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spn_reversebang and being sick, I didn't get around to sorting out photos from my daytrip to The Hague almost two weeks ago.
I'm still suffering from the barking cough and it feels like my head is filled with cottonballs, but now that the Art Previews are online and authors are trying to make a wishlist of the most inspirational promptpieces, while us artists are impatiently waiting for claimday, I had some time on my hands, so here's a tiny picspam:)
14 photos of autumn and architecture
In the early afternoon my mom and I traveled by train to The Hague, where my sister in law Gayleen and nephew Ruben picked us up. We first walked to the nearby Malieveld for a pancake lunch and then strolled through town a bit.
Next to the trainstation are some huge government buildings, but you can easily escape the city right across the street at the Malieveld park.
From the pancake restaurant we could see De Rode Olifant (The Red Elephant), a monumental building with an Art Deco interior, build in 1924 for The American Petroleum Company (now ESSO).
Walking back towards town; another angle of those modern day government offices.
The Royal Theatre at de Korte Voorhout, build as a palace in 1766, but construction was stopped because of the French occupation; it was finally finished in 1804 and rented out to different theatrecompanies.
Across the pond are the Parliamentary buildings Het Binnenhof; that cute little tower on the left is the office of our Prime Minister.
The four of us in front of the statue of a little boy featuring in a famous Dutch nursery rhyme in which the young son of the Count of The Hague is pointing to the Parliament to show where his dad is working :-)
Through the lane of trees at de Vijverberg, we strolled into the city centre. On the left you can see the Gevangenpoort (Prisoner's Gate), entrance to the medieval prison (1420-1828!), it's now a museum.
Detail on a building at Plaats (you know how much I love these facades:)
That golden head on top of 't Goudehooft Herberg at the Groenmarkt gives the inn its name: it dates back to 1423 which makes it the oldest inn of the Netherlands!
There's art all over in quaint area Haagsche Bluf, here's my favorite statue.
From here we walked to the tram and traveled home with Gayleen and Ruben. We spent the rest of the afternoon playing with cars and dinosaurs:) After dinner we took the train home, due to work on the railroad we had to change trains in Gouda: the last photo is taken from the platform. The circlelights change colour, very pretty:)
The end.
J.
spn_reversebang and being sick, I didn't get around to sorting out photos from my daytrip to The Hague almost two weeks ago. I'm still suffering from the barking cough and it feels like my head is filled with cottonballs, but now that the Art Previews are online and authors are trying to make a wishlist of the most inspirational promptpieces, while us artists are impatiently waiting for claimday, I had some time on my hands, so here's a tiny picspam:)
14 photos of autumn and architecture
In the early afternoon my mom and I traveled by train to The Hague, where my sister in law Gayleen and nephew Ruben picked us up. We first walked to the nearby Malieveld for a pancake lunch and then strolled through town a bit.
Next to the trainstation are some huge government buildings, but you can easily escape the city right across the street at the Malieveld park.
From the pancake restaurant we could see De Rode Olifant (The Red Elephant), a monumental building with an Art Deco interior, build in 1924 for The American Petroleum Company (now ESSO).
Walking back towards town; another angle of those modern day government offices.
The Royal Theatre at de Korte Voorhout, build as a palace in 1766, but construction was stopped because of the French occupation; it was finally finished in 1804 and rented out to different theatrecompanies.
Across the pond are the Parliamentary buildings Het Binnenhof; that cute little tower on the left is the office of our Prime Minister.
The four of us in front of the statue of a little boy featuring in a famous Dutch nursery rhyme in which the young son of the Count of The Hague is pointing to the Parliament to show where his dad is working :-)
Through the lane of trees at de Vijverberg, we strolled into the city centre. On the left you can see the Gevangenpoort (Prisoner's Gate), entrance to the medieval prison (1420-1828!), it's now a museum.
Detail on a building at Plaats (you know how much I love these facades:)
That golden head on top of 't Goudehooft Herberg at the Groenmarkt gives the inn its name: it dates back to 1423 which makes it the oldest inn of the Netherlands!
There's art all over in quaint area Haagsche Bluf, here's my favorite statue.
From here we walked to the tram and traveled home with Gayleen and Ruben. We spent the rest of the afternoon playing with cars and dinosaurs:) After dinner we took the train home, due to work on the railroad we had to change trains in Gouda: the last photo is taken from the platform. The circlelights change colour, very pretty:)
The end.
J.
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