrecht (?).

[Student4life]

Great photos of a beautiful city !

[Nightsky]

Thanks! Yes, especially the peace palace/monument is beautiful. I will post the Utrecht thread now! And soon add more Hague pics, from the beach in Scheveningen.

[Nightsky]

Scheveningen:

Scheveningen is like a wealthy seaside suburb, but is actually part of Hague, that has a very long beach and a famous resort hotel. I relaxed there for a while before I took the tram back to downtown for the concert.


Scheveningseweg, the road to Scheveningen where the beach is.






Steigenberger Kurhaus Hotel, the most famous building in Scheveningen.

[Nightsky]

Some other parts of Scheveningen, mostly residential townhouses:

[Racingfreak]

very nice pictures.

[HD9]

Really nice pictures.
I love the Netherlands.

[Linguine]

marvelous shots....

[Godius]

Impressive showcase, I like your styles of photography.

[Nightsky]

Thank you very much for comments, appreciated! Next will be -surprise- a concert!

[Nightsky]

Back to central den Haag:


A free outdoor rock concert.



Paard van Troje, one of the foremost rock clubs in Holland.


Paard van Troje is not so big but has 3 floors.


The first band, Xandra from Germany.


The concert with Epica was very good. For those who don’t know it is a Dutch symphonic gothic metal band.






The singer from Stream of Passion joined on stage.

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And The Hague skyline from the train between Amsterdam and Rotterdam:


From the left: De Kroon (132m), Nieuw Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken (146m), Nieuw Ministerie van Justitie (146m), Castalia (104m), Hoftoren (142m), Witte Anna (77m), New Babylon (142m)