Events

Here you can find a small selection of events in The Hague suitable for an English-speaking audience. This page includes various activities being organised by the international community.

In the spotlight

  • Cool Event Scheveningen Cool Event Scheveningen

    11 November to 20 January - This winter Scheveningen is again the place to be for the ultimate winter sport experience. The Hague’s beach resort will be transformed into a true winter wonderland called ‘Cool Event’.

  • Winter fireworks on Scheveningen beach Winter fireworks on Scheveningen beach

    2 December, 9 December, 16 December and 23 December - You can watch a spectacular winter fireworks show on 4 Sunday evenings in Scheveningen.

  • TINK Amazing Shop Windows TINK Amazing Shop Windows

    8 to 25 December - Shoppers in downtown The Hague can enjoy more than 70 beautifully decorated Christmas window displays, organised again this year during TINK Amazing Shop Windows.

  • Christmas concert by the Cecilia Choir Christmas concert by the Cecilia Choir

    13 & 18 December - The Cecilia International Choir will give its annual Christmas carol concerts this year in the Franse Kerk in Voorburg and Oud-Katholieke Kerk in The Hague.

  • Royal Christmas Fair Royal Christmas Fair

    14 to 23 December - The Hague has its very own Christmas fair. The Royal Christmas Fair takes place in the week leading up to Christmas with a traditional market on the Lange Voorhout.

  • English storytelling ‘Night Travel’ English storytelling ‘Night Travel’

    15 & 16 December - Sahand Sahebdivani will tell his personal story of fleeing Iran and starting all over in the Netherlands in Het Paradijs theatre of the Koninklijke Schouwburg.

  • Night of Conflict Night of Conflict

    Saturday, 15 December - The Night of Conflict festival dives into the complex world of conflict management and international security. It takes place at the Theater aan het Spui.

  • APCH choir Christmas Concert APCH choir Christmas Concert

    Sunday, 16 December - The choir of the American Protestant Church in The Hague will give its annual Christmas Concert with highlights from John Rutter's 'Magnificat'.

  • Charity Christmas Concert Charity Christmas Concert

    Sunday, 16 December - The Italian Catholic Mission in the Netherlands invites you to a Charity Christmas concert in the Immaculate Heart of Holy Mary Church.

  • Christmas Sing-A-Long in Atrium Christmas Sing-A-Long in Atrium

    Sunday, 16 December - Nearly 300 singers will take part in the Christmas Sing-A-Long in the Atrium of The Hague City Hall.

  • ‘A Christmas Carol’ in The Hague ‘A Christmas Carol’ in The Hague

    21, 22 and 23 December - Storyteller Ashley Ramsden returns to The Hague to perform the all-time Christmas classic ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens.

  • Christmas Carol Concert in Nieuwe Kerk Christmas Carol Concert in Nieuwe Kerk

    Saturday, 22 December - The Incidental Choir and Incidental Orchestra invite you to the heart-warming A Romantic Christmas Carol Concert in The Hague’s Nieuwe Kerk.

  • 'Alice in Winter Wonderland' 'Alice in Winter Wonderland'

    25 to 28 December - The intriguing and entertaining family dance production ‘Alice in Winter Wonderland’ will be brought back again to the Zuiderstrandtheater.

  • Festival Carnivale 2018 Festival Carnivale 2018

    27 to 30 December - Go on a journey through the obscure and unusual, delight your senses and lose yourself when the magical Festival Carnivale returns to The Hague’s Huijgenspark.

  • Fireworks above the Hofvijver Fireworks above the Hofvijver

    Monday, 31 December - This year again the Municipality of The Hague is organising a grand fireworks display above the Hofvijver. Come and join in the free celebrations.

  • New Year’s Dive New Year’s Dive

    1 January - The annual tradition of the New Year’s Dive (Nieuwjaarsduik) will be taken by some 10,000 people in the icy cold waters of the North Sea. The ideal way to begin 2019 in a refreshing way.