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Guided cemetary tours by Gilde Den Haag
In the summer of 2020 Gilde Den Haag has started providing guided tours over the cemetary; see Visits
Grass mowing the entire cemetery once a year costs 10 thousand euros
Picture above: field 35 before mowing Picture below: field 35 after mowing (August 2019) Once a year mowing is carried out to such an extend that the soil remains as poor as possible.
The Queen of Carbon Science and the grave of her The Hague grandmother
President Barak Obama greets Dr. Mildred Dresselhaus, third from right, and Dr. Burton Richter, right, May 7, 2012. By Official White House Photo by Pete Souza. In 2012, President Barak Obama announced that Burton Richter was a co-recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, along with Mildred Dresselhaus. The American MIT professor emerita Mildred Dresselhaus-Spiewak (Malka Sjeindel) discovered the grave of …
Trauma Heli
Due to an emergency near the Peace Palace, a trauma helicopter was spotted on the cemetery.
Open Jewish Homes, The Hague, Sunday, May 1, 2016
On May 1, 2016, the cemetery hosted one of the ten Open Jewish Homes in The Hague-lectures.
Green maintenance by Rotary ‘s-Gravenhage – Kijkduin
August 28 th 2016 Also this year, one Sunday, Rotary Kijkduin has carried out green maintenance.
The Mayor visiting
On November 1, 2018 the Mayor of The Hague, mrs. Pauline Krikke, (on the photo the second person on the left) visited the cemetary and was given a guided tour by Members of the Board.
Christen Unie parliamentary party visits Jewish cemetery
4 September 2015 The Christen Unie parliamentary party defied the rain and received a guided tour over the cemetery. After the tour the visitors cleared a lot of weeds.