Archive

Essentially The Hague for Sunday 1 November: First marathon runs today, Escher mural surfaces, Día de Muertos

Nov 1, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Sunday 1 November: First marathon runs today, Escher mural surfaces, Día de Muertos

Plus Luna turns her garage into a fantasy forest, ADO Den Haag switches to electric team cars, and Herman Koch opens Heel Nederland Leest.

Essentially The Hague for Saturday 31 October: Hofvijver turns into a sandpit, bike shop closes, Halloween XXL

Oct 31, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Saturday 31 October: Hofvijver turns into a sandpit, bike shop closes, Halloween XXL

Plus Scheveningen's sea drone lab becomes an EU tech hub, Westduinpark has a new Highlander calf, and the A12 Centrum exit shuts Saturday night.

Essentially The Hague for Friday 30 October: Drug dogs join patrols, city sues over tunnel, ceviche workshop

Oct 30, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Friday 30 October: Drug dogs join patrols, city sues over tunnel, ceviche workshop

Plus The Hague seeks grid priority for 32,000 homes, Bomenbuurt residents sue over Japanese knotweed, and the city studies driverless buses.

Essentially The Hague for Thursday 29 October: Zelensky meets the King, Spui lift breaks, Rolf Sanchez

Oct 29, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Thursday 29 October: Zelensky meets the King, Spui lift breaks, Rolf Sanchez

Plus thousands walk from Kijkduin to Zandvoort on Saturday, otter sightings rise in Midden-Delfland, and Beelden aan Zee is denied a grant.

Essentially The Hague for Wednesday 28 October: Viola Davis visits, ER waits go online, Eliades Ochoa at PAARD

Oct 28, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Wednesday 28 October: Viola Davis visits, ER waits go online, Eliades Ochoa at PAARD

Plus DNA links two Hagenaars to an African foremother, empty vases on MPs' desks protest a flower VAT rise, and Gijs, 14, walks 50 kilometres.

Essentially The Hague for Tuesday 27 October: Beekeeper fears hornets, clocks went back mid-race, surf clinics

Oct 27, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Tuesday 27 October: Beekeeper fears hornets, clocks went back mid-race, surf clinics

Plus Lichtpuntjes must leave Mariahoeve by 2027, racist comments flood a care hiring campaign, and Moerwijk's youth centre crowdfunds a renovation.

Essentially The Hague for Monday 26 October: Storm Boelo hits city, 735 student flats planned, Oh Oh Den Haag

Oct 26, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Monday 26 October: Storm Boelo hits city, 735 student flats planned, Oh Oh Den Haag

Plus the city centre logged nearly 34 million December visits, Kees van Kooten wins the Drs. P Trofee, and a bookshop reads for twelve hours.

Essentially The Hague for Sunday 25 October: Care villa closes, heat network fails, Chabot poem unveiled

Oct 25, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Sunday 25 October: Care villa closes, heat network fails, Chabot poem unveiled

Plus a Hague teacher builds an AI tool to mark tests, Halloween comes to Duivenvoorde, and children journal free at the Mauritshuis.

Essentially The Hague for Saturday 24 October: Woman wins 1.4 million, Pier plans farewell, EU chief visits ICC

Oct 24, 2026

Essentially The Hague for Saturday 24 October: Woman wins 1.4 million, Pier plans farewell, EU chief visits ICC

Plus child vaccination rates lag in Centrum, Escamp and Laak, the average home now costs €504,658, and Beatlab at Carrera is for ages 10 and up.