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To me the small Piet Heinstraat/street, starting from beautiful Piet Heinplein (see pic) is one of the cosiest shopping areas outside the centre of The Hague. This is the so named "Zeeheldenkwartier", street area of the Dutch sea-hero's like Piet Hein, just in opposite of the Royal Gardens and -Stables (see link). There are some very nice shoppings and Art Nouveau is found here, some great antique shops, friendly coffee-shops and some New-Age shops ...
What to buy: Take a look at “Supermarkt Moskou”, it's the first Russian shop in The Hague which is specialized in genuine Russian food and drinks, books and videos,Babushkas and several other things ...
What to pay: Piet Hein-street prices aren't that odd! Some sharp priced articles like antiques ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Supermarkt Moskou, Piet Heinstraat 66
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"Going to the Fred" became a real The Hague quote, meaning going for a "Haegsch" shop at Frederik Hendriklaan, a large street with shops. "Haegsch shopping" is the way the high-society express themselves and, although the Fred is almost one km long you can walk quietly along the enormous diversity of shops ...
What to buy: A lot of nice restaurants, coffe-shops and terraces where you may rest after shopped at the Fred. You could start at Paagman, just in the center of the Fred. Paagman is one of the best book-shops in town ... and see the nice small flower- and fruit-stalls.
What to pay: The Fred is not that expensive, though it isn't a market either ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Frederik Hendriklaan, The Hague
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During the beginning of May and around the 3rd week of September there is the well-known *F*A*I*R* in The Hague (Voorhout, see pic, & Maliveld). It's worth a visit because of the special atmosphere and the people coming together to this place...
Do go by all means with your kids, they will love these fairs. Find the "sweet candy stand", where the striped rock in variegated colours and yellow spiral sticks of barley sugar always are prime favourites. It's all that glitters like rubies, emeralds, topazes and all the jewels of the Orient and, folk-memory number one!
What to buy: Wow, where to begin ...
Something deliciously sweet, or gloriously sticky, or fizzy, or colourful. Try the multi-coloured lollipops, striped boiled sweets and, donot forget turron, candied fruit, pinones (sugared pine nuts). Watch the strange salty liquorice lozenges and turquoise, pill-like mints turned up from Holland!
And remember: teeth are the last thing children think of ... myriad colours, the smell of fruit and chocolate, the rustle of cellophane, the fun of buying sweets, and the joy of eating them are what count.
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What to pay: You may spend your money on some fun fair attractions for the kids, starting with a few Euro's ... donot be close-fisted!
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Malieveld & Voorhout, The Hague
Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/7c3af/6fb7b/4/?o=1&i=1
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The soul of ancient, biblical Babylon lives on a major shopping and commercial complex at The Hague and, is plainly named “Babylon”. Babylon is a handy modern indoor shopping centre close to the Central Station of The Hague which houses two floors of over 60 shops, restaurants, a luxury hotel and Babylon Cinema.
What to buy: A number of boutiques and some juwelry shops as well as delicacies you'll find in the Babylon. Watch the walkways that combined functions as shopping and art center, restaurants, office, hotel and cinema. I love the second-hand book shop on the second floor to buy science-books ...
What to pay: Prices of articles are mostly up to the usual except the fashion designs ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Koningin Julianaplein 30, The Hague
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The Van Stockum Booksellers has a number of shops in The Hague and Leiden, each with their specific specialisations, large general collections and excellent service. Van Stockum got well-known in the Netherlands for its collections about Dutch-Indonesian history. Sometimes there are lectures by famous writers and, special note is the exhibition wall in the center of this VSB-shop. During the end of November 2004 until January 2005 I got the great experience to expose some of my own paintings with Van Stockum ...
Opening hours:
Monday: 12.00 pm - 6.00 pm
Tuesday - Friday: 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Sunday: 12.00 pm - 5.00 pm
What to buy: The Van Stockum Booksellers got well-known for its Dutch Indies - Indonesia collection and, join the Pasar Malam Besar event in Juin for that. The Pasar Malam Besar is the special event for the Dutch Indies people, for now the biggest "Indo" event in the world!
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Pasar Malam Besar
What to pay: From a newspaper till great books of art (over 100 Euro and more)
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Herengracht 60, Noordeinde 62,The Hague
Phone: +31 (0)70-3028111
Website: http://www.vanstockum.nl/
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Just a 10 minutes drive from the center of The Hague, you can find another little beach-ocean village, named Kijkduin. This place is that close, that you would think it is still The Hague. There is an absolutely trendy fashion-shop, Carlo Mode, and is open 364 days a year.
Monday > 13.00 - 18.00 o 'clock
Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 18.00 o'clock
Thursday late shopping night utnil 21.00 o'clock
What to buy: Especially for dudes and men ... who like the trendy up-to-date clothes
What to pay: Up until very expensive, watch for the special sales ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Deltaplein 153, Kijkduin
Phone: +31 (0)70 - 325 44 87
Website: http://www.carlo.nl/
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Whenever in The Hague just try the wonderful sweet coffee candy "Haagsche Hopjes" (original The Hague sweets). You can buy these in a bag, a tin, a box and, even in a plastic container. In all kind of candy-shops you can buy "Haagsche Hopjes" ...
The origins of this candy goes back to Baron Hendrik Hop, who lived at the end of the 18th century; an envoy with the Austrian court in the Southern Netherlands living in Brussels and in The Hague alternatively. In 1794 he returned to Holland for good.
What to buy: Coffee was believed once as medicine against gout. Baron Hop drank a lot of coffee with cream & sugar and, put one evening too many sugar for hoping to get rid of his gout. He went for a sleep and the next morning the leftovers had become the very beginning of the famous candy "Hopjes" ... The firm of Rademaker continued his tradition.
What to pay: From 2$ to 50$ ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Candy-shops all over
Website: http://www.hollandsbest.com/candy/rademaker.php
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During the Middle Ages the small river Vliet near Leidschendam was an important Dutch water-route, a connection between the old Rhine near Leiden and the Meuse via Voorburg, Rijswijk & Delft. The Leidschendam municipality has always been a crank to The Hague, maybe because of the rich well-to-do's built their pleasure-grounds here.
It was because of the agriculture-crisis after 1880 the market-gardens got stroke and Leidschendam turned into an grown-up sister-town. Its very nice ware-house shopping-centre Leidsenhage (roofed over!) got well-known, with about 170 shops ... and more than 3000 free-parking places.
Take tram-line 2 & 6, bus-line 22, 39, 40 & 47
Shopping-centre Leidsenhage
What to buy: Next shops are downtown too but, here at Leidsenhage it is a lot more quiet and just a 15-minute drive from my place.
Body Shop - Blokker - Albert Heijn - C&A - H&M - Cool Cat - Etos Store - Free Record Shop - Gall & Gall licensed victualler's shop - Hema - Hunkemöller - Hulshoff house-design - Levi's Store - Vroom & Dreesmann - Xenos - Banks
Map Leidsenhage Shopping-centre
What to pay: Start for 1 Euro... and open your wallet for more when needed ...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Leidsenhage, Heuvelweg, Leidschendam
Website: http://www.leidsenhage.net/welkom/index.php
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The Hague has some perfect shopping centres, with its unique passages, the glass-covered shopping streets. The MEGASTORE is one of them ...
In the middle of The Hague, right behind the Hollands Spoor railway station, you will find the Haaglanden Megastores in the Nieuw-Laakhaven area. With its 92,500 square meters, it is one of the largest shopping centres in the Benelux.
What to buy: You will find more than 80 stores in Haaglanden Megastores ... from mainly home furnishing to electronics, from kitchens to adventurous travel equipment, and the super-markets Konmar and Aldi. With one thing in common: they are Mega. Not yet discovered by many tourist it is a quiet way to shop around here and, with parking levels on top just give it a try ...
What to pay: Mega prices, from super-market to kitchen's decoration
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Megastore, Waldorpstraat, The Hague
Website: http://www.holland.com/denhaag/gb/index.html?page=http://www.holland.com/denhaag/gb/discover/shopping/
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At the supermarket Wah Nam Hong you can buy anything according to Chinese food and specialties. They provide a full range of authentic tinned, bottled, dried, chilled, frozen and fresh oriental foods; tableware; ornaments; decorations and cooking utensils. The supermarkt is open to the general public and, you can buy big amounts. I love the place and I just know it's a good spot to do Chinese shopping stuff. Why? Well, it may seem that most Chinese families in the region are here doing their shopping ...
What to buy: Preparing a lot of Indonesian food this importing home base of the giant oriental is like a paradise to me. I love to buy the vegetables, my special herbs and aromatic spices, plus many other specially selected ingredients from around the Far East. And there are small snacks too ...
What to pay: Normal supermarket prices,...
Updated Sep 2, 2006
Address: Gedempte Burgwal 8, The Hague
Phone: 31 (0)70 3601977
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