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Kurhaus. SCHEVENINGEN. 40. Route. 343
(300,0002.) for this building, which is intended to accommodate
the International Court of Arbitration and a library of the law of
nations. On the right lie the Scheveningsche Boschjes, a park with
numerous fine old oaks, affording beautiful walks. Farther on,
beside the Hétel de la Promenade (Pl. G, 6), is a bust (by Odé) of
the statesman Constantyn Huygens, at whose instigation the road
was made. Roads diverging to the right just beyond the hotel lead
through the quarter known as Van Stolk Park to the canal. The
old road leads on to the Roman Catholic Church (Pl. B, 5), near
the village, 1!/. M. from The Hague and 3/, M. from the beach.
2. The New Roap leads direct from the N. end of the town
(Pl. F, 4) to the Kurhaus, skirting the canal at first, and crossing it
halfway, beside the Wittebrug Hotel (p. 341). This is the route
followed by the steam-tramway from the State Station. To the right,
in the distance, is the new Prison, and, beyond the electric railway
mentioned on p. 341, is the large building of the Hague Water Works
(open on Tues. and Thurs., 12-4; fine view).
3. The Nreuws ParKaan leads from the Wittebrug (see above)
to the Kurhaus through a modern villa-quarter, and is traversed
py tramway lines Nos. 9 and 42 (p. 346).
4, The OCawat Pata, or Haring-Kade, leads from the Wittebrug
along the bank of the canal to the village of Scheveningen.
Scheveningen, a clean fishing-village with 26,000 inhab.,
founded in 1400 and visited as a bathing-resort since 1815, has
now become the most fashionable watering-place in Holland. The
annual number of visitors is over 30,000, chiefly Dutch and Ger-
mans, but including also Britons and Americans. The season lasts
from June to Sept. and is at its height from the middle of July to
the end of August. The proximity of The Hague, with its various
places of entertainment, and-the woods a little inland give Scheve-
ningen an advantage over the other seaside-resorts on this coast,
and daily attract many visitors from The Hague. — Charles Il,
embarked at Scheveningen on his return to England at the Restor-
ation, in May 1660. In 1673 Admiral de Ruyter (p. 295) defeated the
united fleets of France and England off the coast near Scheveningen.
The BouLEVARD, or SrRANDWEG (Pl. A, B, C, 3-1), a level road,
80 ft. wide, runs along the edge of the dunes from the fishing-
harbour on the S.W. to the Hétel d’Orange on the N.E., a distance
of about 13/, M. The large Kuruavs (Pl. B, ©, 1, 2) is the great
rallying-point of visitors, The handsome building, erected in 1884-
85 by the German architects Henkenhof and Ebert, burned down in
4886, and rebuilt since, is upwards of 300 ft. in length and is sur-
rounded by spacious verandas. The large hall, surmounted by a
glass cupola, can accommodate 2900 persons; the symphony and
orchestral concerts (p. 342) take place here, and the ordinary band
also plays here in chilly weather. On the side next the sea is a
large concert-terrace. Adm., see p. 342. |
