Royal Stables
Koninklijke Stallen
Royal Stables (front facade)
General information
Location	The Hague
Address	Hogerwal 17
Country	Netherlands
Completed	1876-1879
Design and construction
Architect(s)	H.P. Vogel

The Royal Stables (Dutch: Koninklijke Stallen) is a Rijksmonumental building that is part of the royal building complex in the city center of The Hague. The Noordeinde Palace and Palace Gardens are also part of the same complex. The Royal Stables is responsible of the care for the transportation modes of the Royal House and Officers of the Royal Household.^[1]

Building

The eclectic-renaissance building is designed by Dutch architect Hugo Pieter Vogel and was completed around 1876-1879.

The building consists of the horse stables, where the royals horses are residing. There are indoor and outdoor horseback riding arenas to practice and paddocks for the horse’s leisure time. Furthermore, several carriage houses are located in the building, which houses the Golden Coach and Glass Coach, among others. One part of the building holds a carriage exhibition with historical (royal) coaches.

Purpose

The Royal Stables is responsible for transport of all the members of the Royal House and Officers of the Royal Household. In these modern times, this means that the organisation of the Royal Stables looks after the royal limousines and the royal motor coach, as well as the royal horses, carriages and coaches belonging. The personal horses of the royal family are residing in the Royal Stables as well.^[1]

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  Hogewal (quayside) at the Royal Stables, The Hague, seen from the Piet Hein Square (1906).
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  Royal Stables front facade.
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  Interieur of the horse stables.
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  Golden Coach with stable horses on Prinsjesdag (2011).
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  Carriage exhibition in the Royal Stables.

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