Stadhuis is a Dutch word of city hall. There are four city halls known once belong to The Hague:

The city hall of Groenmarkt built in 1564, located right beside the Grotekerk. Considered to be the first city hall of The Hague and was designed by Daniel Marot with Louis XIV Renaissance Style.







The city hall of Javastraat built in 1862, located in Javastraat 6-94. It was one of the biggest in The Netherlands after the great expansion of the building in 1885. The building complex is now home of the Argentinean Embassy, Guatemalan Embassy and some other organizations.







The city hall of Burgermeester Patijnlaan (now it is called Monchyplein) was built in 1953 is located right in the corner of our office, in the archipelbuurt (The Dutch Indies Archipelago Neighbourhood) with architectural Eclectic style. The building served as city hall from the year of 1953 till 1996. The beautiful garden surrounds the city hall and decorated with some statues by Dirk Bus.









And the current city hall is “Stadhuis aan het Spui”, located in the south east side of Kalvermarkt Street and the north east side of the Spui. The City Hall, opened on 8 September 1995, is a striking, 13-floors building within the international city of peace and justice that combines the old medieval quarter and the modern Nieuw Centrum. The Hague´s new City Hall has become recognised as one of the world’s most remarkable city halls only ten years after being finished.**











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Pick of the week is a new feature in our webpage.
It is an article based on
Hafizh Atfin’s experience living in The Hague.

Hafizh is currently doing his internship at The Guest Card. Apart from being an international student he is also busy with his hobby of photography. In this article you will find pictures taken by him too.

In his third year living in the Netherlands, he saw many interesting things and really loves to share what he saw with the card holders ot The Guest Card.

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