Pride The Hague is an annual celebration of diversity, love, and acceptance. The festival brings together the LGBTQIA+ community and allies for a week of events, performances, and activities that promote equality and human rights. It invites everyone to take part in creating a more inclusive and welcoming city.
The programme combines celebration with advocacy, bringing together art, culture, community events, and public dialogue. From performances and workshops to the Pride Walk and citywide gatherings, the week highlights both the joy and the importance of visibility, while encouraging continued engagement with equality and inclusion throughout the year.
Pride The Hague extends beyond a single week of celebration. It represents an ongoing movement focused on visibility, safety, and a sense of belonging for LGBTQIA+ communities across the city and surrounding region. Through collaboration with local organisations, cultural institutions, and grassroots initiatives, Pride continues to build connections and create spaces where diverse voices can be heard and shared.
Visit the website for full information on all events, with the three main ones being:
Pride Opening Friday 8 May (evening), Amare The week officially begins with a festive opening event featuring performances, community stories, and space to connect, alongside a queer market showcasing local organisations and creatives.
Pride Walk Saturday 16 May, from 13:30, starting at Koekamp A central moment of the week, the Pride Walk is both a celebration and a demonstration, bringing thousands through the city centre to highlight visibility, equality, and human rights.
Pride Party (Closing Event) Saturday 16 May (afternoon and evening), Koekamp Following the walk, the festival concludes with a large open-air Pride Party featuring music, performances, and a citywide celebration of community and inclusion.
Self-criticism, comparison, perfectionism, shame… Beneath these inner voices of “not enough” often lie subconscious loyalties, absorbed expectations, and inherited standards.
SYSTEMIC CONSTELLATIONS WORKSHOP: Self-Acceptance
brings hidden dynamics to light, allowing you to soften the inner pressure and nourish a deeper, more compassionate self-love.
Very often, the way we treat ourselves mirrors early relational dynamics. We may carry parental criticism as our inner voice. We may remain loyal to family narratives of struggle, modesty, or self-sacrifice. We may unconsciously reject parts of ourselves that once felt unsafe to express.
This workshop is for you if: 🌀 You struggle with harsh self-judgment 🌀 You tie your worth to performance or productivity 🌀 You feel persistent shame or “not enoughness” 🌀 You sabotage success or intimacy 🌀 You long for inner steadiness, entangled in constant self-correction
Through Systemic Constellations, we externalise the inner voices. Parts of you that criticise, protect, strive, or withdraw can be represented and observed. This creates space between identity and conditioning — allowing a new internal order to emerge.
What to expect
Using the Systemic Constellations method, participants step into Representative roles that reflect aspects of the Questioner’s internal system. Their embodied responses provide insight into subconscious dynamics shaping his/her self-perception.
The process is experiential and clarifying — it offers diagnostic insight into the underlying dynamics shaping your current challenge, functioning as a focused exploration that makes hidden patterns visible and clarifies where deeper work or realignment may be needed.
We work on a first-registered basis and will hold as many constellations as time allows, understanding that not everyone may have the opportunity to bring their personal inquiry into the centre of the circle as Questioner.
During the workshop, we will: 💫 Identify the origin of your inner critic 💫 Recognise loyalties that maintain self-rejection 💫 Restore a balanced relationship between strength and vulnerability 💫 Support a grounded, embodied sense of self-worth
The workshop is facilitated by Nadia Eliseeva (www.NadiaLifeEnergy.com), ICF-certified coach with background in psychology, trained in Systemic Constellations therapy and Psychosomatics. Her specialty lies in uncovering the subconscious dynamics and blocks that impact mental and physical well-being. She regularly conducts Constellations Workshops, holding a precise and respectful space for deep systemic work.
English-spoken. No prior experience with Systemic Constellations is necessary – only your openness and willingness to explore.
✨ Step into a process where self-love becomes embodied — and your relationship with yourself deepens into steadiness, compassion, and quiet inner strength.
This Constellations Workshop helps reveal the unseen forces shaping your connections and how you relate.
CONSTELLATIONS WORKSHOP Relationships
Romantic partnerships, family, friendships, colleagues: every connection has an outer dynamic and hidden emotional layers. Attraction, tension, closeness are often driven by subconscious influences and inherited family imprints.
🤔 Why do certain dynamics repeat, even with different people? 🤔 Why does closeness sometimes trigger withdrawal? 🤔 Why does conflict escalate beyond the present situation?
Many relational tensions are systemic in nature. Early attachment experiences, family beliefs about love and loyalty, unresolved past bonds, and unconscious identifications within the family system can all shape how we connect today.
This workshop is for you if: 🌀 You notice repeating patterns in romantic or close relationships 🌀 You struggle with boundaries — either too rigid or too diffuse 🌀 You feel over-responsible for others’ emotions 🌀 You experience jealousy, fear of abandonment, or difficulty trusting 🌀 You are navigating a breakup, reconciliation, or complex family dynamic
Through Systemic Constellations, we explore the relational field around you.
Other participants (Representatives) step into roles that reflect elements of the your relational system (Questioner). Their embodied responses reveal implicit dynamics, hidden loyalties, entanglements with former partners, or inherited models of partnership you may carry.
When these dynamics are acknowledged, new movement becomes possible.
The process offers diagnostic insight — a way of looking into a mirror that shows what lies beneath the surface, often opening space for clarity and direction.
We work on a first-registered basis and will hold as many constellations as time allows, understanding that not everyone may have the opportunity to bring their personal inquiry into the centre of the circle as Questioner.
During the workshop, we will: 💫 Map the relational system influencing your current situation 💫 Identify unconscious bonds that may interfere with present connection 💫 Clarify where responsibility truly belongs 💫 Restore balance between giving and receiving
The workshop is facilitated by Nadia Eliseeva (www.NadiaLifeEnergy.com), ICF-certified coach with background in psychology, trained in Systemic Constellations therapy and Psychosomatics. Her specialty lies in uncovering the subconscious dynamics and blocks that impact mental and physical well-being. She regularly holds Constellations Workshops, creating a structured, respectful, and confidential environment for deep exploration.
English-spoken. No prior experience with System Constellations is necessary – only your openness and willingness to explore.
✨ We invite you to enter a space where relationship patterns become visible — and connection can shift from reaction to conscious choice.
he Arts Society The Hague (https://theartssociety.org/the-hague) invites you to join us for the 8th lecture of the season given by Tomothy Walker on ‘The Gardens as Fine Art’ on Tuesday 12th May 2026 at 20.00 hours in the Atrium of R.C Parish ‘Church of Our Saviour’, Helenastraat 8, 2595HA The Hague.
In 1882 Gertrude Jekyll urged gardeners to ‘remember that in a garden we are painting a picture’. This talk not only looks at how to exploit colour when designing a border, but it also looks at the ways in which a border is different from a painting. It will conclude by looking at how contemporary work of Rothko and Jackson Pollack have evolved in parallel with ideas about what a border should look like.
Mr Timothy Walker
I read Botany at University College Oxford. After graduation, I worked as a trainee at Oxford Botanic Garden, the Savill Garden Windsor, and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. In 1995 I was awarded a Master of Horticulture by the Royal Horticultural Society of London.
From 1988 to 2014 I was director (Horti Praefectus) at the Oxford Botanic Garden. Between 1992 & 2000 the OBGHA won 4 gold medals at the Chelsea Flower Show London. In 2009 the Botanic Garden was awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for providing imaginative educational programmes for adults, students, children, and the general public, thereby breathing new life into education for people of all ages and enriching their lives.
In 2010 I was elected as a Fellow of the Linnaean Society of London. In the same year I presented a 3-part series of films on the history of botany on BBC4.
Since 2014 I have been a tutor in Plant Biology at Somerville College, Oxford.
This will be a live lecture with the lecturer physically present in the Atrium. We are hoping that members and Guests will take the opportunity to come to the Atrium.
For those unable to be present at the Atrium, this lecture will also be streamed via a Zoom to those who registered.
You are requested to sign up for the lecture beforehand, also if you are coming to join us in person at the Atrium, by clicking on the sentence below at the ‘How to book this event’ section.
HOW TO BOOK THIS EVENT:
Registration is open and will close at midnight 10 MAY 26.
On 5 May, Bevrijdingsfestival Den Haag returns with a packed programme of live music, performances and activities celebrating freedom. Taking place on the Malieveld, the festival features multiple stages with a diverse line-up of Dutch artists, bands and DJs performing throughout the day and into the evening.
The festival on 5 May marks Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag), one of the most important national days in the Netherlands.
It commemorates the end of the World War II in the Netherlands in 1945, when the country was liberated from Nazi occupation. The day is about both remembrance and celebration: remembering the impact of war and occupation, while also celebrating freedom, democracy, and human rights.
Across the country, including in The Hague, festivals like Bevrijdingsfestival Den Haag are organised to bring people together. Music, performances, and cultural activities are used as a way to reflect on what freedom means today and why it should not be taken for granted.
Alongside the music in The Hague, visitors can explore cultural activities, spoken word, and interactive projects, as well as a range of food trucks and terraces.
Bevrijdingsfestival Den Haag is free to attend. The festival grounds on the Malieveld open at 12:00. The programme at the Provinciehuis starts earlier, at 11:00. Concerts on the Malieveld begin at 13:00. Bars close at 22:45 and the festival grounds close at 23:00.
Bevrijdingsfestival Den Haag takes place largely on the Malieveld. Here you will find the following stages and areas:
– ASN Stage – Sena Performers Stage – HI The Hague Student Experience – Haags Hiphop Centrum Area – Silent Disco – Plein van de Vrijheid – Festival Market – Children’s Area
Provinciehuis
There is also a programme at the Vfonds Stage in the Provinciehuis Zuid-Holland, located right next to the Malieveld. This stage mainly features speakers.
Toilets
There are plenty of toilets available on the Malieveld. A wristband for toilet access costs €2, after which you can use the facilities as often as you like. The toilet areas include private spaces for changing babies and for expressing milk. Wristbands can be purchased at the toilets and at the information stand.
Join us for a transformative 4-hour journey of healing, soft cacao, and deep remembrance. This special collaboration brings together two powerful modalities to help women and the next generation of young women to reconnect with their innate feminine power.
Soft Cacao & Yin Body Work
Willemijn will begin by guiding you gently into a descent of “Yin” energy. Through soft cacao, breathwork, and body-oriented exercises, you will be guided to unwind the pelvis and hips. This portion includes a Trance Journey, a gentle form of hypnosis which encourages deep relaxation and a subconscious “cleansing” of the womb space. It is a time to feel safe in your body and surrender to your natural softness. We recommend wearing loose comfortable clothing so that you can move without restrictions.
The Rite of the Womb
Following your inner journey, Sandra Quist will share the 13th Rite of the Munay-Ki. This lineage blessing from the Amazon reminds us: The womb is not a place to store fear and pain; the womb is to create and give birth to life. Through this transmission, we gently release stored sorrow, restoring the womb as a center of joy and vitality. We will take time to acknowledge our ancestral lineage, be grateful for the present and send blessings into the future.
Mothers, Daughters & Sisters
This edition is extra special as we recognize the bond between mothers and daughters. We invite young girls stepping into womanhood to sit in circle with us, fostering an empowered relationship with their bodies from the start. Women are equally welcome to attend solo; we all sit as sisters in this sacred lineage.
What to Expect:
Duration: Approximately 4 hours.
Intimacy: Limited to 13 participants for a nurturing environment.
Preparation: Bring a journal and wear something that honors your divine femininity.
Impact: A collective healing that ripples out to the Great Mother Earth.
Is my daughter ready? A Guide for Mothers
Bringing a daughter into a healing circle is a beautiful way to break the chain of inherited silence or shame. Here is how to know if this ceremony is a good fit:
Age & Transition: We generally recommend this for girls aged 12 and up, particularly those who have started their menstrual cycle or are showing signs of moving into puberty.
Emotional Maturity: The ceremony involves about 4 hours of focus, including quiet meditation and reflective journaling. If she can sit comfortably in a calm environment for this duration, she is ready.
The Choice: To ensure she feels “safe in her body,” the choice to attend should be hers. We suggest describing it as a “special celebration of becoming a young woman and learning how to listen to her body’s wisdom.”
Sisterhood Bond: This is a wonderful opportunity to encourage healthy emotional expression. Sharing this space helps her see that her “magic” resides within her, and she can feel connected to a community of women supporting her growth.
