High-end residential project Mares overlooks North Sea

The sea stretches out before you, with dunes on one side and the harbour on the other. In front, the beach opens up to the endless panorama of the North Sea. While luxury living by the sea can be found in various parts of the Netherlands, no other urban location is so uniquely surrounded by spectacular nature along the Dutch coast.

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kijkduin sea surfing

New Kijkduin, family seaside resort for the new generation

Enjoyment is looking forward. It is summer 2024 and New Kijkduin ('NKD') is finished. There are seven apartment buildings designed by top architects (including Jan des Bouvrie), with names of cool winds like Poniente and Levante. The new, partly covered centre contains quality shops and restaurants, and there...

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Intell Marina Beach

You'll lack nothing at this Scheveningen hotel

It is seven in the morning. Two fishing boats are just leaving the harbour. A little further on, a group of women are doing a sun salutation. We watch it from the tenth floor of the . The view - the Ferris wheel and the Pier on the right, the First Harbour on the left ...

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'I instantly fell in love with New Kijkduin'

Someone had to be the first, and that was Sylvain Koch. In the middle of corona time, he opened his lunchroom cum snack bar in the under construction New Kijkduin. Taste of Kijkduin exudes what the seaside resort should become: yes, a sandwich or a croquette, but top-quality...

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'New Kijkduin has high fun factor, but remains cosy'

Four of the seven residential towers are still under construction, but food court Daily Taste Kijkduin, the beating heart of New Kijkduin, is already fully up and running. Pontifically perched on the paved passage is an olive-green Citroen HY bus, a retro coffee truck. At one of the tables...

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Carlton beach Scheveningen

3 x overnight stays - unusual hotels in The Hague

1. Boutique Hotel Corona It does not have its name at the moment, but the famous Boutique Hotel Corona happens to be in a prime location: right in the heart of the city centre. Recently, the hotel was remodelled. "The old interior was not catchy enough," owner Emile Gassler explains during...

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'Our new project will be five times bigger than now'

The cocktail shaker rattles on. It is Friday afternoon and restaurant Encore by Simonis is slowly filling up. Two gentlemen at the bar wait for their eldorado negroni. Further along, a group of guests are being served sushi and tempura. "Mmm, this spicy tuna maki is really tasty," says someone....

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