The Hague and Scheveningen: Where Power Meets the Sea

The Hague and Scheveningen: Where Power Meets the Sea The seat of Dutch democracy, home to Vermeer’s most beloved painting, and gateway to a sweeping North Sea shore — The Hague rewards every kind of curious traveller. Photo: Love Netherlands An introduction to The Hague and Scheveningen There is a particular confidence to The Hague. It does not trumpet itself the way Amsterdam does, nor does it carry Rotterdam’s muscular post-war swagger. Instead, this handsome city of wide boulevards and canal-fronted mansions simply gets on with being rather important. It is the seat of the Dutch parliament, the home of the International Court of Justice, and the city where almost every foreign embassy in the Netherlands keeps its address. Diplomats cross the Lange Voorhout on their morning…