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About Scheveningen

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Overview: 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.

Tourist Attractions - Best Places to Visit: A Visit to Scheveningen should include :

√ The Sea Museum : -

√ The Pier : -

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√ Museum Beelden Aan Zee : -

√ Panorama Mesdag : -

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Things To Do: 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.

Entertainment: 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 : -

√ Pathe Scheveningen : -

√ Crazy Piano's : -

Food:  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.

Shopping:  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.

Activities:

∗ Watersports

The beach and the dunes of Scheveningen have plenty to offer to sport enthusiasts especially the water sports. Some of the sports that score high on the to do list of travellers are:

∗ Windsurfing

Scheveningen has grown as the number one windsurfing centre in Holland. It is the perfect spot for this. Various competitions are held during the surfing season.

∗ Sailing

You can experience yourself as a great voyager by renting a boat and letting yourself sail on the crystal clear water.

∗ Kitesurfing

It is becoming more and more popular amongst the visitors.

∗ Sport fishing

Imagine yourself as the fishermen and try your luck at sea.

∗ Diving

Learn the basics of scuba diving and discover the fascinating world underwater.

Local Transport:  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.

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Country:  Holland.

Population:  23,000.

Languages:  English and German.

Currency:  Euro.

Region:  The Hague is where Sheveningen is located.

Geographic Coordination:  52°6.247'N 4°16.095'E / 52.104117°N 4.26825°E / 52.104117; 4.26825.

Climate and Weather:  The summers are hot and dry but winters are wet and cold.

Best Time to Visit:  Summers are the best time to visit.