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Where to park
Where to leave the car
Multi-storey car parks behind the boulevard; trams 1, 9 and 11 are quicker and cheaper.
A city beach with a pier, a Ferris wheel and the Mauritshuis twenty minutes behind it
The Netherlands' best-known seaside resort, and the only one attached directly to a major city: a 4.5 km boulevard, a pier with a Ferris wheel and a bungee jump, and a surf break that hosts national competitions. The Hague's trams reach the sand in fifteen minutes, which makes a Vermeer morning and a beach afternoon entirely normal.
Where to park
Multi-storey car parks behind the boulevard; trams 1, 9 and 11 are quicker and cheaper.
When to arrive
May–September; the New Year's Day dive on 1 January is a spectacle in itself.
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Timed entry into the Rijksmuseum with an art historian who takes the Gallery of Honour first — Rembrandt's Night Watch, Vermeer's Milkmaid and the Delftware rooms — before the coach groups arrive.
An open or glass-topped boat through the 17th-century canal ring, under the seven bridges of the Reguliersgracht and out past the harbour, with a live guide instead of a recording.
The occupation of Amsterdam told street by street through the Jordaan and the Jewish Quarter, ending at the Anne Frank House. Museum entry is booked separately and directly — the tour explains the city around it.
Return coach from Amsterdam to Keukenhof with entry included, plus a drive through the bulb fields around Lisse — thirty-two hectares of planted tulip, hyacinth and daffodil, open only eight weeks a year.
The classic day north of Amsterdam: working windmills sawing and grinding at Zaanse Schans, a clog and cheese demonstration, then the harbour villages of Volendam and Marken on the IJsselmeer.
Three cities in a day from Amsterdam: Rotterdam's Markthal and Cube Houses, Vermeer's Delft with a Delftware workshop, and The Hague's Binnenhof and Mauritshuis, with the Kinderdijk windmills en route.
North to the village with canals instead of streets: an electric whisper boat between the 180 footbridges and out into the Weerribben-Wieden reed beds, with free time for pancakes on a canal terrace.
A walking tasting through Amsterdam's old centre: aged Gouda and Beemster at a cheese shop, herring from a street cart, a warm stroopwafel off the iron and old jenever in a 17th-century tasting room.
The largest Van Gogh collection in the world in chronological order, from the Potato Eaters to the Auvers wheatfields, with the letters that explain each turn. Timed entry included.
The city as locals use it: a guided ride through the canal ring, along the Vondelpark and out onto the Amstel dyke, with a stop at a waterside café and the traffic rules explained before you start.
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How you get there
Trams from The Hague centre (15 min) or a 25-min cycle through the dunes.
What you'll find
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A city beach with a pier, a Ferris wheel and the Mauritshuis twenty minutes behind it. The Netherlands' best-known seaside resort, and the only one attached directly to a major city: a 4.5 km boulevard, a pier with a Ferris wheel and a bungee jump, and a surf break that hosts national competitions. The Hague's trams reach the sand in fifteen minutes, which makes a Vermeer morning and a beach afternoon entirely normal. It's a sandy beach in The Hague · South Holland, The Netherlands: 4.5 km long, firm golden sand, with water described as north sea · 16–19 °c in summer · gentle shelf, surfable swell.
Multi-storey car parks behind the boulevard; trams 1, 9 and 11 are quicker and cheaper.
May–September; the New Year's Day dive on 1 January is a spectacle in itself.
Trams from The Hague centre (15 min) or a 25-min cycle through the dunes.
On site: Beach clubs and restaurants year-round, Lifeguards in summer, Pier with Ferris wheel and Surf and kite hire.
Head south to Zuiderstrand for quieter sand The kite festival in June fills the whole boulevard
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Last reviewed · 30 July 2026
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