Unlike Amsterdam, which is bustling with its lights, the Hague leaves me with more of its calm and peaceful appearance. Stroll through this literary city, the canals are quiet, the houses are quaint, the Gothic decoration is splendid and prosperous. The elegance and tranquility are desirable.
Most tourists will think of The Hague as a punch card city for a day trip, but I love it for its calm and calm appearance, this place is worth a few nights, because resting in such a city is a very good treat.
The first choice for overnight stays is Hotel Des Indes, located in the most expensive area of the center of The Hague, flanked by embassies in the Netherlands.
Built in 1853, the hotel was originally the residence of Baron Van Brienen. Opened in 1881 by Prince Frederick, the uncle of King William III, the building officially opened as a hotel.
>> Des Indes Dens Den Haag was included in the list of the 400 most exclusive hotels in the world at the end of 2018, namely the "World's Top Hotels". As a member of "The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW)", Des Indes Hotel is characterized by "a high level of service, a unique environment and a great location".
With batavian badges hanging from the front of the Indian-style hotel building, this former luxury hotel of the East India Company in The Hague has become One of the Hague's most iconic historical and hotel-in-one of the oldest hotels in the Netherlands.
As the porter guides you into the hotel lobby, stepping on the soft carpet, the yellow chandelier and classical decoration set off the elegant atmosphere. The lobby consists of two parts: a lounge area and a bar. According to the waiter, the bar part used to be a stable, a place for distinguished guests to place horses, and now serves as an area for tenants to drink and relax.
In the lobby are photographs of the hotel's former valued guests, a testament to the hotel's history. Next to it is the elevator upstairs, but to get to this place, of course, you have to take a staircase to really integrate into this elegant building.
I wanted to go upstairs to see it, but I was instantly attracted by the clock on the stairs in the lobby, which reminded me of the end of the Titanic, jack standing in front of the clock at the corner of the stairs, reaching out to his beloved, and suddenly seemed to be in the movie, quietly looking forward to the appearance of the protagonist.
Stills from Titanic | The image comes from the Internet
Walking up the stairs to the second floor, you can find that the first floor of the hotel is a marble staircase, and to the second floor is a wooden staircase, this is because the previous distinguished guests lived on the first floor, and the groom's entourage lived on the second floor, so the first floor is a clean and easy to clean marble staircase, providing a comfortable living environment for distinguished guests.
Walk along the corridor to the room, the room number is printed on the ceramic candlestick, and the corridor on each floor is painted with tulips, which are said to have been painted by 18 local Dutch artists, adding an artistic atmosphere to the hotel.
Walking into the guest room, the most conspicuous thing is that the bottle on the MINI BAR is arranged as a candlestick, a bit like the seven candlesticks in Israel.
Seven Candlesticks in Israel | The image comes from the Internet
The rooms are spacious and bright, with comfortable beds, pleasant décor and lots of interesting details that make you feel the heart of the hotel.
The most interesting thing is the light in the room, and the pineapple-shaped structure can be seen at the interface with the top. It is said that many Indians used to be in the hotel, and some of the pineapples will be broken in the process of transporting pineapples, and the only good pineapples left will be given to the most important people. So the pineapple-shaped lights in this hotel indicate the importance of the guests.
This hotel was the first to launch MAKE UP ROOM and DO NOT DISTURB. This apparatus on the door is the place where the feathers were previously inserted, if the white feathers are inserted, the servants can come to clean, if the red feathers are inserted, it is not disturbed.
From the moment you enter the hotel, you find that every detail is a story, an interesting story, which together builds this long-standing hotel, and living in such a hotel, the restless heart will slowly calm down with every careful detail.
After several consecutive days of travel, the body will inevitably feel tired. The hotel has a special SPA area, in the room simply cleaned up, went to the spa area to do a SPA, tired body here temporarily relaxed, under the hands of the masseuse, slowly sleep to go...
Near the hotel is the Mauritshuis Moritz Royal Gallery, the soul of The Hague, where people from all over the world come to the Netherlands and to the Hague. In line with the principle of near the water platform, of course, it is necessary to take time to visit.
Early the next morning, in order to avoid the peak of the crowds, I pinched the time when the museum opened and set out to visit. It houses a world-famous collection of works of art. Vermeer's The Girl with the Pearl Earrings, Rembrandt's Anatomy Lessons of Dr. Nicolas Dürr, Fabricius' Goldfinch and Porter's Bull are all permanent exhibits in the exhibition hall.
The treasure of the Town Hall of the Royal Moritz Museum is the 1665 oil painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" by the Dutch painter Vermeer, who was on a rembrandt-as-famous Dutch painter in the 17th century, and the smile of the girl in the painting is comparable to the smile of the Mona Lisa.
The Girl with the Pearl Earrings
Vermeer depicts a young girl wearing a yellow coat and a yellow and blue turban. The girl in the painting is quiet and calm, and the expression of wanting to talk and stopping is vivid, this kind of sad expression that is both implicit and sad, seemingly innocent, shines under Vermeer's pen, and the glance back makes her like a lamp in the darkness, dazzling, and the plain emotion also has the charm of purifying the human heart.
Another remarkable feature of the picture is that a teardrop-shaped pearl earring worn by the girl's left ear seems to loom in the shadow of the girl's neck. It is both a finishing touch and a special meaning. Pearls often symbolize chastity in Vermeer paintings, so some experts believe that the painting was probably painted on the eve of the marriage of a young girl.
When people think of the Netherlands, in addition to windmills and tulips, there are two other people, who should also be great artists known all over the world: Van Gogh and Rembrandt.
Rembrandt's Self-Portrait
Rembrandt studied under the first-class painter Rastmann, who created a large number of figure paintings in his lifetime, made important explorations of the language of oil painting, made many contributions beyond his predecessors, and reached a peak level in the baroque group of baroque artists led by Rembrandt and Rubens. Later neoclassical, romantic, realist and other paintings absorbed a lot of useful things from Rembrandt's works. Rembrandt, in the history of Western art, is an important pioneer and pioneer.
The most famous painting in the museum is Rembrandt's famous work "Professor Dopp's Anatomy Class".
Professor Dopp's Anatomy Lesson
Professor Dopp's Anatomy Lesson was commissioned by the Surgeons' Guild. In this painting, the light shines from the left side, obliquely hitting a corpse to be dissected, and around the corpse is a group of people dressed in white lace lace, led by Professor Dupp in black and wearing a black hat, who holds a pair of scissors in his right hand to dissect the corpse's left arm, while the left hand naturally bends his fingers to explain.
In the use of light, he projected the light from the left side, and everyone's face was shrouded in light, protruding, and of course, the important prop, the corpse, was also all illuminated, and the tendons of his legs, and the bulging muscles of his abdomen, all of which were vividly highlighted in the light.
Paulus Porter's Bull is also a masterpiece in the museum, where probably only the Dutch would have used the "cow" as the protagonist of the picture and painted flies. Interestingly, the bull was not a "real" cow, but a combination of three cows of different ages, which the average person couldn't see at all.
The Bull
In addition, the museum has a large collection of exquisite paintings, all masterpieces since the Dutch Golden Age, most of which depict scenes of people's lives and gatherings during the Dutch Golden Age.
Slowly browsing in the art museum, savoring, and feeling the cultural atmosphere of the Dutch Golden Age with your heart, as if you have returned to that golden age, it is a wonderful experience.
Paintings by the Royal Moritz Gallery
It was already evening after coming out of the art museum, returning to the hotel, ending the day's cultural baptism. Sighing that time always passes quietly, and the beautiful time is always fleeting, just like the ephemeral flowers that quietly bloom in the middle of the night, before they have time to savor, it is already the end. However, it is precisely because of this that it is so precious and cherished!
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