city tour The Hague

City tour The HagueGet to know our city and discover how we make things sustainable in our city by walking this tour. Follow the picture and read the instruction carefully. Sometimes you have to answer a question or make an assignment. Use the answering form for your answers.

Take notice of the next rules Don’t join other groups

Please do not take shortcuts If you’re lost ask the way to people on the street

For your safety Be very carefully crossing any street

Mind your steps when you are climbing stairs

Enjoy the tourFace this church. Turn right. The name of the street is “Spui”. Walk towards the next picture.

Now you are on the main street of our city. Continue walking but look around you carefully.

Q1. What is the name of the building you see at the end of this picture?

Continue walking down the street. Pass the statue as shown on the picture.

Cross this marketplace.

Q2. Tell us what kind of market it is.

After the market, turn left. Cross the street and visit the shop “Marqt” on the other side of the road.

Question about “Marqt”

Q3. Why is a “fietskrat” project a good idea for our environment?

Question about “Marqt”

Q4. Take a look at the backs in which you can take your grocery. What does the Dutch word “composteerbaar” means?

Continue the tour. Walk towards this picture. Until you see the next picture.

Turn right through the gates called “buitenhof”. You are now entering the grounds of the former government buildings.Q5. In what year are the gates build?

Q6. Count the golden French lilies of this fountain.

Q7. In what year was this building restored?

Pass through this gate.

Pass “het Mauritshuis”.

Q8. What do we use this building for?

After the “Mauritshuis” you turn right and walk on to the square in the direction of the picture.

Q 9. What are the two triangle shaped buildings known as? (It is a nickname.)

Q 10. Who is this man?

Walk back towards the “Mauritshuis”. and continue the tour on this street.

Q11. What does the picture on this waste bin stands for?

Q12 In medieval times this pound was source for drinking water. But what kind of sports activity takes place on this pound in wintertime?

Turn left directly after the water. Search for this sign at the floor.

Q13. How old are the eldest trees here on this lane?

Walk towards the statue.

Q14. What is the name of this boy?

Follow the path between these trees.

Cross the street (carefully!) towards the next picture.

Q15. What did they use this building for?

Q16. What is the name of this man?

Q17. What school subject was it that he was very good at?

Cross this square towards the next picture.

When you see this at the end of the square, you turn right.

Continue your tour for this street in this direction!

Q18. What kind of building is this?

Look around for this tree

Q 19. Find out what people were used to do under this tree?

Continue walking on the street “Noordeinde” towards the end.

Q20. Which 2 typical products do they sell in this shop on Noordeinde number 91?

Please find this bike inf front of the shop and take a candy out of the basket.

Q21. What is the name of this famous candy which is originally from this city.?

Turn left when you see the Hilton Hotel. Continue walking to the left on the street “Hogewal”.

At your left you find this building.

Q22. This building, built in 1878 is in use as a ..........................Ask the guards!

Cross this street carefully by using the pedestrian and continue on the square at the other site.

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Here you will find the “Pietheinstraat”. Continue you trip in this street with a lot of shops were they sell antiques.

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Enter this shop which you will find on the street Pietheinstraat number 25.

Q23 What do they sell in this shop?

Continue walking and find this shop which you will find also on the “Pietheinstraat” on your right side.

Q24 What do they sell in this shop?



Continue walking on the Pietheinstraat to number 133.

Q25 Write down the internet address of this shop.



At the first road junction turn to the left. that’s near the supermarket on number 136



Continue walking in this direction. Q26 What is this bleu bin on the left used for?



when the traffic lights are green you can cross this street. Go take a look behind this small cube shaped house.



Q27 What is the weird thing on the street behind this read car?



Continue your tour through the Vondelstraat.



Q28 When you pass this little square please tell us what kind of company is situated in the house?



Continue your tour through the Torenstraat



On the conner with the Torenstraat and the Pieterstraat maybe you find this bins

Q29 What do they collect in the bleu bin and what in the yellow bin?



Continue your tour through the Torenstraat and search here for one of our teachers.

This is a teachers Checkpoint

City tour “The Hague” (answer form)

Write down the names of all the group members. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Write down your answers on this form.

Q 1.Q 2.Q 3.Q 4.Q 5.Q 6.Q 7.Q 8.Q 9.Q 10.Q 11.Q 12.Q 13.Q 14.

Q 15.Q 16.Q 17.Q 18.Q 19.Q 20.Q 21.Q 22.Q 23.Q 24.Q 25.Q 26.Q 27.Q 28.Q 29.Q 30.

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city tour The Hague