Cafe Soof

6 x healthy hotspots in The Hague

1. Greens in the Park Greens in the Park in Westbroek Park combines healthy and sustainable food. The restaurant collaborates with a care garden where local ingredients are grown and used directly in the kitchen. The menu features simple dishes with up to five...

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Adea Chocolate f

Five favourites Tlalit Packer, chocolatier and owner of ADEA Chocolate

1. Favourite viewpoint The Volcano (I call it Everest!) While walking through the beautiful dunes near the beach, I like to run up The Hague's 'Everest'. It raises my heart rate and makes me feel like there are mountain peaks here. It is the...

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Gastrobar Berlage

Gastrobar Berlage: fabulous place amid the international organisations

A name change that should give it a different look. It is around the corner from the Marriott Hotel, the Catshuis where Prime Minister Dick Schoof resides and more than a dozen international organisations and embassies. Eighteen years ago, her husband, Bauke van Schaik, left as chief...

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Secrid The Hague

Better future starts with design

The world of the pocket is also changing. René van Geer, one of the two founders of Secrid, became aware of the tipping point when he held the first iPhone in his hands in 2007. For a long time, next to the wallet you would find a BIC lighter and a...

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Papa Steak Hotspot

5x new hotspots The Hague

1. Café Cami Café Cami, one of the new hotspots in Zeeheldenkwartier, is the place to go for drinks and a nice dinner, as well as for a tasty lunch on Saturdays and Sundays. The eatery serves a menu of classic bistro dishes, often with a touch of...

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Boutique Hotel Corona

At Boutique Hotel Corona, you are at home

Fortunately, Boutique Hotel Corona on Buitenhof provided the perfect base - as it has been a 'home away from home' for numerous national and international guests for almost eighty years. And from its former owner, beer magnate Freddy Heineken, who had his Hague pied-à-terre here...

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Carlton Ambassador

At Carlton Ambassador, the red carpet is rolled out for every guest

On the corner of Zeestraat and Sophialaan, a stone's throw from the city centre and Zeeheldenkwartier, stands the stately Carlton Ambassador. A four-star hotel with 88 luxury rooms and suites. Brecht Veenman is general manager of the hotel, which is a draw for diplomats,...

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Kasteel de Wittenburg

De Wittenburg most versatile castle in the Netherlands

The memo board in his office does not leave a millimetre of blank space. The number of thank-you cards hanging from the clips is seemingly endless. Jim Boctor (30) removes the kraft paper around a porcelain plate painted with a chef who could have been Auguste Gusteau from 'Ratatouille'....

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Carlton Ambassador The Hague

7 x overnight stays - unusual hotels in The Hague

1. Boutique Hotel Corona Jasper Gramsma, editor at Bij Ons In De Residentie, stayed at Boutique Hotel Corona on the Buitenhof, right in the bustling centre of The Hague. After years of living in the Hofstad, he now works from France, but The Hague's...

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Success with a touch of boldness: BOIDR launches thirteenth edition in style

Ladies with an attitude Editor-in-Chief Annerieke Simeone talked about the cover choice titled Ladies with an attitude during her speech. Inspired by Madonna's song Vogue, it features seven strong businesswomen from The Hague. Like Jacqueline van der Zwan, hospitality director, who finds emotional intelligence just as important...

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