Cocktail Five Points

7 x drinking cocktails in The Hague

#1 Office 1643 A new Hague hotspot with international influences. The historic building on Prinsegracht has been converted into an ambitious and hip restaurant and bar with natural wines, a bistro kitchen and club nights. The menu has French and Japanese influences and no fewer than 20 (!) signature cocktails...

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Lisa Muller, new director of Boutique Hotel Corona

The wooden revolving door, lots of marble and the lift with copper doors in the lobby of Boutique Hotel Corona exude an atmosphere of days gone by. But appearances can be deceiving. Under the leadership of owner Emile Gassler, the illustrious hotel on Buitenhof doubled its...

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Marjet Groenleer SCG Lawyers

Divorce expats: offering help and setting boundaries

A more beautiful place in The Hague to have an office is almost unthinkable. From the meeting room, Marjet Groenleer (46) has a view of the Mali Bridge over the Smidswater. The pastel shades give the stately space something soft. "Not aloof, but calm: exactly how I set up in my...

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6 x chocolate in The Hague

#1 Hop & Stork In a historic building in the Passage, spread over two floors, is chocolate studio, shop and tasting room Hop & Stork. It also roasts its own coffee on site. The chocolate studio is completely open, so while you're sipping a creamy cappuccino, you can...

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Editor's choice: Helen Hartmann's favourite spots in The Hague

Favourite restaurant Cosy and sophisticated. This small restaurant, with a tiny kitchen, is as central as it gets in The Hague. Zebedeus is located in a side wing of the Grote Kerk and has a terrace with prime people-watching potential. But let’s talk about food….

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The new way of working

MaXXus is building the workplace of the future

"If you want to bind young people to you, you have to offer work the way they envisage it: independent of time and place." Speaking, not a trend guru, but down-to-earth Ron Raaphorst, managing director of the Hague-based company. "Who could have thought that when...

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Tasty wines at AREIA: 'Trust is important to us, as is quality'

"A wine connoisseur, me? Well, mostly an enthusiast," says Cor Roeleveld decidedly. It all started with the Barón de Ley from Spain. He has the bottle of Rioja wine brought to him by a colleague behind the imposing bar in AREIA. "Before I started years ago with the first location...

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Having your photo taken with James Bond

Oscar Verpoort, a life with 007

Guys looking for idols in the early 1960s had a choice of three iconic examples: Muhammad Ali, The Beatles and James Bond. Decades later, we know how they fared. Ali disappeared punch drunk into the wings, The Beatles got...

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Crafthouse

Art, design and craft with a cosmopolitan outlook

All the senses are immediately stimulated when you step over the threshold at Crafthouse in Nieuw Kijkduin. A soothing aroma meets you, warm earth tones embrace you and the music at volume 'late night' makes you slow down automatically. This is the boutique cum showroom and studio...

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Max Health Club is a living room for the whole family

He and his associate Niels Renes transformed Westvliet's indoor tennis courts into their second high-end fitness club. Besides this swimming pool, "unique in the region", the hall with its impressive arched ceiling includes wellness facilities, a yoga room, a cardio unit and an aerobics room. "With just the...

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