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Nieuw Binckhorst is a former industrial area in southeast
The Hague The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
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, originally called Binckhorst, for which a plan was adopted in 2009 to transform into a mixed-use development along the lines of New Urbanism, including residential, employment and entertainment components and with
Randstadrail RandstadRail () is a light rail network in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area in the west of the Netherlands that is jointly operated by HTM Personenvervoer (HTM) and Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram (RET). It connects the cities of Rotte ...
regional light rail service. The Hague's long-term plan ''Structuurvisie 2020'', "Structural Vision 2020", sees Nieuw Binckhorst as a future part of the city center of The Hague. It is seen as fundamental to the realization of the international ambitions of The Hague, and of the
Randstad The Randstad (; "Rim" or "Edge" City) is a roughly crescent-shaped conurbation in the central-western Netherlands, consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and Utrecht); their suburbs, and many tow ...
conurbation."Architecture students contribute to the De Binckhorst development", 4 March 2010, Technical University of Delft
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