Friday, 31 May 2013

The Ice Palace or city hall of The Hague

The modern white City Hall of The Hague is located at the Spui in the middle of the modern district. By the citizens of The Hague, it’s called the Ice Palace because of its white shinny colour. The enormous building is completely white combined with glass and open spaces. The atrium contains a few palm trees. Maybe this breaks a bit with the ice concept but it is still beautiful. The company hired to wash these windows must be happy.

Het moderne witte stadhuis van Den Haag is gelegen op het Spui in het midden van het moderne stadsgedeelte. De inwoners noemen het gebouw, “Het Ijspaleis” omwille van zijn blinkende witte kleur. Het enorme gebouw is volledig wit in combinatie met glas en open ruimtes. Het atrium bevat enkele palmbomen. Dit breekt een beetje met het ijsconcept maar is toch mooi. Het bedrijf dat hier de ramen mag komen lappen zal wel blij zijn.. 
 
City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

City Hall The Hague

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19 comments:

  1. Ginny Hartzler31 May 2013 at 18:23

    It is certainly pristine and rather spartan. Definitely the cleanest, neatest building I have ever seen! The name makes one think it is an embassy.

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  2. willy31 May 2013 at 19:04

    die binnenruimte is wel indrukwekkend...

    maar of het klantvriendelijk is...

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  3. MTWaggin31 May 2013 at 21:37

    Wow. Kind of cool to see the actual building that we hear about on the news all the time. It does seem rather sterile doesn't it - oh wait most government buildings are.

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  4. Lies31 May 2013 at 23:42

    Koel, Filip..., maar indrukwekkend...
    Lie(f)s.

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  5. Agnieszka Korzeniewska1 June 2013 at 00:25

    Very modern :) nice weekend!

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  6. Debbie1 June 2013 at 01:03

    what an interesting building with such a modern vibe!! someone is taking very good care of it!!

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  7. Amelia1 June 2013 at 03:13

    Hi Filip, excellent pictures.The Ice Palace is really beautiful and sparkling clean. Hard job for the window cleaner but the cleaning company boss must be smiling all the way to the bank. :)

    Thank you for visiting my blog with your nice compliments.
    Have a nice weekend. Greetings from Malaysia.

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  8. Red Nomad OZ1 June 2013 at 03:34

    If it were in Australia those clean, white lines would soon be obscured by dirt and/or dust!

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  9. Adam1 June 2013 at 03:48

    cool

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  10. Margaret D1 June 2013 at 05:28

    Lovely clean building and I bet the window cleaners never stop.

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  11. Jeanne1 June 2013 at 05:40

    Definitely alot of window washing to do here.. but at least no one is hanging out side on the 110 th floor.

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  12. pieterbie1 June 2013 at 07:16

    indrukwekkend stukje architectuur!

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  13. betchai1 June 2013 at 07:28

    wow, the interior must not need any lighting daytime or use very little energy, looks so bright there.

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  14. gerdaYD1 June 2013 at 08:12

    Indrukwekkend stukje moderne architectuur inderdaad, bedankt om dit met ons te delen!
    En wat Miami Beach betreft: ook ik heb er een serie van gemaakt natuurlijk: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/leflamand/slideshow/Miami%20USA%202013/Miami%20Beach%20by%20night%202013
    Fijn weekend!

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  15. orvokki1 June 2013 at 08:21

    Straightforward and clear in the architecture.
    The photos are beautiful.
    Wish you happy weekend.

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  16. 21 Wits1 June 2013 at 15:20

    Very nice, they do a marvelous job keeping things tidy and shiny!

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  17. Jana1 June 2013 at 17:19

    great TOUR! I did not know about the nick name of this building, thanks for this:-))) happy weekend!

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  18. Dietmut1 June 2013 at 19:09

    Ik vind het een indrukwekkend gebouw Filip.

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  19. missyblurkit3 June 2013 at 09:31

    Love the clean loo and feel to the building!

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