 | De Wittenburg most versatile castle in the NetherlandsThe 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'.... Read more |
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 | The unprecedented transformation of Kasteel de WittenburgIt is exemplary of the transformation the castle and surrounding estate have undergone under Meppel's reign, which now spans 12 and a half years. "When I applied, the Wittenburg was tattered and corny. With holes in the carpet and the natural stone floor," he recalls Read more |
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 | Regal dining at Kasteel de WittenburgThe Hague is a lovely city, but you also dream of travelling to exotic places or going far back in time at a castle. And then you want to eat from silver platters. You count your money, study the globe and follow all the cooking programmes. The latter... Read more |
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 | De Wittenburg: get away from it all a stone's throw from the cityKasteel de Wittenburg has long since ceased to be the inward-looking gentlemen's club of days gone by. Ralf Meppelder, director of the nineteenth-century mansion for almost a decade, literally opened the windows and doors there for hundreds of large and smaller gatherings every year. From weddings to... Read more |
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 | Sleeping in Kasteel de Wittenburg, a dream in Wassenaar greeneryWe lucky visitors got to spend a night at Kasteel de Wittenburg in posh Wassenaar. This neorenaissance monument was owned around 1900 by jonkheer Helenus Marinus Speelman, who had the castle built on a green estate with impressive vapour chambers and distinctive stepped gables. After you climb the staircase... Read more |
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| Reuring in romantic WassenaarSince taking office in 2012, Kasteel de Wittenburg's director Ralf Meppelder has been focusing mainly on large, one-day events. Now is not a good time, but normally many people know how to find the estate, hidden behind the Wassenaar woods. Like the Rabobank, which organised a high... Read more |
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