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Alice in wonderland?: Best Buys - MEDIAMARKT

MediaMarkt is right in the centre of The Hague where you may buy all kind of photo-, electro- and computer-materials. A huge shop/mall where you can buy things for your computer, tv, video, cd's, fridges etc. The service is optimal by good informed people and, it's possible to find your way in a very easy way.

What to buy: Looking for hot movie-items, the newest equipment for your photograph stuff, accessories for electro- and puter-things, or just wanna use the one-hour service? Go to MediaMarkt!

Open:
Maandag: 11:00-20:00
Dinsdag: 9:30-20:00
Woensdag: 9:30-20:00
Donderdag: 9:30-21:00
Vrijdag: 9:30-21:00
Zaterdag: 9:30-18:00
Zondag: 12:00-18:00

One Hour Service Photo

What to pay: Cheap like a market!

Address: Grote Marktstraat 17-37, The Hague

Directions: MediaMarkt, Center The Hague Warehouse District

Phone: +31 (0)70 3306400

Theme: Department Store

De Rode Loper: Go For High Heeled Shoes

This shop is a spacious place, low leather benches, and great product displays. With the highest, sexiest heels in The Hague - >>> get your sugar daddy to sort you out. Or see its outlet around the corner and buy you a discount at Plaats 1.

You will be too busy looking at shoes, so you won't notice the staff don't know too much about the practicalities of caring for silk shoes, but they mean well ... ;-)

What to buy: Slippers, and the high heeled hot top trendy shoes ofcourse ... both for males and females!

What to pay: Euhhh... where is my sugar daddy ???

Address: Hoogstraat 26, The Hague

Directions: Center The Hague, you won't miss this place ... near Plaats

Phone: +31 70 3650255

Theme: Shoes

X-mas Street Market: Flowers & Fruit

With Christmas time the neighbourhood of "Moerweg" in The Hague is a very popular place to do your shoppings. It is because here the original The Hague spheres still survived and the people around love to have a little chat with you ...

What to buy: Find the street-markets here and do have fun with the Dutch Christmas dude, especially the one from the Flowers & Fruits. They are so funny and the street-stalls do look so glittering ... yep, it's Christmas time, Merry Christmas!

What to pay: Cheap market prices ...

Address: Meppelweg, The Hague

Directions: Neighbourhood of "Moerweg" in The Hague

Theme: Other

H O N E Y: Honey Bees

If you do like honey there is a wonderful small place where you can buy one of the finest and utmost fresh honey.

Pay a visit to the Japanese Garden of Clingendael and just walk into the garden via the head promenade. At the left side you will find a small house with a very friendly beekeeper and his honey bees.

What to buy: He knows all about his honey bees and, you may ask any question. He just returned from Japan (in September 2007) where he joined a congress about ... bees and Japanese flowers!

You can buy some really delicious honey of different seasons (I do love the "Balsemien" honey of the autumns).

Oow, I have to mention he is there on Saturday and Sunday (day time), and when lucky you may find him some other mornings ...

What to pay: ... honey for about 3.50 Euro per pot !

Address: Wassenaarse Weg, Clingendael

Directions: Between The Hague and Wassenaar, direction Scheveningen (bus 18 & 23)

Theme: Other

SUPERMARKET AH: ALBERT HEIJN

ALBERT HEIJN/AH is one of the best known supermarkets in city. I just found locations with AH-shops in The Hague for you which are usually open from 08.00 - 19.00 hrs ... (red one is open on Sunday)

Ambachtsgaarde 162 - Amsterdamsestraat 9 - Apeldoornselaan 266 - De Savornin Lohmanplein 20 - De Stede 10 -Escamplaan 281 - Fahrenheitstraat 709 - Frederik Hendriklaan 80 - Grote Marktstraat 55 A - Het Kleine Loo 342 - Hildo Kroplaan 20 - Keizerstraat 342 - Koningin Julianaplein 10 -

Laan van Meerdervoort 168 B - Leyweg 709 R - Lorentzplein 76 - Madeliefveld 3 - Parijsplein 19 - Prins Hendrikstraat 46 - Spui 1- Spui 34 - Sumatrastraat 2 - Theo Mann-Bouwmeesterln 9 17 - Theresiastraat 75 - Torenstraat 27 - Turfmarkt 220 - Weimarstraat 118 - Weissenbruchstraat 116

And last but not least; the Konmar, a great supermarket, too, has closed its doors, and the one at Elandstraat is for now a huge and luxurious AH!!!

What to buy: This supermarket has own AH-design articles as well as the regular ones. ALBERT HEIJN distributed its departments, so in some stores you can buy more or less articles ... try the AH-peanutbutter (is famous) and enjoy to buy all you need for household, holiday and staying ...

Notification: AH took over the KONMAR, another supermarket chain in Holland. So you even will find more AH supermarkets ...

What to pay: Supermarket prices, watch discounts ...

Address: ^ ^ ^ see addition ^ ^ ^

Directions: All in The Hague city

Theme: Food and Drink

PRINSENPASSAGE: Mall In de Bogaard - Rijswijk

The shopping area "In de Bogaard" (Within the Orchard) is a very pleasant Mall-place for your shoppings, with about 200 shops. Set centrally in the Hague suburb of Rijswijk, a 15 minutes drive from The Hague centre, is this renewed shopping mall and, the roofed-over Prinsenpassage will please you when raining (see pic). So will all kind of shops ... (parking place is just off-street, next to the shopping area)

Open:
Monday 12.00 - 17.30 h
Tuesday till Friday 09.30 - 17.30 h
Thursday 09.30 - 21.00 h
Saturday 09.30 - 17.00 h
When Sunday open 12.00 - 17.00 h

Parking places

What to buy: Like Blokker (houseware), Bluetiek In (great fashion), super-market and even an Indonesian food-shop, Toko Indah. Also Dutch known Kruidvat (chemist & perfume shop), Gall & Gall (alcohol & drinks), department store V&D, Media-center and some terraces and coffee shops you'll find to ... Please see also >>>

RIJSWIJK - In de Bogaard

Rijswijk-cows on the roof?

What to pay: Not that exclusive, so not that expensive ...

Address: Bogaardplein, Rijswijk

Directions: Winkelcentrum In de Bogaard, shopping area at center of Rijswijk between Generaal Spoorlaan, Sir Winston Churchilllaan en Prinses Beatrixlaan
(2 minutes walk from Rijswijk Station)

Theme: Other

Website: http://%bhttp://www.indebogaard.net/

Bij De HEMA: A Lot To Buy At HEMA

The HEMA is Holland's step in department store number one, for daytrippers and for regular customers. And not in the first place because of the cheap goods. Indeed, it is quite cheap in the HEMA, especially compared with the nextdoor Beehive/Bijenkorf ...

Open:
Monday 11:00 - 18:00
TuesDay 09:30 - 18:00
Wednesday 09:30 - 18:00
Thursday 09:30 - 21:00
Friday 09:30 - 18:00
Saturday 09:00 - 18:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00

What to buy: Well, there is a good bakery on the ground floor, where you can buy some delicacies, too. A nice assortment of HEMA products for face and body is popular with a lot of youngsters next to the coffeeshop. Upstairs you can find something for the kitchen, for school, electricity and a great restaurant. Try the chocolate brownies, a lunch or just a snack watching the crowd walking by ... and donot forget the One Hour Service for your pics!

What to pay: A hairgell is about 3 Euro, and watch the sales ...

Address: Grote Marktstraat 57

Directions: Centre of The Hague, nextdoor to the Beehive/Bijenkorf

Theme: Department Store

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ZA ZEN: Books & Spiritual Music

In the Zoutmanstreet, Zeeheldenkwartier - Sea-heroe-area, is the well-known Za Zen book-shop. Looking for international books, specially about "wisdom and spiritual matters", find this wonderful book-shop. The atmosphere is very peaceful, the people are friendly, and they offer a great assortment of different books of this kind ... already for about 17 years.

What to buy: Besides books you can get CD's, specially with peaceful, spiritual-minded music. There is a small gift-shop, too. Looking for incense from India or Japan, essence-oil, symbolic gifts like stones, ornaments, Tarot, I Ching etc. this is the place to be. Even Tibetan Tangka and meditation pillows can be bought. I really always feel very welcome in this shop ...

Open:
Monday 13.00 - 18.00 hrs
Tuesday 10.00 - 18.00 hrs
Wednesday 10.00 - 18.00 hrs
Thursday 10.00 - 18.00 hrs
Friday 10.00 - 18.00 hrs
Saturday 10.00 - 17.00 hrs

What to pay: Depends, ... not really cheap! Books are about 10 Euro until 100 Euro, gifts are about 3 Euro until very expensive (like some Tangka's), CD's are like elsewhere (some with discount of 10 Euro)

Address: Zoutmanstraat 16 A, The Hague

Directions: Zeeheldenkwartier (Sea heroe area)

Other Contact: %b%crinfo@zazen.nl

Phone: +31 (0)70 364 42 65

Theme: Books

Website: http://%bwww.zazen.nl

PRINSESTRAAT - The Hague: Smallest Shopping-street

See here the Prinsestraat, one of the oldest, and smallest shopping-streets of The Hague. Usually the Prinsestraat is connected with the way to visit the Palace and its Royal Garden and Stables (Prinsessewal). This street has been named after Prince William II, constructed around 1610.

My point of view is the Kantoorvakhandel Berlage (Prinsestraat 1-3), a beautiful Berlage building from 1895, where you may enter the Prinsestraat. From there have a look back and enjoy the great view at St. Jacobs Church (Grote Kerk). And see the splendid statues of females at the front of the building!

St. Jacobs Church
Royal Stables
Female Statue - Public Women

What to buy: You'll find a great variety of restaurants and cafes. The best known establishment is Cremers Coffeeshop (Prinsestraat 84) and, Brasserie Surakarta (Prinsestraat 13) is well-known for its Indonesian delicious food (see link). At the theatre, named KORZO, you may watch Dutch and cultural, international plays (Prinsestraat 42).

Find the Dischi Records (low recordshops, Prinsestraat 43) and, Gabriell Clothing (Prinsestraat 73A) with tip-top self-made clothes. At Gabriell Clothing and HYPE (Prinsestraat 4) you can get the hottest party-times tickets. PUCK food and wines (Prinsestraat 33) got known for its "non-smoking sections", so this place is a real gift for non-smokers. Some galleries, a great flower-shop and shops with little nick-nacks you can find, too ...

What to pay: You can find some cheap things, you can find some very expensive ...

Address: Prinsestraat, The Hague

Directions: Center The Hague, St. Jacobs Church area

Theme: Other

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Piet Heinstraat Shops: Square PIET HEIN

To me the small Piet Heinstraat/street, starting from beautiful Piet Heinplein (see pic) is one of the cosiest shopping areas outside the centre of The Hague. This is the so named "Zeeheldenkwartier", street area of the Dutch sea-hero's like Piet Hein, just in opposite of the Royal Gardens and -Stables (see link). There are some very nice shoppings and Art Nouveau is found here, some great antique shops, friendly coffee-shops and some New-Age shops ...

What to buy: Take a look at “Supermarkt Moskou”, it's the first Russian shop in The Hague which is specialized in genuine Russian food and drinks, books and videos,Babushkas and several other things ...

What to pay: Piet Hein-street prices aren't that odd! Some sharp priced articles like antiques ...

Address: Supermarkt Moskou, Piet Heinstraat 66

Directions: Zeeheldenkwartier, area of Dutch sea-hero's, Piet Heinplein

Theme: Other

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