The hat exhibition “Chapeau!” has returned to De Passage in The Hague’s city centre:
De Passage is a covered shopping area first opened in 1885. Insane! That makes it the oldest shopping area in the Netherlands.
More than 20 years ago a hat store in De Passage closed, but the stock was never removed from the upper area above the shop. In 2020, 3,000 hats were found. In 2022 (and again this year), 2,000 of those hats were put on display. This is the same spot where they display the Christmas tree every year.
Life in the Hague 