Voyay walking tour

Brick by Brick Through Berlage

Modern masterpieces and gracious streets around The Hague’s museum quarter

The Hague, Netherlands
11 stops
181 min
6.7 km
Architecture

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This walk is for anyone who loves discovering how buildings and streets work together. Berlage’s Kunstmuseum is the star, but its golden brick, disciplined geometry, and humane scale become even more impressive when viewed within the neighborhoods around it. You will move from Duinoord’s ornate residential façades into Statenkwartier’s leafy squares, lively shopping spine, and tram boulevard. Along the way, subtle details reveal the district’s design logic: repeating rooflines, controlled setbacks, framed views, textured masonry, and carefully planned transitions between busy and quiet streets. The museum quarter brings different generations of modern architecture face to face. Berlage’s handcrafted brickwork meets the Schamhart Wing’s glassy postwar restraint and World Forum’s monumental scale before the route follows the historic city-to-coast corridor toward Scheveningen. Finish with two expressive brick churches that turn masonry into sculptural form. Architecture enthusiasts will find plenty to analyze, while curious walkers can simply enjoy handsome streets, green spaces, café breaks, and the pleasure of noticing details most people hurry past.

Try the first stop

Free sample · Stop 1

Sweelinckplein

A grand green square where rhythmic façades turn urban planning into theater.

Sweelinckplein sets the scene for Berlage’s architectural reforms. Its long garden, continuous street walls, and parade of gables show the picturesque residential city that preceded his rational modernism. Walk beneath the trees and notice how individually decorated townhouses still cooperate to create one remarkably unified urban composition.

The route

11 stops, in order.

Stop 1 · Free sample
Sweelinckplein
A grand green square where rhythmic façades turn urban planning into theater.
Stop 2
Frederik Hendrikplein
A leafy neighborhood room revealing Statenkwartier’s carefully controlled scale and sightlines.
Stop 3
Frederik Hendriklaan
Statenkwartier’s lively spine pairs historic brick façades with everyday neighborhood energy.
4
Stop 4
Prins Mauritsplein
An intimate villa square where varied façades compose one harmonious urban room.
Stop 5
Statenlaan
Trams, brick street walls, and broad perspectives reveal the district’s planning hierarchy.
6
Stop 6
Schamhart Wing
Postwar clarity meets Berlage’s brickwork in a revealing architectural conversation.
Stop 7
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
Berlage’s golden-brick masterpiece turns geometry, craft, and daylight into welcoming civic architecture.
Stop 8
World Forum
Postwar monumentality challenges Berlage’s intimate modernism across a broad ceremonial plaza.
9
Stop 9
Scheveningseweg
A historic tram corridor showing how transport shaped The Hague’s coastal expansion.
Stop 10
Sint-Antonius Abtkerk
Layered brick masses give this neighborhood church unexpected weight and sculptural power.
Stop 11
Nieuwe Badkapel
A dramatic brick landmark crowns the walk with roofs, towers, and coastal light.