Category Archives: The Hague Photos

A photo says more than 1,000 words, hence a category to show off lovely The Hague

Meet Roel Wijnants – My Favorite The Hague Streetphotographer

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

This is the The Hague Flatiron building next to Central Station from an unusual angle and with a very dark background. Roel Wijnants is a man who, when he walks through The Hague, never ceases to look around him with … Continue reading →

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The bike with my name

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

The day before yesterday a FaceBook friend, Sam, posted a picture on my wall of a bicycle bearing my name. My last name Burgers also is the name of the oldest bicycle factory in The Netherlands (not related), so that … Continue reading →

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2010 Shoot Me Film Festival Teaser

Posted on September 22, 2010 by

Especially now that Anton Corbijn has agreed to give an overview of his work in a Q&A on October 12, while his second feature film “The American” With Mr “Nespresso” Clooney drew many well visited opening screens in the USA, … Continue reading →

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Gerrit from Barcelona is Oranje boven

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

Gerrit is Oranje boven. Today at Prinsjesdag I acquainted Gerrit because I asked him if I could take his picture. He didn’t understand my Dutch so switching to English, assuming him to be British,  Irish or American I asked him … Continue reading →

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New members of the Prince’s Day Guards Sworn in

Posted on September 20, 2010 by

Sunday afternoon some new members of the Guards of Prince’s Day were sworn in at The Binnenhof. Roel put some of his magnificient photos together in this video.

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Slideshow of wandering through The Hague

Posted on September 16, 2010 by

I found this video, actually a slide show with some nice music of Youtube user Deiktes His comment: Brief photo slide made of pictures taken while walking around in The Hague, during a trip to Holland in 2006. The Hague, … Continue reading →

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Rain Rain Rain Today – We’re in dire need of Flipping High Heels

Posted on September 8, 2010 by

The reason for choosing this photo is threefold: It is really rainy in The Hague today I like you to meet the very nice man Roel Wijnands who made this photo and to induce you to check his impressive and … Continue reading →

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Uitmarkt: Preview of the Culture you can enjoy in The Hague in the 2010-2011 Season

Posted on September 7, 2010 by

The first weekend of September as usual all theaters come together in The Hague and give an open air preview of their programs of the coming cultural season. Kudos to Piet Plaat for granting me permission to publish his beautiful … Continue reading →

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The Stork of The Hague (1) – On the Big Church

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

The coat of arms of the City The Hague contains a stork, for ages already. Two weeks ago, for the first time, I met several participants of Opûh Koffie (Open Coffee), an unstructured group of The Hague loving Hagenaars and … Continue reading →

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Zaha Hadid on the Shortlist for a new combined Music and Dance Theather in The Hague

Posted on July 31, 2010 by

Via Dezeen I know that Zaha Hadid is on a shortlist of 3 architects to built the new combined theater to replace the current Dance Theater and Anton Philips Music hall (the red building on the second photo) which building … Continue reading →

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