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Expensive peeing
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  • 20011019
  • By 20011019 on August 27, 2004
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  • euro - The Hague
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    In most clubs you'll have to pay 50 cents to go to the toilets. The clubs aren't allowed to ask this money by the law. Sometimes you'll have no choice. Make sure you pay once for the whole evening. (clubbing is expensive enough as it is right)

    If they are being difficult, just pay the money. In the club Paard (I wrote a tip about it) you can pay whatever you like to.

    Be sure in the beginning what they expect. It is different in every club.

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    Some "Dark" Areas
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  • Updated By RoyJava on June 17, 2006
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  • chinatown-thehague - The Hague
    chinatown-thehague
    by RoyJava
    So sorry to admit The Hague does have its own "dark areas". It still isn't that heavy as the Bronx, NY, though when the Sun kisses the ocean (Western coast side) and darkness spread out be on your alert. Ofcourse one is telling that The Hague is like the stars in the sky, it is not true!

    Criminality is getting a bigger problem for sure. Robbery, becoming agressivity, rude behaviour and even the drugs-scenes gets the upper hand at particular places. Chinatown at the center of The Hague is a relatively safe place, but just around the corner further on you could get in such a "dangerous" place ...
    ... just take care ...

    Get some information (like with VVV - Toursit Information) when wanna have fun ... in all ways!

    Tourist Information

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    The Hague's Wheel-Trap
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  • RoyJava
  • Updated By RoyJava on July 5, 2005
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  • wheeltrap-thehague - The Hague
    wheeltrap-thehague
    by RoyJava
    Excuses, I had to remove this "Danger-Tip", because the government-authorities decided the "wheel-trap" is not of any importants anymore... though I thought this is a nice memory of those back-times ... so it be.

    Traffic today is growing too fast and the cars are for now innumerable. Visitors of The Hague have to take into consideration that The Hague has a wicked parking-problem. Even the Hague residents have to buy their parking tickets and these "blue zones" (parkeer zone) has irritated a lot of visitors and tourists ... especially in the center of The Hague the traffic wardens look for tourist !!!

    25 million people do pay a visit to The Hague yearly, and most of them come by car. You have to pay wherever you park your car ... if not, or crossed the parking-time, you'll get a irrevocable ticket. And the worst has been the "wheel-trap"... a strange looking yellow thing ... only to find at Amsterdam for now.
    Which cost a lot of money !!!

    When so, follow the instructions on your ticket. Visit the Parking department, low your voice, temper your humour, pay the tax,... leave as quick as possible ... and take a beer around the corner. Though The Hague Government finished to leave these yellow horrors!

    Visitor’s address Postal Office
    Loosduinseweg 13-17
    2571 AA The Hague

    Desk
    Opening hours on workdays from 07.45 am until 04.00 pm

    +31 (0)70-353 3000

    Website :
    Information
    More Warning - Dangers

    Park your car in the parking places (see website), or you could park the car outside The Hague in the suburbs and continue your travel by tram.

    Parking-places

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    Castle???
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  • Updated By RoyJava on May 6, 2006
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  • gymnasium-haganum-thehague - The Hague
    gymnasium-haganum-thehague
    by RoyJava
    Still I see people getting fooled and, think this beautiful building is a truely medieval castle from the Middle Ages. They make a lot of pictures, admiring the classic tower and the Greek Goddess Pallas Athena, assured this is the Peace Palace. The building is the Gymnasium Haganum, built in beginning of 1900 by J. Vrijman and J. van Lokhorst in Neo-Renaissance style, with a classic tower inside...

    Well, if so ... just enjoy the beauty of this Gymnasium Haganum, you may go inside (and find out it is not the Peace Palace) to have a look ... it is worth of it!

    Donot get annoyed, you can go for a walk to the Peace Palace ... it is not that far from Gymnasium Haganum. When coming out of this "castle", turn to the left, find the Metropole (an old cinema), walk around the Metropole from left-side, and you will see the Peace Palace. For sure you have seen now both 2 beautiful buildings!

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    Just A Tramtunnel
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  • Updated By RoyJava on August 3, 2005
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    tramtunnel-thehague
    by RoyJava
    With a lot of fuss and notices the Tramtunnel of The Hague was opened on 16th of October, 2004. All The Hague people cried shame upon it, in mind the many shops which had to close its doors during the long works on the tunnel.

    THE HAGUE TRAMTUNNEL

    So to visit the Tramtunnel just is as normal as travelling by tramline and you won't see the more than 300 million Euro costs. It is not a gorgeous Moscow tunnel, there are no extras like in Singapore ... it is just the "Tramtanic" or "Swim Tunnel", as the locals of The Hague named this project.

    THE HAGUE TRAMTUNNEL

    Ofcourse tourist-people must make one travel by tramline to see the Tramtunnel of The Hague. Just to remember this probably is one of the most expensive tramtunnels ever built ...

    THE HAGUE TRAMTUNNEL

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    Cabs. Always have small change...
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  • By Antity on August 26, 2002
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  • Cabs. Always have small change with you, at least
    HFL 25. Cab drivers in Den Haag are not required
    to have change (yes, I asked them), which came
    to me as a surprise since cab drivers in Cologne,
    Germany, where I live, are required to have DM 100
    of change.

    Usually, in Den Haag, they often aren't able to
    give you more than HFL 25 in change, sometimes
    not even this. So: Change your money in advance;
    only having some coins and a HFL 100 in your pocket
    won't work here.

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    Delfts Blue can be lovely, but...
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  • By nighthawk on September 12, 2002
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    Delfts Blue can be lovely, but I fear this will not fit your suitcase...

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    There can be pickpockets in...
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  • By sandravdp on September 8, 2002
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    by sandravdp
    There can be pickpockets in and around the station, so be ware!

    On the picture 'Het Oude Lieden Huys' (The Old Mens House).

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    Schveningen is the most...
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  • DanielF
  • By DanielF on August 26, 2002
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  • Schveningen is the most important seaside resort in the Netherlands. It has a large beach, casino, grand hotel, shopping malls... and even an old fashioned pier. But honestly, the North Sea is not the most inviting place to spend a holidy on the beach...

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    If you want good food, you'd...
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  • edgarvnl
  • By edgarvnl on August 25, 2002
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  • If you want good food, you'd be wise to stay away from any restaurant on the Binnenhof (Havana, Lokanta, Popocateptl). Location, after all, isn't everything. I think these guys have gotten complacent because they know they're going to get traffic anyway because they're situated in what's arguably the nicest square in town. The best restaurants are in out of the way streets, like Molenstraat, Frederikstraat and Deneweg.

    Madurodam: Forgive me, my Dutch friends, but I was decidedly underwhelmed by Madurodam. My girlfriend was only going to be here for two days, and I wanted to do only cool things -- Madurodam was a mistake. It cost us 40 guilders to get in, juswt to see some miniature houses that really weren't, to me, anyway, a big deal. Holland is small enough. Go see the real thing!

    My House: Another tourist trap is my house. It's always messy, and there's bound to be some brown goo on the kitchen counters and on the stove. Partnerless socks are have been known to malinger in inappropriate places, like the foyer. Empty beer bottles have invaded large swaths of territory, angering the furniture and causing havoc to the tourism industry. Still, if you want a 'working holiday,' you're welcome to pitch in to the 'beautification effort.'

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