In the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands

 There's a lot more to Den Haag (The Hague) than meets the eye.

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(in the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.) The Hague, the seat of government of the Netherlands, is situated on a coastal plain with the city center just inland from the North Sea. The Hague is the administrative capital of the country and the home of the court and government, though Amsterdam is the official capital.

+ The Hague offers everything from royal palaces and timeless Dutch fishing harbors to endless opportunities to stroll the streets. The popular perception of the Netherlands' third-largest city is of a stately, regal place populated with bureaucrats and business people. While this is true to some extent, there is so much more: the city's cultural scene (anchored by the presence of the world-renowned Mauritshuis museum and Nederlands Dans Theater) is one of the most exciting in the country; its culinary scene is replete with contemporary restaurants experimenting with modern European cuisine; and its entertainment scene has moved far past the embassy cocktail parties that once predominated, making the party precinct of Grote Markt and the Paard live-music venue essential stops for visitors, making this a city that rewards those who stay longer.)

+ A commercial district grew up around the Binnenhof (inner court) in the 13th and 14th centuries, and it survives on shopping streets such as Venestraat, Spuistraat, Gravenstraat, and Hoogstraat. In the 16th century

Holland became the chief center of Dutch resistance to Spanish Habsburg rule, and in 1559 William I, stadtholder of the Netherlands, made The Hague his capital. About 1585 the States-General, along with other bodies of the Dutch Republic’s central government, established themselves in the Binnenhof. William’s son, Prince Maurice of Orange, soon took up residence in The Hague, and at his initiative in 1616 a web of canals was constructed around the city that continued to define its borders to the mid-19th century. Around this time, imposing aristocratic mansions were constructed on the eastern side of the Binnenhof. To the southeast grew the Spui (craftsmen’s district) and small inner harbors, and to the west the Prinsegracht (home to the wealthy middle class), which was connected to the horticultural area of the Westland by the Loosduinse canal.The Binnenhofis surrounded by buildings dating from the 15th to the 18th century. Among these historical landmarks is the Great Church of St. Jacob (Jacobskerk; 1399), which has a hexagonal tower and a richly decorated late Gothic choir, as well as the largest carillon in the Netherlands; the Protestant New Church (1654); the royal palace on the Noordeinde (16th century); the royal palace known as the House in the Wood (Huis ten Bosch; 1645–47); and the old Renaissance-style Town Hall (1564).

+ From 1795 to 1808. As a result of the international conferences held there in 1899 and 1907, The Hague became a permanent center of international law.