Huis ten Bosch

Huis ten Bosch (Dutch: Paleis Huis ten Bosch, pronounced [paːˈlɛis ˌɦœys tɛm ˈbɔs]; English: "House in the Woods") is a royal palace in The Hague, Netherlands. It is one of three official residences of the Dutch monarch; the two others being the Noordeinde Palace in The Hague and the Royal Palace of Amsterdam.

Huis ten Bosch was the home of Queen Beatrix from 1981 to her abdication in 2013; King Willem-Alexander and his family moved in on 13 January 2019. A replica of the palace was built in Sasebo, Japan, in the country's largest theme park bearing the same name.

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Huis ten Bosch ranks #270 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 200 mapped in Netherlands. Founded 1645, it is older than 28% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 23,014 times in the last 60 days, more than 97% of the atlas. 17 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is The Hague, 3 km away. See how Netherlands compares in the castle statistics.

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