Their first railway line connected Den Haag Hollands Spoor station with the sea side resort of Scheveningen.
The latter was fitted out as an offshore radio ship and broadcast as Radio Nordsee International between 1970 and 1974, off the coast of Scheveningen and, for a few months, Essex.
Every New Year's Day around 10,000 people dive collectively into the icy cold sea water at Scheveningen, The Netherlands' main beach resort town since 1960.
Scheveningen | Battle of Scheveningen | ''The '''Battle of Scheveningen''', 10 August 1653'' by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten | ''Battle of Scheveningen |
In March 1947 she became a founder member of Benjamin Britten's English Opera Group, singing Britten roles at Glyndebourne, Sadler's Wells, Lucerne, Scheveningen, Oslo and Copenhagen as well as the company's home base at Aldeburgh.
He was born in Scheveningen, Netherlands, the son of Heinrich Thyssen (1875–1947) and his first wife, Margit, Baroness Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva (1887–1971).
He also painted a lot in Scheveningen, which had changed from the poor fishing village it was in the time of Jozef Israëls and Hendrik Willem Mesdag, into a popular seaside resort.
When his scheme fell apart in 1944, he left his home in Scheveningen and went in hiding in Ede.
During the Second World War Van Poelje was interned by the German occupying forces on September 2, 1940, first in the Scheveningen prison, later on in Büchenwald, Merseburg and Halle.
In that year, he also shared 1st with Richard Réti in Amsterdam, took ninth in Hastings (José Raúl Capablanca won), tied for third-fourth in Scheveningen, won in Amsterdam, and tied for second-third in Amsterdam.
The Hague was the country's beat capital, along with neighbouring coastal town Scheveningen.
An internationally renowned artist, his works are in museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Düsseldorf, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., the Museum Beelden aan Zee in Scheveningen, and Hakone Open-Air Museum in Tokyo.