Prince's Day
The royal carriage procession in September comes out of this building.
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The building of the Dutch Royal Stables behind Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, built in the 1860s and still performing its original function. These are not symbolic stables. The Dutch royal house still genuinely uses horses and carriages for state occasions, chief among them Prince's Day on the third Tuesday of September, when the King travels from the palace to the Hall of Knights in procession by royal coach to open the parliamentary year and deliver the speech from the throne. The carriages and horses that appear on that day come out of here. The building itself is red brick with a long regular facade in the Dutch neo-Renaissance manner, holding an interior yard and a covered training ring. The building is in service and normally closed to visitors, seen from outside only. Its doors are occasionally opened on announced open days.
The royal carriage procession in September comes out of this building.
Red brick with a long regular facade and an interior yard.
The horses are genuinely trained here rather than displayed.
Behind Noordeinde Palace, The Hague
The annual occasion opening the Dutch parliamentary year, on the third Tuesday of September. The King travels from Noordeinde Palace to the Hall of Knights at the Binnenhof in a carriage procession and delivers the speech from the throne setting out the government's plans for the year, after which the budget is presented. The streets fill with crowds and hats that day, and it is the best day to see the royal carriages but the most crowded day in The Hague by far.
No, the palace is the King's working office and is not open to the public. But its rear gardens are open in daylight and free, a quiet space in the city centre known better to residents than to visitors. In front of the palace stands a statue of William I of the Netherlands, and the Noordeinde street itself holds art galleries and antique shops.
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