Free audio walk in Den Haag
The Atlantikwall
- 51 min
- 4.3 km
- 9 stops
- Free
Starts at Scheveningse Bosjes
About this walk
The German coastal defence ran straight through this city, and this walk follows that line from occupation to justice.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
The Atlantic Wall through the city
The Hague was the only Dutch city where the German coastal defence ran through built-up streets.
- 2Stop 2
The anti-tank ditch at the Waterpartij
In the war this pond was dug out to become part of the anti-tank ditch.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
The closed zone on the Nieuwe Parklaan
Residents here had to leave, and the empty villas were requisitioned by the occupier.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
Villa Windekind
This villa housed the security police branch that hunted Jews in hiding.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
The command bunker on the Badhuisweg
From this bunker the occupier directed the defence of Scheveningen.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
The V2 from the Westbroekpark
Rockets were launched at London from this park and the streets around it.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
The Orange Hotel and cell 601
More than twenty-five thousand people were held in this prison, many of them resistance members.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
The anti-tank wall on the Van Alkemadelaan
Six hundred and fifty metres of the concrete anti-tank wall still stand here, with a gun casemate.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
The International Criminal Court
On the grounds of a vanished barracks, this court tries genocide and war crimes.
Read the story
Ready when you are
Walk The Atlantikwall with ROODS.
9 stops through Den Haag, about 51 minutes. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
