Although you will have to search quite a bit for that.
As of today, King Willem-Alexander opens the doors of Noordeinde Palace to the general public. This way, non-dignitaries can also take a look at the king’s working palace. Nice detail: during the tour in one of the previous years, the editors discovered several hidden portraits of the Oranges in the palace.
Tour of the palace
This year too, tickets for a visit to the Hague palace sold like hot cakes. A total of 43,000 visitors, no less than 8,000 more than last year, will be able to visit the King’s working palace this summer and learn about the rich history of this cultural heritage.
Visitors to Noordeinde Palace can explore the Corps de Logis, including the Balcony Room, Putti Room and Grand Ballroom, where important royal events take place. The multimedia tour offers a glimpse into the workspaces and their history, with stories from King Willem-Alexander himself and palace staff.
Hidden portraits
The palace’s special art collection is also discussed. But in addition to the life-size portraits of Willem and Máx’s predecessors, small works of art are hidden in various places in the building, as the editors discovered in one of the previous years. For example, can you spot the hidden portrait of the A’s in the photo below?
Let’s be honest: even if you know where to look, it’s hard to see in this photo. But if you don’t pay attention, you’ll undoubtedly miss this little portrait. For your convenience, we’ve clearly indicated the location below. In the second photo, you can see the sweet portrait of the sisters in detail: it’s the familiar picture from March 2018.
Image: NL Image
Image: own material
Further to the left on the same strip of ‘marble’, you will also find this equally subtle portrait of Willem-Alexander and Máxima.
Not quite marble
As stately as the marble details of the central hall with the Queen’s Staircase of the palace may seem, secretly a large part of it is not marble at all. Instead, painted wood with a marble effect has been chosen.
And when painting all the columns, plates and other elements, the responsible artists decided to incorporate some nice easter eggs here and there in the interior. If you ever visit the palace yourself, pay close attention to the strip of non-marble above the entrance to the Indian hall, right next to the stairs.
This way you can still say that you met the royals during your visit.
Source: Glamial archive, Paleistour Noordeinde | Image: NL Beeld
