Benoordenhout
Location of Benoordenhout in The Hague
Location of Benoordenhout in The Hague
CountryNetherlands
ProvinceSouth Holland
MunicipalityThe Hague
DistrictHaagse Hout
Area
[1]
 • Total2.78 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
 • Land2.70 km2 (1.04 sq mi)
 • Water0.08 km2 (0.03 sq mi)
Population
 (1 January 2020)[1]
 • Total14,347
 • Density5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)

Benoordenhout (Dutch pronunciation: [bəˈnoːrdə(n)ˌɦʌu̯t]) is a neighbourhood in the Haagse Hout district of The Hague. In addition to Benoordenhout, Haagse Hout consists of the Bezuidenhout, Mariahoeve en Marlot, and Haagse Bos neighbourhoods.

Benoordenhout is located northeast of the city centre and is enclosed by the Koningskade, Raamweg, the Hubertuspark, the barracks and dunes north of the Waalsdorperweg, the city's border with Wassenaar, the Haagse Bos (The Hague Woods) and Malieveld.

The neighbourhood gets its name from the Haagse Bos. In Dutch, 'Benoorden' means 'situated north of' and 'hout' is an archaic term for forest. In modern Dutch, 'hout' solely refers to the material wood.

Benoordenhout is in turn divided into seven areas: the Nassaubuurt, Uilennest, Duinzigt, Waalsdorp, Arendsdorp, Clingendael and the area around the exclusive Van Hoytemastraat shopping street.

History

The Benoordenhout was built almost completely during the twentieth century. Few buildings existed before 1900, the most notable being the buildings in Clingendael and Arendsdorp. As can be seen on historical maps[2] only the area between Koningskade and Jan van Nassaustraat, in today's Nassaubuurt, had residential buildings.

By 1920, some buildings had been added, including the Shell headquarters at the Carel van Bylandtlaan. Between 1920 and 1940, houses were built up to the Alkemadelaan and the Waalsdorperweg, and in Duinzigt even beyond the Alkemadelaan. With the German invasion in 1940, construction stopped; only a few buildings were added, most notably the Julianakazerne barracks. Unlike in the Bezuidenhout, the damage resulting from the war was limited.

Uilennest was completed after the war. The sixties and seventies saw the construction of the eastern part of Duinzigt, the Bronovo hospital, the Nebo nursing home, and the ANWB headquarters.[3] The zoo, which had been closed since 1943, made way for the building of the provincial administration in 1968.[4]

Mark Rutte lived in an apartment in the neighbourhood before, during and after his tenure as prime minister of the Netherlands.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Den Haag in Cijfers (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ "Plattegrond van 's-Gravenhage en Scheveningen".
  3. ↑ "BAG viewer".
  4. ↑ http://historie.hdpnet.nl/dtuin.htm
  5. ↑ Rubio, Ilah (10 July 2023). "Gemengde gevoelens over vertrek Mark Rutte in zijn eigen buurt: 'Op wie moet ik nu stemmen?'" [Mixed feelings about Mark Rutte's departure in his own neighbourhood: 'Who should I vote for now?']. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Conradi, Peter (26 July 2020). "Holland's 'Mr No' Mark Rutte sees off EU but risks putting Eurosceptics in saddle". The Times. Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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