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Things to do in The Hague
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Sightlore has 23 places to explore in The Hague, and 21 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
The Hague's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Peace Palace
The Peace Palace is an international courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
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Gallery Prince Willem V
The Prince William V Gallery is an art gallery on the Buitenhof in The Hague that currently shares an entrance with the Gevangenpoort museum.
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Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings.
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Pulchri Studio
Pulchri Studio is a Dutch art society, art institution and art studio based in The Hague ('s-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This institute began in 1847 at the home of painter Lambertus Hardenberg.
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Binnenhof
The Binnenhof is a complex of buildings in the city centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver (Court Pond).
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Scheveningen Pier
The Scheveningen Pier is a pleasure pier in the Dutch resort town of Scheveningen near The Hague. Opened in 1961, the current pier is the second in the town, the first being lost just after, and as a result of, the Second World War.
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Scheveningen
Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (wijk) of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse.
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Museum Bredius
Museum Bredius is a museum showing the collection of the early twentieth century Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius.
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Kloosterkerk
The Kloosterkerk (or Cloister Church) is a church on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Hofvijver
The Hofvijver is a small lake in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. its water volume approximately is 32000 m³ ( 26 ac ft) It is adjoined in the east by the Korte Vijverberg road, in the south by the Binnenhof and the Mauritshuis, in the west by the Buitenhof and in the…
Discovery routes in The Hague
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
The Hague: The Binnenhof and the Mauritshuis
From the Nieuwe Kerk to the Binnenhof and the Ridderzaal, past the Mauritshuis and the Hofvijver to the Gevangenpoort, the Prince William V Gallery and the Great Church.
The Hague: From Lange Voorhout to the Peace Palace
From Museum Bredius to Lange Voorhout Palace and the Escher museum, past Pulchri and the Kloosterkerk to Noordeinde Palace, Panorama Mesdag, the Peace Palace and the Kunstmuseum.
The Hague: Madurodam and Scheveningen
From the miniature park of Madurodam to the seaside resort of Scheveningen, the Beelden aan Zee sculpture museum and the pier.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Binnenhof
The Binnenhof is a complex of buildings in the city centre of The Hague, Netherlands, next to the Hofvijver (Court Pond).
Gevangenpoort
The Gevangenpoort (Prisoner's Gate) is a former gate and medieval prison on the Buitenhof in The Hague, Netherlands.
Pulchri Studio
Pulchri Studio is a Dutch art society, art institution and art studio based in The Hague ('s-Gravenhage), Netherlands. This institute began in 1847 at the home of painter Lambertus Hardenberg.
Museums
Mauritshuis
The Mauritshuis is an art museum in The Hague, Netherlands. The museum houses the Royal Cabinet of Paintings which consists of 854 objects, mostly Dutch Golden Age paintings.
Gallery Prince Willem V
The Prince William V Gallery is an art gallery on the Buitenhof in The Hague that currently shares an entrance with the Gevangenpoort museum.
Museum Bredius
Museum Bredius is a museum showing the collection of the early twentieth century Dutch art historian Abraham Bredius.
Escher Museum
Escher in Het Paleis (Escher in The Palace) is a museum in The Hague, Netherlands, featuring the works of the Dutch graphical artist M. C. Escher.
Panorama Mesdag
Panorama Mesdag is a museum and work of art in The Hague, painted in 1880–1881 by Hendrik Willem Mesdag, his wife and other helpers.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst.
Beelden aan Zee
Beelden aan Zee museum in the Scheveningen district of The Hague, founded in 1994 by the sculpture collectors Theo and Lida Scholten, is the only Dutch museum which specialises in only exhibiting sculpture.
Louwman Museum
The Louwman Museum is a museum for historic cars, coaches, and motorcycles in The Hague, Netherlands.
Places of worship
Nieuwe Kerk
The Nieuwe Kerk is a Dutch Baroque Protestant church in The Hague, located across from the modern city hall on the Spui. It was built in 1649 after the Great Church had become too small.
Grote of Sint-Jacobskerk
The Great Church or St. James's Church is a landmark Reformed Protestant church in The Hague, Netherlands. The building is located on the Torenstraat, named for its high tower.
Kloosterkerk
The Kloosterkerk (or Cloister Church) is a church on the Lange Voorhout in The Hague, Netherlands.
Mubarak Mosque
The Mubarak Mosque in The Hague is the first purpose-built mosque in the Netherlands.
Nature
Hofvijver
The Hofvijver is a small lake in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. its water volume approximately is 32000 m³ ( 26 ac ft) It is adjoined in the east by the Korte Vijverberg road, in the south by the Binnenhof and the Mauritshuis, in the west by the Buitenhof and in the…
Scheveningen
Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (wijk) of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse.
Scheveningen Pier
The Scheveningen Pier is a pleasure pier in the Dutch resort town of Scheveningen near The Hague. Opened in 1961, the current pier is the second in the town, the first being lost just after, and as a result of, the Second World War.
Other
Ridderzaal
The Ridderzaal is the main building of the 13th-century inner square of the former castle of the counts of Holland called Binnenhof at the address Binnenhof 11 in The Hague, Netherlands.
Lange Voorhout Palace
Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague was designed in 1760 by the architect Pieter de Swart for Anthony Patras (1718-1764), a deputy to the States General of the Netherlands.
Noordeinde Palace
Noordeinde Palace is one of three official palaces of the Dutch royal family.
Peace Palace
The Peace Palace is an international courthouse in The Hague, Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA).
Madurodam
Madurodam is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of The Hague in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments.
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