Scheveningen travel guide

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Scheveningen in The Hague, in Netherlands is a perfect place to relax your senses. Sheveningen harbor is always buzzing with the activities like screeching seagulls that hover around the fishing boats coming in. Enjoy this place to the fullest. You can do numerous things like buying some fish from the local stalls or going for the dinner in a restaurant located around the harbor. Scheveningen has much more to offer than the beach alone. A wide variety of attractions and museums make this seaside resort so inviting to young and old.

Sheveningen has a glorious past. According to the historians the first inhabitants were Anglo Saxon and then may be Scandinavian. Sheveningen is well known for its bathing resorts and fishing center. Fishing is the main source of income for people living there. This place grips the interest of sports enthusiasts as the long sandy beach offer you various water sports like surfing, skiing etc. Scheveningen was a separate municipality which has a soccerclub of its own, playing in the highest Dutch division.

Fast Facts

A Visit to Scheveningen should include :

√ The Sea Museum : - Let yourself discover the world beneath the waves of the North Sea which is a home for amazing creatures like sharks, rays and jellyfish etc.

√ The Pier : - A must visit place.

√ The miniature city Madurodam.

√ Museum Beelden Aan Zee : - The Sculpture museum is one of the busiest tourist centers of Netherlands. Here one can find a lot of interest clasping things.

√ Panorama Mesdag : - Panorama Mesdag is a cylindrical painting more than 14 meters high and 120 meter in circumference with a surface of 1680 square metres.

√ After visiting all the wonderful places you can rejuvenate yourself by spending a day at the beach.

√ Kurhus is also a place very famous amongst tourists.

Sheveningen is a magnificent place offering you wide choices of things to do : -

• If you visit sheveningen around New Year then do not miss the annual “Winter swim on New Year's Day” which is locally known as “Nieuwjaarsduik (New Year's dive).
• You should not forget to go for Flags Day in spring when the first new herring of the year is auctioned.
• Fireworks in summer that are held once a week are surely not a thing to miss.

Night life in Sheveningen is something surely not to be missed. It has many movie theatres, bars, restaurants, gambling halls etc.

Some of them are : -

√ Holland Casino Scheveningen : - is one of twelve Holland Casino locations, the only legal casinos in the Netherlands.

√ Pathe Scheveningen : - is at the heart of the seaside resort offers you spacious eight theatres with the capacity of more than 2000 seats and 40 shows a day.

√ Crazy Piano's : - is a unique piano bar with the amazing pianists giving you live entertainment.

This place is well known for its Indonesian restaurants. A great opportunity to sample 'rijsttafel' that consists of up to fifty dishes and is a typically Dutch version of Indonesian cuisine.

Seven days a week, 365 days a year, there is no end to shopping in the beautiful Palace Promenade. It is a covered shopping centre near the seaside. The shops are daily open from 10am to 10pm during the summers. Here you can find a wide selection of fashion, bathing suits, home furnishings, design, gifts etc. For grocery shopping, there is the Deli Palace.

∗ Watersports

∗ Windsurfing

∗ Sailing

∗ Kitesurfing

∗ Sport fishing

∗ Diving

Tourists coming over here do not face any inconvenience because of the well developed system of trams that connect you to the central station. From the central station you can also take a bus. Even bikes and cars are available on rent.