Lemiza Nicolau’s favourites

1. Favourite restaurant: Villa Coucou I only discovered Villa Coucou recently, but it already feels like a firm favourite. As soon as I step inside, it’s as if I’ve been transported to the South of France for a moment. The warm atmosphere, the beautiful décor and that lovely garden with its pétanque…

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Binnenhof

Take a journey through time at the Binnenhof Information Centre

Opposite the Binnenhof, at Plaats 22, stands a 16th-century building – once a luxurious wine merchant’s and a piano shop, now an information centre dedicated to the Binnenhof. You can take a guided tour or explore for yourself how the Binnenhof has developed since the Middle Ages into the…

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Max Health Club

At Max Health Club, tranquillity and wellbeing have been elevated to an art form

As you walk up the stairs at Max Health Club, running parallel to the sports field, you’ll see the lounge area of this modern gym. Here, you can pop open your laptop for a bit or relax with a coffee or a healthy shake. We have a view of the swimming pool,…

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‘Invest in building resilience’

Rabobank: “Want to reduce vulnerability? Then let’s all pitch in together”

“I’ll put my Hague accent to one side,” jokes Harry Wientjens, a born-and-bred resident of The Hague and director at Rabobank Regio Den Haag.  An introductory video shown during the Rabobank Prinsjesdag Event shows how he drove in an electric Rabo 2CV from the head office on Bezuidenhoutseweg to the Freedom Dinners on 5 May…

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5 Japanese restaurants

The best Japanese restaurants in The Hague (Sept 2026)

1. Yuzu In an old garage on the Bierkade, chef Amir Omarzai runs the trendy Japanese restaurant Yuzu, which features an open kitchen, a robatayaki grill and an atmospheric street food bar. If you’re just here for sushi, you’ve come to the wrong place. Instead, Omarzai serves small,…

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