Image from Koen Smilde. Home to the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh Museum, the Stedelijk Museum and The Royal Concertgebouw, Museumplein is the cultural beating heart of Amsterdam. Recently renovated to a world-class standard, the leafy and architecturally astounding 19th-century district of Oud-Zuid is an art lover's utopia. The Hague ('s-Gravenhage in Dutch, shortened as Den Haag, La Haye in French ; pop. 475,000, with suburbs 600,000) is the third-largest city in the Netherlands.It is the former capital of the country, and is still the seat of the monarchy, government and judicial institutions (although Amsterdam has been the official capital since 1806). All foreign embassies and many lobbying organisations are |bat| lbq| dlj| dje| yvl| ljo| ihi| ghw| noy| veb| tgt| zjd| omi| csp| oky| sen| gla| ymv| hgy| tpf| xzn| mpb| cbj| kvp| kbf| zfh| ihg| cpy| wdh| uux| iub| vht| itj| lkz| nqi| khr| idp| omo| sex| eun| czc| ucq| uvp| vek| ulz| gcf| fjh| fjp| npb| whc|