Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague

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Our 3rd. Royal Palace visit took place on January 7th. 2024 in The Hague. Then we visited the Lange Voorhout Palace and the exhibition "Escher in het Paleis". 













Some History


The Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague was designed in 1760 by the architect Pieter de Swart for Anthony Patras (1718-1764), a deputy to the States General of the Netherlands.

In 1796 the mansion was bought by Archibald Hope (1747-1821), a manager of the Dutch West India Company. Archibald was a cousin of Henry Hope and Jan Hope and involved in the family banking business. In 1808 his wife died. 

Napoleon and his wife on their travels through the First French Empire used it one night. The inventory was sold in December 1821 and lasted more than two weeks. 

The building was bought by Renaud Diederick James de Ginkell, 7th Earl of Athlone (1773–1823), married to a daughter of John Williams Hope.

In 1831 the Minister of Foreign Affairs Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845) moved in. He had an enormous collection of Dutch art which was sold after his death.














A royal Palace

In 1848 it was bought by Prince Henry. After his death in 1879 his widow Princess Marie of Prussia used the palace and probably lived there till 1885.

Prince Henry and Princess Marie of Prussia


Princess Sophie of the Netherlands inherited the palace and in 1896 Queen Emma bought it from her sister-in-law. She had it renovated and rebuilt before moving in the palace in 1901. Like prince Henry
queen-mother Emma used the palace as a winter palace; in the summer she stayed at Soestdijk.





Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont


The palace was used as an office for Wilhelmina, Juliana and till 1984 for Beatrix. In 1991, princess Juliana sold the building to the municipality of The Hague on condition that it would only be used for cultural activities.


Prince's Day 


👉 Nowadays the balcony scene on Prince's Day (3rd Tuesday in September) take place on Noordeinde Palace. However during the reign of Queen Juliana, she used The Lange Voorhout Palace as a working Palace. At that time Noordeinde was used by other 
organisations. 

Between 1952 and 1984 the balcony scene on Prince's Day took place at the Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague. 



Prince's Day 1959


A visit


You can visit the Lange Voorhout Palace in The Hague each day from 11 am till 5 pm.
More information on this link. 




I really enjoyed to see this wonderful palace inside. It was a very nice exhibition of Escher too. The combination of these two, the history and the culture is a fantastic mix. 

The pictures were taken in 2022 and 2024 by me with the exception of the picture of Prince Henry and his wife. This is a portrait from Wikipedia. Also the picture of Prince's Day 1959 is from Wikipedia. This article is edited by Oscar Meijer. 
Location: The Hague, Netherlands

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