City tour The Hague

Get 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 tour

Face 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

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Ask the guards!

Cross this street

carefully by using the

pedestrian and continue

on the square at the

other site.

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?

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Continue walking on the

Pietheinstraat to number

133.

Q25 Write down the

internet address of this

shop.

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At the first road

junction turn to the left.

that’s near the

supermarket on number

136

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Continue walking in this

direction.

Q26 What is this bleu bin

on the left used for?

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when the traffic lights

are green you can cross

this street. Go take a

look behind this small

cube shaped house.

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Q27 What is the weird

thing on the street

behind this read car?

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Continue your tour

through the Vondelstraat.

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Q28 When you pass this

little square please tell us

what kind of company is

situated in the house?

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Continue your tour

through the Torenstraat

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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?

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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)

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