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The Hague, Netherlands

Mauritshuis

A small palace holding some of the best-known paintings ever made in the Low Countries.

Mauritshuis
Photo: Studio Dumbar / Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Compact enough to see properly in ninety minutes, which is part of its charm. Girl with a Pearl Earring hangs here alongside Rembrandt, Fabritius and Steen, in rooms that still feel like a seventeenth-century house rather than a museum wing.

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Opening hours and prices change regularly — always check the museum’s own site before you travel.

Do not miss

  • Girl with a Pearl Earring
  • The Goldfinch by Fabritius
  • The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp

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