Difference between revisions of "Den Haag"

Den Haag
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Country:	Netherlands
Province:	Zuid Holland
Population:	501,725 (as of 1st of february 2012)
Major roads:	A4, A12, A13
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Latest revision as of 18:30, 16 June 2025

Den Haag (Official name: 's-Gravenhage, English: The Hague) is a city in the Netherlands. It is located in the province of Zuid Holland. After Amsterdam and Rotterdam it's the 3rd largest city in the Netherlands, and dispite being the nations administrative centre and its seat of government, it isn't the capital.

Scheveningen used to be a seperate municipality, but is now part of the city of Den Haag.

Hitchhiking out

North, West, South towards Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam

Coordinates: 52.08751, 4.32127 ^Google ^OSM
The liftershalte, a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the A 12 next to the (north-eastern edge of) Malieveld is great when you're going in the direction of Utrecht. It could also work when going north towards Amsterdam or south towards Rotterdam and Belgium. The official is at the bus stop Boslaan. There is plenty of space for cars to stop, and many cars pass by every minute. Probably takes you maximum 30minutes to get out, as long as you have a good sign.

To get there from the Den Haag CS (the central station), walk along the Koningskade in north-western direction until you see the Malieveld (big grass field) on your right. The spot is right across the field on the other side.

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Dutch cities with more than 100.000 inhabitants

> 500.000: Amsterdam • Rotterdam

300.000-500.000: Den Haag • Utrecht

150.000–300.000: Eindhoven • Tilburg • Almere • Nijmegen • Groningen

100.000–150.000: Amersfoort • Apeldoorn • Arnhem • Breda • Dordrecht • Enschede • Haarlem • 's-Hertogenbosch • Leiden • Maastricht • Zoetermeer • Zwolle

If you search cities with less than 100.000 inhabitants, have a look at the seperate Provinces articles. You find them at the bottom of this page.

Cities in Zuid Holland

> 100.000: Rotterdam • Den Haag • Leiden • Dordrecht • Zoetermeer

50.000-100.000: Schiedam • Vlaardingen • Gouda • Alphen aan den Rijn • Spijkenisse • Capelle aan den IJssel

25.000–50.000: Katwijk • Leidschendam-Voorburg • Ridderkerk • Rijswijk • Barendrecht • Maassluis • Hellevoetsluis • Gorinchem

'<25.000': Hook of Holland

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-|pop = 478,948
+|pop = 501,725 (as of 1st of february 2012)
 |state = Zuid Holland
 |motorways = [[A4 (Netherlands)|A4]], [[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]], [[A13 (Netherlands)|A13]]
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-'''Den Haag''' or '''The Hague''' is a big city in the [[Netherlands]]. It is located in the province of [[Zuid Holland]].
+'''Den Haag''' (Official name: ''''s-Gravenhage''', English: '''The Hague''') is a city in the [[Netherlands]]. It is located in the province of [[Zuid Holland]]. After [[Amsterdam]] and [[Rotterdam]] it's the 3rd largest city in the Netherlands, and dispite being the nations administrative centre and its seat of government, it isn't the capital.
-== Hitching Out ==
+Scheveningen used to be a seperate municipality, but is now part of the city of Den Haag.
+== Hitchhiking out ==
 === North, West, South towards [[Utrecht]], [[Amsterdam]], [[Rotterdam]] ===
-The [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the [[A12 (Netherlands)|A12]] next to the Malieveld not far from the central Station is great when you're going in the direction of [[Utrecht]], but it could also work when going north towards [[Amsterdam]] or south towards [[Rotterdam]] and [[Belgium]].
+{{Coords|52.08751|4.32127}}<br>
+The [[liftershalte]], a spot for hitchhiking at the beginning of the {{Anl|12}} next to the (north-eastern edge of) ''Malieveld'' is great when you're going in the direction of [[Utrecht]]. It could also work when going north towards [[Amsterdam]] or south towards [[Rotterdam]] and [[Belgium]]. The official is at the bus stop ''Boslaan''. There is plenty of space for cars to stop, and many cars pass by every minute. Probably takes you maximum 30minutes to get out, as long as you have a good sign.
-=== via ferry from '''Hoek van Holland''' to [[Harwich]] ([[England|East England]]) ===
+To get there from the ''Den Haag CS'' (the central station), walk along the ''Koningskade'' in north-western direction until you see the ''Malieveld'' (big grass field) on your right. The spot is right across the field on the other side.
-''[[User:Kardan|I]] got a hint by a very nice CS fellow concerning this way:''
-<pre>But I do have to tell you to might think over hitching
+== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==
-from hoek van holland. I have tried it and it was one
-of the worst things... I got thrown out of the port by
+{{nomadwiki}}
-really agressive guards telling me I was an illegal
-imigrant and so on...
+{{Cities Netherlands}}
-I mean I have hitched from lots of ports in my life and
+{{Cities Zuid-Holland}}
-never really had any problems as the truckdrivers usaly
-dont pay for extra passengers and are cool to take
+[[Category:Zuid Holland|Zuid Holland]]
-you... So if you really wanna go that way hitch a bit
+[[Category:E30]]
-before the port.. There are for example a little gas
-station just before, so if you get a lift there with
-someone not going to harwich, tell them to drop you
-off there instead of thaking you all the way to the
-port and when you are with the truckdriver you can
-just as well be there collige or relative or
-whatever...
-But to be honest, not many ferrys goes from there so if
-you do not get on one you probebly have to sped the
-night outside if the cold in the middle off a huge
-industral area in the middle of nowhere...
-I had to get a lift back to Rotterdam that night and
-spent the night there and then hitch south to Calais
-to get the ferry to Dover the next day.. Qite
-frustrating as I was so close to get home and then had
-to change plas as they would never let me in to that
-port again..
-Oh, well good luck whaterwe tou end up doing!</pre>

Den Haag
<map lat='52.051645977410494' lng='4.316253662109375' zoom='11' view='3'/>
Check out hitchhiking spots on Hitchmap
Information
Country:	Netherlands
Province:	Zuid Holland
Population:	501,725 (as of 1st of february 2012)
Major roads:	A4, A12, A13
Meet fellow hitchhikers on Trustroots