Environment

The city by the sea

In The Hague, experience a combination of rich cultural offerings, culinary delights and nature. Clear your head during a lovely beach walk or bike ride through the dunes. See iconic masterpieces in one of our many museums, such as the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and the Mauritshuis. Shop in the historic city centre, enjoy fresh fish to haute cuisine and discover the pearls of the city by the sea!

Entire Holland in one city!

Behind two typically Dutch dykes you will find the world-famous Madurodam. This miniature city is a great way to see all the highlights our country has to offer, in miniature. Everything the Netherlands is famous for is rebuilt here to the smallest detail, on a scale 1:25. The park is completed by the two restaurants, the playground, the shop and the lighthouse-picnic field.

A kilometre-long beach in your backyard, that's Scheveningen for The Hague. A lovely place to be four seasons a year. With a glass of Chardonnay on a lounge sofa in the sun or with a sailing jacket full of wind. Whichever season it is, the effect of the fresh breeze remains unchanged; a relaxed, rosy and satisfied holiday feeling.

Adventure is much closer than you think

You can easily spend an entire day in Family Amusement Park Drievliet. Cycle through the air in the Interactive Time-machine, make a 12 m free fall in the Chute or visit the Ghost Museum.... With 4 categories of attractions there is always something for the young as well as the old. Be sure not to miss the spectacular shows!

Buy local produce to take back home. Or combine a walk on the beach with snacks and drinks (to go). You can, at the Daily Taste food court in Nieuw Kijkduin. Nice: you have 1.5 hours free parking in the underground parking garage.

Learn kitesurfing!

Do you feel like an active day, ready to discover a new passion? Then take a kitesurfing lesson at BLOW Kitesurfschool. You can follow introduction classes, and complete courses. Children from the age of 9 can also learn kitesurfing. Kitesurfing lessons take place on the flat and shallow water of the Zandmotor, the perfect place to master kitesurfing. The team of certified instructors is eager to give you an unforgettable day. BLOW is open 7 days a week, and has a surf shop, changing rooms, hot showers and a restaurant where you can enjoy fresh pizzas straight from the wood oven. In short: the perfect place to start your kitesurfing career!

The best indoor outings

De Uithof in The Hague is the largest indoor sports centre in Europe. There is a 400-meter-long skating rink and a 21-meter-high climbing wall. In the middle of summer, you can ski or snowboard to your heart's content on the 211-meter-long slope. Are you more interested in fun and adventure? Then go karting or laser gaming! At De Uithof, you will find the ideal indoor outing for young and old.

Feel adventurous? Then join us in a voyage of discovery

Along all continents. Through the oceans. The only large-screen film theatre in the Netherlands offers you unique expeditions to far and exotic destinations. Destinations that will not just see, but experience. Enjoy the compelling and moving mix of images and sound. Are you ready for a fascinating plunge into culture, nature and science?

Interactive museum for humanity, culture and science

It's incredible the things people have thought, done and are doing, and all the things going on around us, visibly and invisibly. The things we have thought of, thought out and thought beautiful. All of this and much more is now on show at the greatest popular scientific museum in the Netherlands, the Museon in The Hague. From communication and computers, distant peoples and cultures, the environment and the development of man, to agricultural tools and rock formations, science and technology, the universe and its planets.

Discover the world beneath the waves of the North Sea.

Discover the world beneath the waves of the North Sea which is brimming with amazing creatures including sharks, rays and jellyfish. Walk through the eight-metre long tunnel and experience a sensation of walking on the seabed.

Maurits Cornelis Escher's artworks are so well designed, you can stare at them for hours. The artist's most famous paintings can be admired at Escher's Het Paleis, together with an ever-changing selection of his lesser-known creations. A special film about the life and work of the graphic artist can also be seen, and the museum organizes a temporary exhibition a number of times a year about art that can be related to M.C. Escher. On the second floor, you learn to look through Escher's eyes in an interactive exhibition. Puzzle with your eyes, discover with your hands, and become part of Escher's experience. In addition to the beautiful art of M.C. Escher, you can also admire the palace's royal past. Behind the name there is a second surprise: the museum building has long been in the possession of the Dutch Royal Family. The museum café is located in Queen Emma's former kitchen.

Elvis Presley's Cadillac Fleetwood or James Bond's Aston Martin?

The Louwman Museum is where you will find the world's oldest private collection of motorcars, accumulated by two generations of the Louwman family. Connoisseurs deem it one of the most stunning collections in the world. The King of Rock's Cadillac Fleetwood, James Bond's Aston Martin and cars that belonged to Steve McQueen and Sir Winston Churchill are just a few of the beautiful vehicles for you to admire here.