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May is traditionally the month with the highest number of public holidays in the Netherlands, giving us plenty of opportunity to enjoy the great outdoors. In the coming 2 weeks there will be plenty of fun events for the whole family, including the Bouncy Castle Festival and Air Cooled Scheveningen. You still have a bit of time left to smell the spring flowers and to visit the Japanese Garden in Clingendael Park before it closes on 7 June.
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North Sea Regatta
The North Sea Regatta celebrates its 70-year anniversary this year with a ‘vintage edition’. The official opening was on 12 May with the start of the Vuurschepenrace in the Scheveningen Harbour. During Whitsun weekend (22 to 25 May), Scheveningen becomes the epicentre of Dutch competitive sailing.
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Street art tour in Segbroek |
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The Hague Graffiti Platform has developed a website which guides people past 40 artworks in the district of Segbroek. The Hague Street Art Tour is also available as a paper city map. |
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No bike parking on Grote Marktstraat |
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The Municipality of The Hague is making an urgent appeal to cyclists to not park their bikes on the Grote Marktstraat. Instead they are asked to use a side street or one of the free Biesieklette bicycle lock-ups. |
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Parktheater Zuiderpark to reopen |
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The Parktheater in Zuiderpark will reopen to the public this spring. The theatre closed its doors in 2012 but will soon be available again for open-air performances by choirs and amateur companies. |
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The Hague to hire 260 street cleaners |
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The Hague is putting an end to the practice of working for the municipality while receiving welfare benefits. This year it will hire 260 people as street cleaners who will get a full-time job with corresponding salary. |
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Brussels proposes anti-terror centre in The Hague |
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The European Commission has proposed a special anti-terror cell within Europol, with headquarters in The Hague. Europol is the law enforcement agency of the European Union, which handles criminal intelligence and combating serious international organised crime. |
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Air quality improving in The Hague |
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The air in The Hague is becoming increasingly cleaner. Since the beginning of 2015 the municipality has met the more stringent European norms for fine particles. The Hague is soon expected to also meet the more stringent norms for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). |
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Opinions welcome on public squares |
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The Kerkplein, Anna Blamanplein, Alphons Diepenbrockhof and Kamperfoelieplein in The Hague are all slated to get a facelift this year. The idea is to turn them into lively meeting spots. |
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Hockey World Cup wins Promotion Prize |
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The winners of the Den Haag Marketing Promotion Prize were announced on 30 April. The prizes are awarded to commercial parties for their efforts in promoting The Hague. The Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 was awarded the main prize and the Incentive Prize went to the Royal Christmas Fair. |
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New bus platform for Central Station |
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The bus platform at The Hague’s Central Station will get a totally new look. It will be better organised and easier for passengers to use and it will fit in better with the new design of the train station. |
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Blue Flag again for Hague beaches |
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The beaches in Scheveningen and Kijkduin were awarded the highly-coveted Blue Flag again for the third year in a row. |
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