The Hague
People & Scene
The communities, creatives, and culture that make The Hague tick.
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The Collective Is Showing in June. Here’s Why It Matters.
In June the collective I work from in Laakhaven is opening its studios to the public for the first time. Fifteen artists…
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The Hague’s Creative Scene Is Quieter Than It Looks. That’s the Point.
No single gallery district, no single arts quarter. The creative community in Den Haag is distributed, underpublicised, and better for it.
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The Den Haag Nobody Puts on a Postcard
There is a version of Den Haag that exists on postcards, in tourist brochures, in the expat welcome packs that HR departments…
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The Den Haag Nobody Puts on a Postcard
There is a reception this Thursday at the ICC. Visiting African delegations, a few hundred people, drinks in one of the formal…
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The International City That Locals Actually Live In
The Hague has the ICC, the OPCW, Europol, and dozens of other international organisations. It also has a neighbourhood life that exists…
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Den Haag’s Creative Scene: Small, Serious, and Nothing Like Amsterdam
Three years running a design studio in Laakhaven. What the creative scene here actually looks like, who is in it, and whether…
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The International Den Haag Nobody Talks About
The ICC, Europol, 180 nationalities, and a city that is genuinely unlike anywhere else in the Netherlands. Four years working at an…
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Den Haag’s Creative and Startup Scene: Small, Serious, Nothing Like Amsterdam
Den Haag's creative economy is smaller than Amsterdam's. That's the point. Here's what actually exists, where it lives, and how to find…
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The International Den Haag Nobody Talks About
ICC, Europol, 180 nationalities. Why Den Haag is the most international city in the Netherlands — and why most visitors completely miss…
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