CLINGENDAEL PARK IS PEACEFUL YET MAGNIFICENT AND MAJESTIC WITH A SMALL CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND THAT IS PRACTICALLY A SECRET. IT FEELS LIKE AN ENCHANTED FOREST FILLED WITH FAIRIES AND THERE IS EVEN A GRAND PALATIAL BUILDING, RIVERS AND FORMAL GARDEN YET UT IS IN THE HEART OF THE HAGUE, HOLLAND'S SECOND CITY! A REAL TREAT AND RETREAT IN THE HEART OF A MAJOR CITY!

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CLINGENDAEL HOUSE WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1643 AND 1660 AND THROUGH CONSTANTINE HUYGENS BECAME A CENTRE FOR ART AND CULTURE.

During World War 2, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, the Reich Commissioner of the occupying Germans who took only an embarrassing 5 days to conquer Holland, lived in this palatial mansion.  The Municipality of The Hague took over Clingendael House in 1954 and it has served as Dutch Institute for International Relations since 1983.

The vast garden, especially the exotic Japanese garden, is totally serene and lovely and ideal for an afternoon's leisurely walk. The land is big but not 10,000 acres so a lazy stroll is ideal as every angle is so photogenic and it feels like an enchanted glade.

DANIEL MANTZ IS KING OF THE GARDEN

STATELY TREES LINE THIS GRAND DRIVE

CLINGENDAEL HOUSE

NOW THE CLINGENDAEL DUTCH INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SINCE 1983

GAGGLE OF GEESE NOT A FLOCK OF GEESE AS ASSUMED

MY TRUSTY CANON POWER SHOT SX710 HS CAMERA CAN ZOOM INTO THEIR FEATHERS

DRAMATIC SHADOW PLAY

LIKE CEZANNE'S WATER LILY POND

PRETTY AS PICTURE

LOVELY

SIT HERE AND DREAM AN AFTERNOON AWAY IN SERENITY

WEIRD TREE BRANCHES 

MAGICAL MOMENTS

EXOTIC AND EERIE

SPECKS OF MAGIC LIGHT

THIS SMALL TREE HAS DRAMATIC SPREADING BRANCHES LIKE LIVING UMBRELLA

WHITE BRIDGE IN GOLDEN DREAM

BEST OF ALL, A PLAYGROUND FOR DANIEL, GLORIA AND RAPHAEL MANTZ!

MAGIC!

PALATIAL

GRAND PROPORTIONS

FORMAL GARDEN

WILD FOWERS FLOURISH IN GAY ABANDON

I FELT LIKE JUMPING INTO THIS BED OF WILDFLOWERS AND RUMMAGING THROUGH THEM LIKE A DOGGY

PRETTY AND PICTURESQUE

LOOK AT INTERPLAY OF LIGHT AND SHADOW

DANIEL IS KING OF FORT

CLEVER DOG JUMPING INTO STREAM TO PICK BALL TO RETURN TO OWNERS

I AM AFRAID MY SON DEDIONE KEE CANNOT DO THIS AS HE ASKS WHY SHOULD HE GET WET WHEN I CAN JUMP INTO WATER MYSELF?

THIS DARLING DOGGY IMPERVIOUS TO COLD WATER

BRINGING BALL BACK TO BOSSES

FASCINATING SCENE

MAGIC GREEN LIVING MOSSY CARPET

DANIEL THE SAND DIGGER

THIS CLUSTER HAS 5 TREES

THE MANTZ CLAN

GLORIA, RAPHAEL, DANIEL AND MICHAEL MANTZ

LORDS OF THE CASTLE

MICHAEL AND DANIEL MANTZ

3 SWINGERS

MICHAEL MANTZ IS SCARED TO SLIDE DOWN SO HE ENSLISTS HELP OF CHILDREN

DO NOT FEAR, THE MANTZ KIDS ARE HERE! 

THERE! SAFE!

MICHAEL MANTZ DOES A SPIN

FUN FUN FUN

GREAT BALANCING ACT

DANIEL STILL STANDING

FORMAL GARDEN

DATO KEE HUA CHEE LOVES CLINGENDAEL GARDEN

MANY WALKERS COMMENTED ON DATO KEE HUA CHEE'S COLORFUL OUTFIT, DECLARING HE HAD OUTSHONE THE FLOWERS AND ADDED A RAINBOW TO CLINGENDAEL! VERY TRUE!

DATO KEE HUA CHEE PROFESSES TO BE A WALLFLOWER AS HE SHY, MODEST AND RETIRING TYPE

DATO KEE HUA CHEE INTRODUCES VIVID HUES TO HOLLAND

DANIEL AND MICHAEL MANTZ DO A PHOTOBOMB

LOVE THESE BIKES AT SCHEVENINGEN BEACH WHERE WE WENT FOR DINNER

THE FAMOUS SEASIDE RESORT OF SCHEVENINGEN