Hi reader, hope you have a memorable Easter day like me.
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The Hague (Dutch: Den Haag or 's-Gravenhage ) is the seat of government in the Netherlands, and the capital city of the province of South Holland. With a population of 515,880 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2015) and more than one million inhabitants including the suburbs, it is the third-largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.9 million, is the12th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. Located in the west of the Netherlands.
The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation.
The Hague is the seat of the Dutch government and parliament, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State, but the city is not the capital of the Netherlands which constitutionally is Amsterdam.
Most foreign embassies in the Netherlands and 150 international organisations are located in the city, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, which makes The Hague one of the major cities hosting the United Nations, along with New York, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi
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Here is how the city look like at the beginning of spring, lots of yellow daffodil, still a bit chilly.
Modern high-rise building at the back of typical Dutch old building.
I took a walk around 11:00 on Sunday morning, lots of people sit enjoying flowers and clear sky on Easter weekend. There were also Home-made market organized near the parliament building, they offer home-made product e.g. honey, bread, cakes, cookies, hand-craft etc.
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