The Hague Key Attractions
Guided tours of Parliament include an audio-visual history, the (largely reconstructed) 17th-century Ridderzaal (Hall of Knights) and, functions permitting, the Second Chamber.
Tel: (070) 364 6144.
Website: www.binnenhofbezoek.nl
Admission charge.
Mauritshuis
The city's former Royal Picture Gallery, housed in a 17th-century palace, features an outstanding collection of Dutch Old Masters starring the hauntingly beautiful (now Hollywood-famous) Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer and The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Tulp by Rembrandt.
Korte Vijverberg 8
Tel: (070) 302 3435.
Website: www.mauritshuis.nl
Admission charge.
Escher in Het Paleis (Escher in The Palace)
Enter the famously mind-boggling works of the great Dutch graphic artist M C Escher, collected together into this former royal winter palace, with the bonus of virtual reality 3D headsets and other clever interactive devices; it's worth a visit just for the 15 playful glass chandeliers, in the shapes of a shark, a sea horse, a skull.
Lange Voorhout 74
Tel: (070) 427 7730.
Website: www.escherinhetpaleis.nl
Admission charge.
Vredespaleis (Peace Palace)
The Hague's most beautiful and famous building, the Peace Palace, built 1907-13, with its pretty gardens and grandly decorated chambers, is the symbol of the city's role in international law and order (though war crime tribunals are held elsewhere); admission only by advance booking.
Carnegieplein 2
Tel: (070) 302 4242.
Website: www.vredespaleis.nl
Admission charge.
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag (The Hague Municipal Museum)
This internationally renowned collection of modern art is famous for its Piet Mondrian works but there is also a fine collection of decorative arts, including several complete room interiors, and the building, completed in 1935 by the great Dutch architect H P Berlage is a major attraction in itself.
Stadhoudersalaan 41
Tel: (070) 338 1111.
Website: www.gemeentemuseum.nl
Admission charge.
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