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Chinese Imperial Porcelain in The Hague

The Gemeentemuseum in The Hague is exhibiting a collection of porcelain produced for the Chinese imperial court during the late Ming and Qing dynasties. The collection, on loan from the Shanghai Museum, will be on display through 23 October 2011. This is video I took during a recent visit:

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Japanese Garden at Clingendael Park

On Sunday, 30 April 2011, the Japanese Garden at Clingendael Park in Wassenaar, which is closed to the public most of the year, opened for it’s 6-week spring season. I took a stroll there and took this video:

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Foamy Shoreline at Scheveningen

Sometimes, the North Sea coast at Scheveningen develops a frothy foam, as shown here in video recorded while on a stroll during my lunch hour on Tuesday, 13 April 2010.

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Election Advertising in The Hague

Elections for The Hague’s city council are to be held on 3 March 2010, and around the city, the municipality has erected temporary billboards on which each party fielding candidates in the election can place a poster putting its case to the voters. I’ve never seen anything like this done in an American election. It’s [...]

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