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The Hague, Netherlands

The Hague is a stately and elegant city where royal palaces, grand foreign embassies, and international courts sit just a short tram ride from wide sandy...

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Stroll around the Binnenhof

Stroll around the Binnenhof

Walking around the Binnenhof, the seat of Dutch politics, felt like wandering through a calm, brick-built island in the middle of the city. The buildings surrounded a still pond t...

Art and silence in the Mauritshuis

Art and silence in the Mauritshuis

Inside the Mauritshuis, the rooms were intimate and quiet, more like an elegant home than a grand museum. Famous paintings hung at eye level, close enough to study tiny details of...

Windy afternoon at Scheveningen beach

Windy afternoon at Scheveningen beach

A short tram ride took me from government buildings to rolling waves at Scheveningen. The wind pushed hard off the North Sea, sending spray and fine sand against my clothes as gul...