Peace Palace (Vredespaleis) The Hague

We got up and had another fantastic breakfast before making our way to the station for the train to Den Haag. A train arrived just as we did so we quickly hopped on and found two empty seats in a remarkably empty, comfortable carriage. We were almost into Den Haag and no one else was in the carriage when along came a ticket inspector. That was no …

Before you begin your Netherland story you must become educated as we had to...

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We arrived in Utrecht, the centre of the Nederlands (and therefore the centre of the universe accordng to Joep) from an overnight Berlin train. Our arrival was historic as April 11 marked the 300th …

... the ICJ as well as one of the judges of the ICC.  The ICJ is located in the Peace Palace, a beautiful building that was created by the Netherlands, a formerly neutral country, to hold peace-keeping hearings, because Nicholas of Russia did not want ...

... the town and towards the beach.   On the way I walked through some nice parks and past some amazing buildings such as the ‘peace palace’ – Den Haag is actually the second home to the UN.          ...

... is the judicial capital of the United Nations, with the United Nations International Court of Justice located at the Peace Palace in The Hague. The Peace Palace was constructed in the early 1900’s to house the Permanent Court of Arbitration and has ...

The last major stop of our trip through The Netherlands was a day trip to The Hague; I think that this is the first city that I have been to where there is the word, "the" in the title. Apparently this is common in France, but I found it strange. The ...

... day. It is a biggish city, and with some very important international organizations such as the International Court and the Peace Palace, but it is also a very liveable city with canals, extensive bicycle trials, and miles of sandy beaches. The bike ...

... cupcake shops in the states. After that pit stop, it was time to head to station for the next stop in the Netherlands- Amsterdam:) I feel like the Hague is a hidden city, and much like Brussels. It can be boring, if you don't know your way or know the ...

... artwork. As we walked around Het Binnenhof - the buildings of parliament we saw college students rowing boats. We also saw The Peace Palace which was a gift from the Andrew Carnegie. It has a beach town attached to it called Scheveningen, and it has ...

... buildings, as a thoroughfare.  People, bikes and cars go through both day and night.   The Hague is the seat of Government for the Netherlands, and is home to over 150 International organisations including the Int. Court of Justice, Int. ...

... panorama.  Such a shame that we couldn’t take photos inside.    After the Mesdag, we headed to the Peace Palace for some more photos before boarding a tram to Delft.  We caught the tram to the Brassserskade stop where we ...

... Club of Heemstede is the host of Vince, and also works with the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands. She commutes daily to Den Haag (The Hague in English) and this morning we travelled with her for a visit to Holland's political capital and ...