One of our local choirs, Archicapella, celebrates its 20th anniversary and the love of singing with a concert of love songs from around the world. More …
Photo: Walther Wind
11 May 2012 - Malakkastraat resident, Walther Wind, has sent an angry letter to the City Council complaining about ‘Council sponsored propaganda’ on the transformer house in Timorstraat. He wonders whether this is actually allowed in a ‘conservation area’.
When the transformer house was previously defaced, the City Council’s Graffiti Hotline department sprang into action to remove the offending adornment.
Photos: Isabelle Hylkema
5 May 2012 – This morning local resident Eric Bauer, from the classic cars garage in Billitonstraat (brother of Annelies Bauer), set off in his 1954 Ford to take part in The Hague Bejing Challenge 2012. He will be driving 12 hours a day across Russia and Mongolia to raise money for Terre des Hommes, a foundation dedicated to stopping child exploitation in developing countries. More …
Photos: Webteam
4 May – Remembrance ceremony at The Hague War Memorial 1940-1945 on Carnegieplein.
The monument, designed by Appie Drielsma in 1992, was the initiative of former members of the resistance. The four smaller pillars symbolise the four groups within Dutch society during the Second World War: non-denominational, Roman Catholics, Protestants and Jews, and the wall represents the ‘dike of intransigence’.
On Tuesday 8 May at 12.30 a wreath will also be laid at the Irenemonument on Burgemeester de Monchyplein in remembrance of the liberation of The Hague by the Princess Irene Brigade 8 May 1945. More …
Photos: Webteam
It’s turned out to be the perfect weather for the 11th Queen’s Day event in Archipelbuurt! More photos …
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Photos: Isabelle Hylkema
26 April – Various milieu conscious residents have responded with concern about the ‘takkenactie’ in the Scheveningse Bosjes to clear away the piles of branches left behind after this year’s annual tree felling. More …
Through the decades the Archipelbuurt and Willemspark area has managed to retain its intimate character and nevertheless move with the times. We have tried to do the same with the website.
The A&W website was launched way back in 2002. In 2007, after five years in business it was time for a makeover. Now, almost five years further on, it is once again time to set a new course.
In 2009 we introduced the fortnightly newsletter, a medium essential to any well operating website in this digital age. Now, in 2011, we’ve incorporated new ideas based on the browsing habits of our trusty users and utilised modern technology in order to maintain the friendly image and service orientated concept of our community website.
The address remains the same though www.archipelwillemspark.nl and all the information that was on the old site is still here but, we think, easier to find.
Without a doubt there will be some hiccups at first. So if you come across something you think could be improved, don’t be shy, get in touch and send an e-mail to website-international@archipelwillemspark.nl Positive comments would be much appreciated as well!
At the moment we have a total of about 450 subscribers to our electronic newsletter in Dutch and in English. However, considering that our website (the Dutch language and English language sections combined) gets around 5,000 hits every month, we’d like to see this increase. So tell your neighbours and friends in the community to sign up to the newsletter and they too will be privy to the latest comings and goings in our community.
We hope you enjoy the new site!
Your Community Association has a contract with The Hague Municipal Council making it possible for property owners in your neighbourhood to benefit from the free (collective) removal of graffiti (the so-called graffitiregeling).
But do you always report any graffiti or posters defacing your property? Those who have already reported such defacement know how important it is to do this quickly. The sooner you get in touch, the sooner the Council can arrange to have the graffiti and/or posters removed. Timely cleaning is especially important where the walls are the sort that absorb the spray paint used by graffiti vandals.
What do you do?
Just mail the completed authorization form to meldpuntgraffiti@denhaag.nl or telephone direct to 070 353 46 05 (Monday to Friday from 9.30 till 16.30) or the general number for The Hague Municipal Council 14070. If you have not yet signed up, don’t put it off any longer. Telephone the Graffiti Hotline for a special subscription to the graffiti clean-up service 070 353 46 05
or e-mail: meldpuntgraffiti@denhaag.nl
Want to know more?
If you want to know more about the clean-up service and the arrangement your Community Association has with the Council just telephone the Graffiti Hotline and quickly receive answers to all your questions. Take care of your property and work with the Council for a clean and safe city free of defacement.
Graffiti-Hotline 070 353 46 05
Photo: Olaf L. Schwenke - 2004
Looking for a unique gift for family, friends and acquaintances? The Archipel&Willemspark Verjaardagskalender (birthday calendar) with 14 aerial photos (2004) of our neighbourhood costs just €5 and can be purchased from the Archipel&Willemspark Community Association in the Klokhuis Community Centre: secretariaat@archipelwillemspark.nl
