A beautiful Japanese garden which opens to the public for a short period (April - June) and is free. The Japanese Garden is not the only attraction, as Clingendael Park itself is impressive and well worth an afternoon if you're looking for tranquility and nature within the Hague. Child-friendly and a great place for a picnic. Accessible by public transport from Central Station.

www.denhaag.nl/smartsite.html?id=33271
www.denhaag.nl/Pics/dsb/Ststr/clingendael/Japanse%20tuin%20Engels.pdf

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A Hague institution offering live music (bands/djs etc) which has seen some great artists playing in recent times. Well worth checking out the annual 'Music in My Head' festival which celebrates a range of up-and-coming bands from different genres under one umbrella.

www.paard.nl (English and Dutch)
Centrally located on Prinsegracht 12
Tel 070 360 1838

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The Escher Museum (Escher in het Paleis, Escher in the Palace) is a museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher. It opened on 16 November 2002.

The museum is housed in a former palace (Lange Voorhout Palace) dating from the 18th century, where Queen Emma lived until 1891. The museum features a large number of prints and sketches, as well as a multimedia journey through Escher's world (The Escher Experience).

Well worth a couple of hours!

www.escherinhetpaleis.nl/

Within walking distance of Mauritshaus and the Plein on Lange Voorhout

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You probably wouldn't associate the usually serious and austere city of The Hague with unfettered summer hedonism, but at the adjacent resort of Schevingen is the Dutch answer to Blackpool beach.

Check out Crazy Pianos, for example, for an irrevent mix of live music, comedy and the drunken teenage antics you know oh-so-well from back home. Frankly, it's just a great bit of harmless fun in an otherwise slightly dull part of the world.

Strandweg 21-29, Scheveningen
+31 703227525
www.crazypianos.com/pageENG.aspx

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Though the special exhibition concluded on September 18, here you’ll still find even more Rembrandts, including the pleasingly gory ‘Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp’ and the very last of his 80 self-portraits. The museum also boasts a host of other Golden Age masterpieces, such as Vermeer’s ‘Girl With a Pearl Earring’, all set within the magnificent surrounds of a 17th century palace beside the national parliament.

Korte Vijverberg 8
tram 10,16 or 17
Tel: + 31 (0) 70 302 3456
www.mauritshuis.nl

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A kind of Dutch John Lewis (!) A fantastic department store in the centre of The Hague. Beautiful stained glass windows down the main staircase. Bargains to be had if you look out for them, but as with John Lewis, the main attraction is the huge choice.

Corner of Wagenstraat and Grote Marktstraat - you can't miss it.

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Andrew Carnegie poured cash into an ambitious project aimed at promoting world peace, but the First World War scuppered that idea. Nevertheless, this imposing gothic hall survives, and now houses the International Court of Justice and one of the world's top legal libraries.

Surprisingly, it is open to visitors so long as you book in advance. And don't forget to inspect the monument outside the gate which includes crystals, stones and rocks contributed by every nation of the world (some more generously than others).

Carnegieplein 2
Tel: +31 70 3024242
www.vredespaleis.nl

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For a photography museum this has impressive gallery space which is well lit. They display contemporary work as well as pieces by more established photographers. The exhibitions change throughout the year. Shares its premises with the GEM contemporary art museum, which isn't nearly as good and shows off lots of irreverent conceptual nonsense.

Stadhouderslaan 43, 2517 HV;
tel: 31 (0)70 - 33 811 44;
www.fotomuseumdenhaag.com

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