Currently available at the Central Library on the Spui in The Hague there'sa free bilingual booklet called Welkom in Den Haag/Welcome in The Hague.
The fact that it's free is already a news it itself since these kind publications are normally on sale.
At page 10 you can find a coupon for a coffee and a slice of cake (called Haagse Kakker) for just 3.50, in the newly opened Panorama Cafe' (Panorama Mesdag).
It's koopavond (shopping evening) in several Dutch cities including Utrecht, The Hague, Groningen and Amsterdam. It means that shops, mostly in the city centers, are open till late (normally 21.00).
In other cities (such as Rotterdam and Delft) koopavond is instead on Fridays.
Even some other services, such as hospitals (the Bronovo in The Hague, for instance).
So I thought to myself, since I get often asked for advice and tips from colleagues and friends who have been living here for a shorter time, why not shamelessly copy the idea but ...go Dutch?
Of course, very likely most of the suggestions will be for things to do in the Randstad (the Western part of the country, where the largest cities are), however I will do my best to include things to do in other parts of The Netherlands.
Suggestions and ideas are of course more than welcome, 365 days can be long indeed...!
Ow, and before someone comments that Holland is not The Netherlands, I know, it's just the the title sounds better like this...
