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Rotterdam-The Hague Metropolitan Region
The Hague

Scheveningen

Scheveningen is a fishing village, commercial harbour and seaside resort district in , the "international city on the sea". It has never been independent from The Hague, but the neighbourhoods of the fishing community still keep their special way of life.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Madurodam and Embassy of the United Arab Emirates.

Theme park
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is a miniature park and tourist attraction in the Scheveningen district of in the Netherlands. It is home to a range of 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch landmarks, historical cities and large developments.

Government office
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is a government office.

Convention center
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The World Forum is a concert venue and convention centre in , , near the buildings of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and one of the administrative offices of the International Baccalaureate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Segbroek and The Hague Center.

Suburb
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is one of eight districts of in the . The district was established by the city in 1988. It has a total area of 7.19 square kilometres and a population of 63,341 as of 1 January 2024.

Suburb
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The City Center of The Hague is the oldest and, with a population of 110,510 inhabitants, the second largest of 's eight districts, consisting of nine neighbourhoods. is situated 4½ km southeast of Scheveningen.

Suburb
is one of the eight districts of . This area was originally called Die Haghe Houte, which later became the current . The district has 50,878 residents as of 1 January 2024. is situated 4 km southeast of Scheveningen.

Scheveningen

Latitude
52.1067° or 52° 6′ 24″ north
Longitude
4.2737° or 4° 16′ 25″ east
Population
61,100
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9F46474F+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1264206811
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11525040
Wiki­data ID
Q837211
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zeeuws—“Scheveningen” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Scheveningen”
  • Armenian: “Սխեվենինգեն”
  • Asturian: “Scheveningen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şeveningen”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sxeveningen”
  • Basque: “Scheveningen”
  • Belarusian: “Схевенінген”
  • Bosnian: “Scheveningen”
  • Bulgarian: “Схевенинген”
  • Catalan: “Scheveningen”
  • Cebuano: “Scheveningen”
  • Chinese: “斯海弗宁恩”
  • Chinese: “斯海弗寧恩”
  • Czech: “Scheveningen”
  • Danish: “Scheveningen”
  • Dutch: “Scheveningen”
  • Esperanto: “Scheveningen”
  • Estonian: “Scheveningen”
  • Finnish: “Scheveningen”
  • French: “Scheveningen”
  • French: “Schéveningue”
  • German: “Scheveningen”
  • Greek: “Σχέβενινγκεν”
  • Hebrew: “סחוונינגן”
  • Hebrew: “סכוונינגן”
  • Hungarian: “Scheveningen”
  • Ido: “Scheveningen”
  • Indonesian: “Scheveningen”
  • Irish: “Scheveningen”
  • Italian: “Scheveningen”
  • Italian: “Scheveninghen”
  • Japanese: “シェヴェニンヘン”
  • Japanese: “スケベニンゲン”
  • Japanese: “スヘヴェニンゲン”
  • Japanese: “スヘフェニンゲン”
  • Japanese: “スヘフェニンヘン”
  • Korean: “스헤베닝언”
  • Limburgan: “Sjeveninge”
  • Luxembourgish: “Scheveningen”
  • Macedonian: “Схевенинген”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Scheveningen”
  • Norwegian: “Scheveningen”
  • Persian: “اسخیفنینگن”
  • Polish: “Scheveningen”
  • Portuguese: “Scheveningen”
  • Romanian: “Scheveningen”
  • Russian: “Схевенинген”
  • Russian: “Шевенинген”
  • Serbian: “Scheveningen”
  • Serbian: “Sheveningen”
  • Serbian: “Схевенинген”
  • Serbian: “Шевенинген”
  • Slovenian: “Scheveningen”
  • Spanish: “Scheveningen”
  • Swedish: “Scheveningen”
  • Tatar: “Схевенинген”
  • Turkish: “Scheveningen”
  • Ukrainian: “Схевенінген”
  • Uzbek: “Sxeveningen”
  • Welsh: “Scheveningen”
  • Western Frisian: “Skeveningen”
  • Zeeuws: “Scheveniengen”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Scheveningen”. Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 4.0.