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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10305410, member: 2844&quot;]Den Haag is beautiful, very different from for instance Amsterdam. Amsterdam was a merchant city, Den Haag was for the aristocracy and the &#039;patricians&#039;. (Very roughly speaking: Dutch patricians governed the land, the aristocracy pretended to govern.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>And you are right, there is so much to see and do.</p><p>You probably saw the parliament buildings with the monumental 13th century &#039;Ridderzaal&#039;, knight&#039;s hall, in the centre of the courtyard. That general area is beautiful, with the lake and tree-lined boulevards with grand 18th century houses and palaces.</p><p>A few old fishing villages are now part of the municipality as well, so there is a nice contrast.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was 20-21 I lived on the Laan van Meerdervoort, the long boulevard that leads from the centre of &#039;town&#039; to the beach. If you visited Museum Mesdag, you visited the Laan van Meerdervoort.</p><p>I lived on the top floor of the house on the right:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]517521[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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