I'm in Den Haag to talk to the folk at Consumentenbond (the local consumers' organisation) about how they run their Web site. All the buildings here look like they're straight out of an Ikea catalogue on the inside. Outside, everything was lush, rich and olde worlde charm. Gold trim on fountains and cobble stones...
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(left) Parterre, the fabulous restaurant near my hotel...click on the image for a bigger pic... (right) It's touches like these that make Den Haag utterly spellbinding... |
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After dinner I wandered down to the Vreidenpaleis...the International Court of Justice. The sense of history and majesty was palpable...I'd love to work here one day...The second day I had to myself...I headed down to the museum...and happened upon a special exhibition of Rembrandt's medical paintings...wow. And then there was the exhibition of political protest materials. |
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(left) Even the shopping centres are amazing...it made me think of Walter Benjamin's essay Passagen...and suddenly I understood how he had foreseen the future... (right) The beautiful view across the lake towards the Binhoffen or parliament. For more pictures of the Binhoffen, click here... |
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back to travelling...