Central Northwest

VREDESPALAIS, PALAIS NOORDEINDE, LANGE VOORHOUT

Even though Amsterdam is the official capital of Netherlands, the area just northwest of the immediate city center in the Hague, and just south of Scheveningen is where you find all the buildings you would expect in a capital; Royal Palaces, embassies, churches, alleys, other palaces.
The famous Peace Palace (Vredespalais) and the Royal Palace Noordeinde can also be found in the area.

Lange Voorhout:

Lange Voorhout is a a boulevard that you can find just Northwest of Binnenhof. Some palaces, churches and beautiful townhouses can be found here.

Longe Voorhout is a boulevard with buildings, lights and benches that remind of the old times.

The trees in the middle of Lange Voorhout.

Theater Diligentia on Longe Voorhout.

A majestic building at Kneuterdijk, next to Longe Voorhout.

Kloosterkerk (the Cloister Church) from 1397. It is today a large, important protestand church, and Queen Beatrix occacionally attends services there. It lies in the intersection Longe Voorhout/Parkstraat.

Noordeinde:

Noordeinde is the street where you can find the Royal Palace Noordeinde and some beautiful old buildings.

The Royal Palace Noordeinde, the workpalace of Queen Beatrix. It was built around 1533 and was bought by f Holland in 1595. It was renovated in 1640.

Noordeinde Palace, one of 3 royal palaces. It lies on Noordeinde street 64. There is a large park, Paleistuin on the back, and an equestrian statue in the front.

A monument and a sculpture opposite Noordeinde.

An art deco building near Noordeinde.

Noordeinde, the street that leads to Palais Noordeinde, is a typical Dutch smal lscale street.

Noordeinde street.

Hilton The Hague (a luxorious Bently passing by).

Kortenaerkade and Hogewal are 2 parallel streets with a canal between them. The tower is part of the large building the Royal Stables from 1879, on the other side of Paleistuin from Paleis Noordeinde.

Carnegieplein:

Carnegieplein is where you can find Vredespalais (the Peace Palace), and where the road to the beach in (Scheveningen, part of the Hague) begins.

Beautiful townhouses at the road to Scheveningen.

The Czech embassy at Carnegieplace.

Carnegieplein with the Peace Palace and a modern monument.

Vredespaleis, the Peace Palace houses the International Court of Justice since 1946.

Vredespaleis (Peace Palace) is a beautiful neo renaissance building at Carnegieplein, often called "the seat of international law" because it houses several different courts. The Hague is considered the “juridical capital of the world”.

On  the first World Peace Conference in The Hague it was decided that there was to be a permant Court of Arbitration, thanks to a gift of 1,5 million dollar by Andrew Carnegie and many gifts by the United Nations members the palace, designed by French architect Louis M. Cordonnier, was completed in 1913.

Outside Vredespalais you can find flower, sculptures and beautifully designed benches. A very beautiful garden is also part of the palace.

World peace flame. This flame, a symbol of peace and freedeom, was made from fires from several different countries. There are also gifts from almost all countries of the world in shapes of stones.

The stones at the Eternal flame, where each stone represents a different country.

The entrance to the park of Vredespaleis, and the Eternal flame monument.

Scheveningse Bosjes, the woods between central den Haag and Scheveningen, begins at Carnegieplein. I took one of the red/white trams to Scheveningen, along Scheveningseweg.

Part of Scheveningse Bosjes. In the forest, that actually is more like a park, you can find monuments and a Jewish cemetery.