I have always noticed this bronze statue whenever I walk past the Binnenhof complex. Some noble guy sitting on a high horse on the Buitenhof, overlooking the Hofvijver lake, in the centre of The Hague. I never give it much thought. A week later when I was visiting Luxembourg, I…
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Postzegelboom | Stamp Tree
The old chestnut tree locally known as the “postzegelboom” or stamp tree. It was probably planted in 1883. Famous because stamp collectors used to gather underneath this tree, to swap, buy or sell stamps. Back in the days, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, as many as a hundred philatelists would stand…