The De Fred shopping area is located in Geuzenkwartier and Statenkwartier and attracts visitors from The Hague and beyond. Statenkwartier is home to several cultural venues with different focuses: art collections, photography, contemporary visual art, and film. This lets you tailor your stay to the subjects that interest you most.

Art and exhibitions in Statenkwartier

Kunstmuseum Den Haag is located in Statenkwartier. It houses more than 160,000 works of art and has the world’s largest Mondrian collection. This gives the museum a specific point of interest for anyone interested in Mondrian, as well as an extensive collection beyond that. These two figures help put things in perspective: Mondrian represents a clearly defined focus, while the number of artworks describes the overall size of the collection.

Also located in Statenkwartier is Fotomuseum Den Haag. It presents at least four contemporary and thought-provoking exhibitions every year. The museum aims to provide space for quiet reflection: visitors are invited to discover the layers, meanings, and context of photography and to reflect on art, themselves, their surroundings, and the world. Its focus is therefore not only on viewing photographs, but also on their interpretation and impact.

KM21 complements these art venues with contemporary visual art. The forms on display include installations and video installations, painting, sculpture, multimedia, performances, film, photography, drawings, digital art, and design. Alongside exhibitions, it also hosts lectures, discussions, performances, film screenings, and book presentations. Those interested in different forms of expression will therefore find other event formats here as well as exhibitions. By comparison, Kunstmuseum, with its collection, and Fotomuseum, with its focus on photography, each have a more narrowly defined theme.

Film, shopping, and getting around

Museon-Omniversum is also located in Statenkwartier and has the largest film dome in the Benelux countries. There is a specific landmark to help you find the main entrance: it is a two-minute walk from the Kunstmuseum stop. From the Kunstmuseum stop, you can reach the main entrance of Museon-Omniversum in two minutes on foot.

De Fred is a shopping area in Geuzenkwartier and Statenkwartier that attracts visitors from The Hague and from outside the city. Frederik Hendriklaan in Statenkwartier is also nearby. It is a shopping street almost a kilometre long, with more than 100 shops.

The features of Statenkwartier also help convey its urban character: the neighbourhood is known for its wide pavements and distinctive little turrets. Together with the museums and shopping destinations, they paint a picture of a place offering culture, art, and urban shopping as distinct options. When choosing a holiday apartment, you can consider which of these interests matter most for your trip; the places and themes described here provide concrete points of reference.

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