Sustainable The Hague Guide
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Sustainable The Hague Guide
Lotte van den Heuvel
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🇳🇱 Are you looking to visit Den Haag (English: The Hague) and do you care about sustainability? If so, this is the city guide you need!
🚝 Flight-free and car-free transportation to and within Den Haag
🛏️ 4 eco hotels and 2 sustainable hostels
🌿 More than 20 vegan-friendly places for food, Dutch snacks and drinks
🖼️ The best museums, churches, palaces and neighbourhoods for sightseeing
🌳 5 parks and 5 additional places to go for a run, bikeride or workout
👖 Zero waste shops and thrift stores for secondhand clothes
🤝 7 easy volunteering activities
🌱 4 daytrips from Den Haag
🇳🇱 I lived in Den Haag for over 4 years. With over 75 tips listed, even locals are bound to discover some new spots with this guide.
🇳🇱 Den Haag is a great city to live in (and to visit!) because it has a little bit of everything: beach, forest, old town, funky gentrified areas, parks, as well as great access to many surrounding towns and cities. Be sure to mark this versatile city on your list of destinations in The Netherlands!
P.S. All of my guides are regularly updated. This means that closed-down places will be deleted and replaced by new finds.
🇳🇱 Last updated: October 2024
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Transportation
Transportation to Den Haag
Den Haag is easy to reach by train as it has 2 main train stations, and in total 3 stations where intercity trains stop. There's also a metro that can take you from Rotterdam to Den Haag, and there are many Flixbuses departing and arriving here.
Den Haag HS
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Den Haag HS is one of the two main train stations in the city. HS stands for 'Holland Spoor' referring to the first Dutch railway company that was founded in 1837. The station building itself stems from the same period (1843), hence why it's so pretty! Nowadays, all trains in the western part of The Netherlands are run by a single railway company: NS.
You're likely to arrive at Holland Spoor if you're coming from either the south or the north of the country. From Den Haag HS, you can easily get to and from Rotterdam and Amsterdam, as well as Leiden, Delft, Middelburg, and Haarlem without changing trains.
Unlike many Dutch train stations, Holland Spoor does not have many shops inside its building. If you're looking to grab a quick snack, there are supermarkets just opposite the main entrance.
If you were wanting to park your bike at HS, I recommend using the back entrance. There's plenty of room at the upstairs parking area. At the front side of the station, the outside bike parking can be full at busy hours. There's also an inside parking area at the front side, but here you need a personalised Dutch transportation card (ov-chipkaart) to enter.
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Den Haag Centraal
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Den Haag Centraal Station (shortened to CS, so don't confuse it with HS) is the second major train station, conveniently located in the city centre.
Unlike from Den Haag HS, you can also get to the east of the country from CS. You'll often have to change trains at Utrecht, but there's one going all the way to Enschede. This is great if you're travelling to or from Germany. Of course, the other bigger cities on the west side of The Netherlands can be reached from Den Haag Centraal, as well.
Parking your bike underneath the train station is only possible with an personalised ov-chipkaart, but luckily there's plenty of room outside on the upstairs parking area near the taxi pick-up.
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Metro E
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Den Haag Laan van NOI is the third intercity station. It's also the second stop for the metro between Den Haag and Rotterdam. The metro starts/terminates at Den Haag Centraal and Rotterdam Slinge (on the south side of Rotterdam).
The metro of course also stops at towns in between the two cities, as well as close to Rotterdam-The Hague Airport. From that metro stop, you can take a bus to the airport. However, I really hope you find a more sustainable way to get to Den Haag!
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Flixbus
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There are Flixbuses running between Den Haag and many other European countries -- a cheap way to get from A to B.
Note that there are two pickup locations in Den Haag! One is on the rear end of the bus platform on top of Den Haag Centraal Station, the other is here: on the side of the road a short walk away from the station.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lotte van den Heuvel
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Hi! Welcome to The Sustainable Travel Guide. My name is Lotte and I want to help you travel more sustainably.
On Thatch, I provide city guides focused on sustainability, and custom travel planning. I can help you decide where to travel to and how to make sure your journey benefits the planet through a 1-on-1 consultation call. I also provide custom recommendation packages for places to stay, eat, and more. Or, if you're into cycling trips like me, let me plan your bikepacking route as a custom itinerary.
In short, you're in the right place if anything like a vegan food tour, scenic train rides, eco-hotels or cycling trips get you excited!
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
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