THE HAGUE

A compact guide to The Hague featuring the best cafes, museums, and local gems. Find great coffee at Lola Bikes, Bartine, and Bookstor, and don’t miss the chocolate almond croissant at Boulangerie Michel. Explore top museums like the Kunstmuseum, Escher Museum, and Mauritshuis. Bike to the quiet Zuiderstrand, picnic at the royal gardens, or thrift downtown. Perfect for a relaxed but culture-filled day in The Hague.

Cafes

• Barista Cafe

• Bartine (close to central station)

  • Favorite decaf cappucino in town!

  • Their Turkish Eggs are incredible for a brunch

• Bookstor (super cute but can sometimes be chaotic and full)

  • Really popular cafe with books lining all the walls

• Lola Bikes and Coffee (secret back garden! generally a lot more chill than Bookstor)

  • Further down the same street from Bookstor is this cafe

• Pompernikkel

• Any Boulangeri Michel location (French bakery)

  • Order their chocolate almond croissant - an incredible combination!

• House of Tribes

  
  

Restaurants

• Vincenzo’s Pizzeria (any location)

• Atithi Indian restaurant

  • Everything is super delicious here!

  • Order the mango lassi too, of course!

• Ali’s Incredible Lebanese Sandwiches (get their potato wedges!)

Museums

• Kunstmusem (honestly one of my favorite museums in the world! A bit out of the center but worth it)

  • Even just grabbing a coffee in their cafeteria is worth it

  • Hanging in the ceiling are wooden beast installations by a famous Dutch artist

• MC Escher museum (also big love)

  • Small museum within the summer palace

  • Incredible art by MC Escher using linocuts

• Mauritshuis (surprisingly very full of art but cool)

  • This is where Vermeer's "Girl with the Peal Earring" is located

  • This museum is right next to the Binnenhof or Parlimentary building of the Netherlands that you can also just walk right through!

• Panorama Mesdag

  • Large panorama painting that is quite impressive of a view of the beach by the Hague

• Pulchri Studio (free art gallery with cute cafe inside)

Thrifting

• Episode downtown

Other

• Walk around the royal gardens behind the palace! Or great spot for a picnic

• Bike to Zuiderstrand (avoid the main beach area, and walk along the dunes here)

• Emma’shof (cute neighborhood garden)