Beers in the Hague

Today Luke and I got up early to travel by train to the Hague. After a short 30 minute train ride we arrived and Luke began our quick tour. We walked to a central square close to all the government buildings. Next we walked to the Peace Palace and saw the world peace flame. Each country involved has a stone next to the flame and contrary to what you might think the stone from the USA is rather small compared to most.


After walking around the flame and saying a prayer for world peace, we found a tourism center where we grabbed a map, and walked to another square for lunch. The map we grabbed suggested a small little bar called De Pass that has an amazing beer selection. Immediately upon reading the description Luke and I were on our way to locate this local establishment. The second we walked in we knew we would love the place. The bar tender was friendly and asked us if we wanted any advice choosing a beer. He gave us 2 great suggestions that we enjoyed throughouly. After our first beer the soccer game began between the Netherlands and Slovakia. We watched the first half of the game with about 10 other locals in De Pass. The bar basically closed while the game was on. A couple of people walked in and had to practically beg for service since the whole staff was crowded around the small TV to watch the game. Luke and I felt pretty privileged to be watching the game with the small local group.


After the first half we decided to go for a walk and ended up in the same square where we had lunch watching the second half of the game. The atmosphere in the square was totally different as about 100 locals crowded into a little Cuban resturant called Havana to watch the game. This was much more of an intense atmosphere with vuvuzelas playing and loud cheers when something good would happen. The Netherlands looked great during the game and ended up winning 2-1.