Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a

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and

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located in the

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South Holland South Holland ( ) is a province of the Netherlands with a population of over 3.8 million as of January 2023 and a population density of about , making it the country's most populous province and one of the world's most densely populated areas. ...

, on the western

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of the

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. An affluent suburb of

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

coast. It is part of the

Haaglanden :''Parts of this article have been translated from the Dutch version of this page'' Haaglanden (, literally ''Haguelands'') was a conurbation surrounding The Hague in the Netherlands from 1992 until 2015. The city's position as the country's se ...

region and the

Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area () is a metropolitan area encompassing the cities of Rotterdam and The Hague as well as 21 other municipalities. It was founded in 2014. The area has a population of approximately 2.7 million across . ...

. The municipality covers an area of , of which is covered by water. Wassenaar is home to some of the Netherlands' richest residential neighborhoods as well as the country's most expensive street, the ''Konijnenlaan''.

History

By tradition, the 12th-century Romanesque church in Wassenaar is the spot where the

Northumbria Northumbria () was an early medieval Heptarchy, kingdom in what is now Northern England and Scottish Lowlands, South Scotland. The name derives from the Old English meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the Sout ...

n missionary

Willibrord Willibrord (; 658 – 7 November AD 739) was an Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon monk, bishop, and missionary. He became the first Diocese of Utrecht (695–1580), Bishop of Utrecht in what is now the Netherlands, dying at Echternach in Luxembourg, and ...

landed in the Netherlands; the high

dunes A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. An area with dunes is called a dune system or a dune complex. A large dune complex is called a dune field, while broad, flat ...

to the west were not formed until later. Wassenaar long remained an unremarkable small town, known only as the home of the

House of Wassenaer The Van Wassenaer family is the name of an old List of Dutch noble families, Dutch noble family. It was first mentioned in the County of Holland on 3 November 1200. They are one of the few original noble families from Holland that has survived to ...

. It only began to gain prominence in the 19th century when

Louis Bonaparte Louis Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French c ...

ordered the construction of the ''Heerweg'' ("Army Road") between The Hague and

Leiden Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Nethe ...

, which forms the current Rijksstraatweg. In approximately 1840, Prince Frederik had the ''De Paauw'' (Peacock) palace built, where he lived for many years; it now serves as the

city hall In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or municipal hall (in the Philippines) is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city o ...

of Wassenaar. In 1907 a

railway Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...

was built, connecting

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...

, Wassenaar and

Scheveningen Scheveningen () is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict () of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is popular ...

, the course of which now forms the ''Landscheidingsweg''. Wassenaar became attractive as a residence for wealthy people from

. Buildings such as the monumental

Huize Ivicke Huize Ivicke is a monumental building in Wassenaar, the Netherlands. Constructed in 1913 for A. F. J. van Hattum, it is a replica of the Eremitageslottet hunting lodge in the Jaegersborg Dyrehave in Denmark. It was inhabited until the mid-1980s, ...

were constructed. Some remnants of the

Atlantic wall The Atlantic Wall () was an extensive system of coastal defence and fortification, coastal defences and fortifications built by Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1944 along the coast of continental Europe and Scandinavia as a defense (military), d ...

are located on Wassenaar's beach, the ''Wassenaarseslag''; nearly a thousand metres of underground walled tunnels are present, connecting five bunkers. The network now serves as a

bat Bats are flying mammals of the order Chiroptera (). With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most birds, flying with their very long spread-out ...

sanctuary and is no longer open to visits. From September 1944 to March 1945 Wassenaar was one of launch sites used by the German ''Luftwaffe'' for the

V-2 rocket The V2 (), with the technical name ''Aggregat (rocket family), Aggregat-4'' (A4), was the world's first long-range missile guidance, guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the S ...

s directed mainly towards London. The American World War II and

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

general Haywood Hansell, who helped plan the Allied bombing offensive against both Germany and Japan, lived in Wassenaar in retirement from 1957 to 1966. In 1982 the

Wassenaar Agreement The Wassenaar Agreement was an agreement reached in 1982 between employers' organisations and labour unions in the Netherlands to restrain wage growth in return for the adoption of policies to combat unemployment and inflation, such as reductions ...

between employers' organisations and trade unions in the Netherlands was signed here. This groundbreaking agreement helped in restraining wage growth in return for the adoption of policies to combat unemployment and inflation. The

Wassenaar Arrangement The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, also known simply as the Wassenaar Arrangement, is a multilateral export control regime governing the international transfer of conventional ...

, a

post Cold War era Post, POST, or posting may refer to: Postal services * Mail, the postal system, especially in Commonwealth of Nations countries **An Post, the Irish national postal service **Canada Post, Canadian postal service **Deutsche Post, German postal s ...

arms control Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Historically, arms control may apply to melee wea ...

convention, was signed here by forty member nations in May 1996.

Modern history

Since the days of Prince Frederik, Wassenaar has often served as an

official residence An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of th ...

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...

, his wife,

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands Máxima (born Máxima Zorreguieta on 17 May 1971) is List of Dutch royal consorts, Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander. Argentine by birth, she worked in finance when she met Willem-Alexander, eldest son and heir appa ...

, and their daughters lived in the villa ''Eikenhorst'' at the

estate Estate or The Estate may refer to: Law * Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations * Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries. ** The Estates, representativ ...

''De Horsten'' in Wassenaar from 2003 until 2019; Princess Alexia was baptized at the Romanesque church in Wassenaar. The princesses attended the Bloemcampschool in Wassenaar, founded in 1931. From 1970 until its relocation to

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

in 2016, the

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The insti ...

(NIAS) which provides research time, space and support for foreign and Dutch scholars, was located in Wassenaar and the

Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael () or Clingendael Institute (''Instituut Clingendael'') is a Dutch think tank and academy on international relations. Based in Wassenaar on the municipal border with The Hague, the ...

, is situated in

Huys Clingendael Clingendael is the name of a 17th-century manor house and surrounding parkland just outside The Hague, Netherlands, in the municipality of Wassenaar. Since 1982, it houses the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael. Histo ...

. The U.S. Embassy The Hague as well as several

ambassadorial residence A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes ...

s are located here, including those of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

, and

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. In general, there is a large

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community of

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

s and business people in Wassenaar, largely due to its proximity to both the international organizations and embassies in The Hague. There are several international schools located in Wassenaar, including the American School of The Hague (ASH), and The International School Wassenaar, part of

Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation Stichting The Rijnlands Lyceum Foundation () is an educational foundation in the Netherlands encompassing nine different schools; three offering primary education and six offering secondary education. The Foundation, established in 1936, is bas ...

. Wassenaar has several parks and a network of bicycle paths. Trees, mainly

beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

, and

horse chestnut The genus ''Aesculus'' ( or ), with notable species including buckeye and horse chestnut, comprises 13–19 species of flowering plants in the family Sapindaceae. They are trees and shrubs native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with ...

, are widespread, giving the town a green character. The town centre supports a number of high-end shops, delicatessens and bakeries as well as cafes, bars, and restaurants. There are

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

Field Hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

Rugby Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Tou ...

, and

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clubs. The theme park

Duinrell Duinrell is an amusement park situated in the town of Wassenaar, Netherlands on the estate of the counts Van Zuylen van Nijevelt Van Zuylen van Nijevelt () is a noble family from the region of Rotterdam, town and region where several members ...

and the race track Duindigt, the only remaining grass race track in the Netherlands, are also here. The art Museum Voorlinden was opened by King Willem-Alexander in 2016. Despite being a relatively small town, Wassenaar is well known in the Netherlands for its conspicuous wealth. Areas of the town are amongst the most affluent in the Netherlands, and residents have a reputation for being ''bekakt'' or posh. Wassenaar is home to some of the most expensive neighbourhoods in the nation. In 2018 the ''Konijnen laan'' had an average house price of around 2.5 million Euros, making it the most expensive street in the Netherlands. The Dutch artists Ross and Iba released a song entitled 'Wassenaar,' which poked fun at the wealth of the town. Wassenaar has always enjoyed good relations with the neighbouring town of

Voorschoten Voorschoten () is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. It is a smaller town in the Randstad, enclosed by the cities of Leiden, Wassenaar and Leidschendam-Voorburg. The municipality covers an area ...

, with which it has shared a history. The

, for example, historically resided in the

Kasteel Duivenvoorde Duivenvoorde Castle () is a castle in the town of Voorschoten, South Holland, in the Netherlands. It was first mentioned in 1226, making it one of the oldest castles in South Holland. The castle is remarkable in that it has never been sold, whic ...

in Voorschoten. A merger into one municipality has been discussed.

Local government

The municipal council of Wassenaar consists of 21 seats, which are divided as follows (from the election results of

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

): *

VVD The People's Party for Freedom and Democracy ( , VVD) is a conservative-liberal political party in the Netherlands. The VVD, whose forerunner was the Freedom Party, is a party of the centre-right that tries to promote private enterprise and ...

, 5 seats * Hart voor Wassenaar, 5 seats * Lokaal Wassenaar!, 3 seats * CDA, 2 seats * D66, 2 seats *

GroenLinks (, ; GL) is a Green politics, green List of political parties in the Netherlands, political party in the Netherlands. It was formed on 1 March 1989 from the merger of four Left-wing politics, left-wing parties: the Communist Party of the Neth ...

, 2 seats * Democratische Liberalen Wassenaar (DLW), 1 seat * PvdA, 1 seat

Culture

Sports

The following annual sports events take place in Wassenaar; * The Zwemloop Wassenaar, which in 2024 will be organized by the Tri-Team Wassenaar, for the 28th occasion. * The 15 van Wassenaar, which will be hosting the 10th edition in 2024.

Notable people from Wassenaar

Academic and public service

* Jonkheer

Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer Alidius Warmoldus Lambertus Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer (7 March 1888 – 16 August 1978) was a Dutch nobleman and statesman, primarily noted for being the last colonial Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. He was t ...

(1888–1978 in Wassenaar) nobleman and statesman, the last colonial Governor-General of the

Netherlands East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies (; ), was a Dutch Empire, Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, declared independence on 17 Au ...

Henk Hofstra Hendrik Jan "Henk" Hofstra (28 September 1904 – 16 February 1999) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA).Gerard Helders Gerardus Philippus "Gerard" Helders (9 March 1905 – 6 January 2013) was a Dutch politician and diplomat of the defunct Christian Historical Union (CHU) party now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist. Helders appl ...

(1905–2013) politician died in Wassenaar aged 107 * (1909–1980) World War II

MI9 MI9, the British Directorate of Military Intelligence Section 9, was a secret department of the War Office between 1939 and 1945. During World War II it had two principal tasks: assisting in the escape of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) held b ...

agent, parachuted into Nazi occupied territory. *

Johan Witteveen Johan may refer to: * Johan (given name) * ''Johan'' (1921 film), a Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller * Johan (2005 film), a Dutch romantic comedy film * Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group ** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group * Joh ...

(1921–2019 in Wassenaar) retired politician *

Sidney van den Bergh Sidney Van den Bergh (born 20 May 1929) is a retired Dutch-Canadian astronomer. Van den Bergh showed an interest in science from an early age, learning to read with books on astronomy. In addition to being interested in astronomy, he also like ...

, (born 1929 in Wassenaar)

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

retired astronomer *

Pieter Kooijmans Pieter Hendrik "Peter" Kooijmans (; 6 July 1933 – 13 February 2013) was a Dutch politician, jurist, and diplomat. He was a member of the defunct Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP), which later merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) pa ...

, (1933–2013), Dutch jurist, politician and diplomat, sat at the

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* Teun A. van Dijk, (born 1943) discourse analyst, lived in Wassenaar between 1945 and 1962 *

Corinne Hofman Corinne Lisette Hofman FBA (born 10 July 1959) is a Dutch professor of Caribbean Archaeology at Leiden University since 2007, where has been awarded several accolades including the Dutch Spinoza Prize. In 2023 University of Leiden placed her on ...

(born Wassenar, 1959) professor of Caribbean Archaeology at

Leiden University Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince of Orange as a Protestantism, Protestant institution, it holds the d ...

Leendert de Lange Leendert Arent-Willem de Lange (born 13 November 1972) is a Dutch politician. He has been mayor of Wassenaar since 18 July 2019. Previously he was a member of the House of Representatives for the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, serving ...

(born 1972) politician, deputy mayor in Wassenaar 2013/14 and mayor since 2019

Royal family

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...

(born 1967)

King of the Netherlands The monarchy of the Netherlands is governed by the Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, country's charter and Constitution of the Netherlands, constitution, roughly a third of which explains the mechanics of succession, accession, and a ...

(born 1971) spouse of

King Willem-Alexander Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Alexander Claus George Ferdinand; born 27 April 1967) is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013. Willem-Alexander was born in Utrecht during the reign of his maternal grandmother, Queen Juliana, as the eldest ch ...

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange (; Catharina-Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria; born 7 December 2003) is the heir apparent to the throne of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the constituent countries of Aruba, Curaçao, the Ne ...

(born 2003)

heir apparent An heir apparent is a person who is first in the order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person. A person who is first in the current order of succession but could be displaced by the birth of a more e ...

to the throne of the

Kingdom of the Netherlands The Kingdom of the Netherlands (, ;, , ), commonly known simply as the Netherlands, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of the Netherlands, who functions as head of state. The re ...

Princess Alexia of the Netherlands Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Alexia Juliana Marcela Laurentien; born 26 June 2005) is the second daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Princess Alexia is a member of the Dutch royal house and s ...

(born 2005) second daughter of

and Queen Máxima *

Princess Ariane of the Netherlands Princess Ariane of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau (Ariane Wilhelmina Máxima Inés; born 10 April 2007) is the third and youngest daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima. Princess Ariane is a member of the Dutch Royal Hou ...

(born 2007) third daughter of

and Queen Máxima

The arts

Felix Tikotin Felix Tikotin (12 October 1893 – 15 August 1986) was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Biography Felix Tikotin was born in Glogau, Germany to a Jewish family. His family was from ...

(1893–1986) architect, art collector, art dealer; founded the

Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art is a museum on the crest of Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of Japanese art. It is the only such museum in the Middle East. It was established in 1959 on the initiati ...

; lived in Wassenaar. *

Henri Friedlaender Henri Friedlaender (; 1904–1996) was an Israeli typographer and book designer. He co-founded the Hadassah Printing School and served as the first director of the school. Early life He was born in Lyon, France France, officially the Fre ...

(1904–1996) Israeli typographer and book designer, lived in the attic of his house in Wassenar in WWII *

Boudewijn Büch Boudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch (14 December 1948 – 23 November 2002) was a Dutch writer, poet and television presenter. Early life Büch was born in a Catholic family. He was born in a hospital in The Hague and spent his childhood in Wass ...

(1948–2002) writer, poet and television presenter; grew up in Wassenar * Theo van Gogh (1957–2004) film director and producer; TV director and producer; screenwriter, actor, critic and author *

Thom Hoffman Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion (born 3 March 1957), known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.Note: parts of this article have been translated from the Dutch version of this page. Biography Hoffman acts mainly i ...

(born 1957 in Wassenaar), actor and photographer * Lorena Kloosterboer (born 1962), artist and author, lived in Wassenaar from 1972–1979 and again from 1987–1993 *

Anthony Ingruber Anthony Ingruber (born 5 February 1990) is a Dutch Australians, Dutch-Australian actor and impressionist. Ingruber is best known for his role as Joker (character), John Doe/Joker in the video games ''Batman: The Telltale Series'' (2016) and ''Bat ...

(born 1990), Canadian actor, voice actor and impressionist, currently lives in Wassenaar

Science & business

Sidney Van den Bergh Sidney Van den Bergh (born 20 May 1929) is a retired Dutch-Canadian astronomer. Van den Bergh showed an interest in science from an early age, learning to read with books on astronomy. In addition to being interested in astronomy, he also like ...

FRS (born 1929 in Wassenaar) a retired Canadian astronomer * Morris Tabaksblat (1937–2011) ex CEO of Unilever, lived and died here * Rattan Chadha (born 1949) joint founder of the fashion company

Mexx Mexx is a fashion brand of HVEG Fashion Group that was created in the Netherlands by Rattan Chadha in 1986 by merging his brands Moustache (for men) and Emmanuelle (for women). The brand's name is a combination of two of Chadha's previous bu ...

* Hans M. Heybroek (1927–2022) botanist, breeder of

elm Elms are deciduous and semi-deciduous trees comprising the genus ''Ulmus'' in the family Ulmaceae. They are distributed over most of the Northern Hemisphere, inhabiting the temperate and tropical- montane regions of North America and Eurasia, ...

s resistant to Dutch elm disease

Sport

* Nico van der Voet (born 1944 in Wassenaar), water polo player *

Konrad Bartelski Konrad Bartelski (born 27 May 1954) is a former British alpine skiing, alpine ski racer who produced the then best result by a Briton on the Alpine Skiing World Cup circuit in 1981 by coming within 0.11 seconds of winning a World Cup downhill r ...

(born 1954), skier, lived in Wassenaar for a number of years *

Junior Strous Junior Strous (born 28 April 1986 in Vlaardingen) is a Dutch racing driver, racing team owner, and entrepreneur from Wassenaar. He has competed at various levels and classes of formula racing starting his professional career in Formula Ford at Ge ...

(born 1986) racing driver, racing team owner and entrepreneur from Wassenaar * Annebel van der Knijff (born 1996 in Wassenaar) ICF Dutch-Spanish canoe slalom paddler *

Laurens van Hoepen Laurens van Hoepen (; born 6 September 2005) is a Dutch racing driver who currently competes in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship with ART Grand Prix. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with the French outf ...

(born 2005), racing driver *

Mark Slats Mark may refer to: In the Bible * Mark the Evangelist (5–68), traditionally ascribed author of the Gospel of Mark * Gospel of Mark, one of the four canonical gospels and one of the three synoptic gospels Currencies * Mark (currency), a curren ...

Athlete, lived in Wassenaar. The fastest solo row across the Atlantic in 30 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes in 2017. Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge
Retrieved 07 June 2022

Gallery

File:Hoflaan 10 - panoramio.jpg, Hoflaan, Wassenaar File:Langstraat Wassenaar.jpg, Langstraat Wassenaar File:GC Groenendael.JPG, GC Groenendael File:Deijlerweg 153.jpg, Huis Ter Weer, Deijlerweg, Wassenaar File:Wassenaar kunstwerk nar.jpg, Artwork, Wassenaar File:Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Wassenaar - 2.jpg, Dutch Reformed Church, Wassenaar File:Bibliotheek - Wassenaar (5453934059).jpg, Wassenaar library File:In the light of the forest (27697973021).jpg, In the light of the forest File:Autumn Beach (29881666014).jpg, Autumn Beach, Wassenaar

References

External links

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