The Hague nightlife is smaller and more spread out than Amsterdam's, and it works best if you treat it as three separate nights. The old centre does the bars: the Grote Markt is a former market square ringed by cafés that stay open until 01:30, and Plein, beside the Binnenhof, fills with office workers after five. Danzig and Club Joli keep the centre dancing until 04:00 or 05:00, and Paard puts on bands and party nights on Prinsegracht. The electronic crowd heads to Binckhorst and Laak, where PIP and Laak run past 06:00. In summer, Scheveningen adds day parties by the sea. Worth knowing: trams stop after midnight, and the night buses only run on Friday and Saturday.
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For the drinks before and after. Hours, prices and the best nights are on each page.
It is a bar city first. Most of the night happens on and around the Grote Markt. De Zwarte Ruiter has put bands on for free since 1988, VaVoom pours tiki cocktails next door, and Rootz serves from more than 300 beers until 04:00 from Wednesday to Sunday. Most other bars stop at 01:00 or 01:30.
The serious club nights are on the edges. PIP sits on the BINK36 site on Binckhorstlaan, within walking distance of Den Haag Centraal, and runs techno, electro and house from midnight to 06:00. Laak, behind metal gates on Lulofstraat, is a limited-capacity room, and some of its nights run into the next morning. Both work on a calendar of dates, not every weekend.
Plan the trip home before you go out. Trams stop after midnight. On Friday and Saturday nights six night buses leave Centraal Station once every two hours for €6.50. On other nights it is a bike, a long walk or a taxi.
The Grote Markt bars sit side by side, and the square is busy from the afternoon until the last round at 01:30.
PIP and Laak book the city's underground nights, from local residents to a PIP x Tresor night in December.
Paard has run since 1972 and hosted U2, Prince and Pearl Jam. De Zwarte Ruiter and Paardcafé put on free shows.
Danzig and Paardcafé charge nothing at the door, and a ticket for a PIP night costs €10–18.
Scheveningen draws ten million visitors a year. In summer the beach clubs turn into dance floors before the sun goes down.
Kompaan brews in Binckhorsthaven, Van Kinsbergen has 15 taps and Murphy's Law pours both Murphy's Stout and Irish Red.
Not for you if you want a big club open every night of the week. The best electronic nights here happen a few times a month, so check the calendars before you plan a weekend around them.
Drinks on Plein, where the office crowd arrives after work.
Paardcafé opens from Thursday to Saturday, and the Grote Markt terraces fill up.
Bands start at De Zwarte Ruiter, free as always.
Doors at Danzig and Club Joli. Paard's party nights start at 23:30, PIP's at 23:59.
Most bars close. On Friday and Saturday the first night buses have left Centraal.
Danzig and Paardcafé close, Club Joli follows at 05:00 at the weekend, and PIP runs until 06:00.
Three spaces on the BINK36 site, techno and electro from 23:59 to 06:00, €10–18 tickets, and PIN-only payment.
The Grote Markt café has been a music stage since 1988, and entry is always free.
Club Pony plays hits every Thursday from 23:30, with a welcome drink if you arrive before 00:30.
Hito on Strand Noord booked Gerd Janson b2b Marcel Dettmann for a Sunday session in October 2026, 15:00 to 23:00, for €30.
De Boterwaag, a 17th-century building on the Grote Markt, turns into a Latin dance floor every Wednesday from 22:00, with free entry.
Kompaan's bar in Binckhorsthaven has 20 taps, sea containers for walls and a barbecue kitchen. Pair it with a night at PIP.
The Grote Markt is the bar square, with De Zwarte Ruiter, VaVoom, Rootz and the Bleyenberg rooftop. Plein, by the Binnenhof, is the after-work square, with Danzig and Club Joli nearby. Paard is on Prinsegracht, five minutes' walk from the Grote Markt tram stop.
A 19th-century district of shops and cafés on Piet Heinstraat and Prins Hendrikstraat. Van Kinsbergen on Prins Hendrikplein and Murphy's Law in neighbouring Willemspark are the places for a quieter night.
Fifteen minutes by tram from Den Haag Centraal. Crazy Piano's runs until 04:00 on Saturday, Zahara mixes cocktails on the beach, and Hito and Colorado Charlie host day parties in season.
Binckhorst is a business district east of the centre, with PIP on the BINK36 site and Kompaan's brewery in Binckhorsthaven. Laak is a limited-capacity club behind metal gates on Lulofstraat. This is where the best clubs in The Hague for electronic music are.
The big park in Escamp hosts open-air events in summer, including The Crave Festival, which put five stages of disco, house and techno in the park on 6 June 2026. Tram 9 stops at the park.
Bring ID. Alcohol is only sold to people aged 18 or over, and the club nights at PIP, Laak and Paard are 18+. We found no published dress code at the venues in this guide. PIP runs PIN-only payment, and Laak calls itself a limited-capacity venue, so buy tickets for both before you go.
Nothing at Danzig and Paardcafé. A PIP night costs €10–18, Laak around €15–17.50, and a party night at Paard about €10. Beach day parties with international DJs cost around €30. The bars are free to walk into.
Trams stop after midnight and do not run through the night. On Friday and Saturday nights HTM runs six night buses, N1 to N6, from Centraal Station/Rijnstraat between 01:00 and 05:00. Each line leaves once every two hours, and a ticket costs €6.50: pay with a contactless bank card or the HTM app, because the OV-chipkaart is not valid. A taxi can charge at most €4.31 to start, €3.17 per kilometre and €0.52 per minute in 2026.
| Club entry | €10–18 |
| Beer in a club | €4–6 |
| Cocktail | €11–14 |
| Cloakroom | €1.50–2.50 |
| Night bus ticket | €6.50 |
| Taxi across town | €15–25 |
| Kapsalon at 04:00 | €7–10 |
| Hostel bed, weekend | €35–60 |
Free entry at Paardcafé or Danzig, four beers and the night bus home.
A drink on the Grote Markt, a PIP ticket, five drinks, the cloakroom and the night bus.
A beach day party, dinner in Scheveningen, drinks into the night and a taxi back to the centre.
PIP and Laak run on dates, not every Friday and Saturday. Look a week ahead.
PIP runs a PIN-only payment system, so cash is no use there.
Each line leaves Centraal only once every two hours. Miss it and you wait, or you cycle.
It does not work on the night bus. Tap in with a contactless bank card or buy the ticket in the HTM app.
Club Pony gives a welcome drink to anyone who comes in between 23:30 and 00:30.
Hito and Whitehouse stay open in winter. Colorado Charlie opens in beach season, weather permitting.
U2, Prince and Pearl Jam played here. Rem Koolhaas redesigned the building in 2003, and it has been called PAARD since 2017.
The government sits in The Hague, but Amsterdam is the official capital of the Netherlands.
The bars around the Grote Markt programme live music together with Paard, which is why the square is known as the Popdistrict.
Scheveningen draws around ten million visitors a year, which makes it the most popular beach town in the Benelux.
Danzig and Paardcafé close at 04:00, Club Joli at 05:00 on Friday and Saturday, and PIP at 06:00. Some Laak nights run into the morning. Most bars close at 01:00 or 01:30; Rootz stays open until 04:00 from Wednesday to Sunday.
The Grote Markt for bars, Plein for an after-work drink and the clubs nearby, Binckhorst and Laak for techno at PIP and Laak, and Scheveningen for beach clubs in summer.
Only on Friday and Saturday nights. Night buses N1 to N6 leave Centraal Station/Rijnstraat between 01:00 and 05:00, once every two hours per line, for €6.50. There are no night trams.
Danzig and Paardcafé are free. PIP costs €10–18, Laak around €15–17.50 and a party night at Paard about €10. Beach day parties with big-name DJs cost around €30.
18. Alcohol is only sold to people aged 18 or over in the Netherlands, and the club nights at PIP, Laak and Paard are 18+. Bring ID.
It is smaller and cheaper at the door. For big rooms, go to Amsterdam or Rotterdam; for a bar night with a beach on the side, The Hague does it well.
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