Bazarstraat 16A
Philosophy of the home
‘’ The Bazaar has traditionally been the gathering place where all the riches of the known world are collected. Scents, artefacts, art, dreams, stories, all wrapped in mystique. Food for the yearning mind. The history of this street also tells us where this beautiful Hague street gets its name. Many walls make a house; here you feel as if you were in the Far East. A bathroom with the forms of a hammam, a study furnished with the influences of a botanical garden, a porthole with playful light. Three apartments, three residents and countless stories, it is up to us to create our own ‘’ Bazaar ’’. ’’
Some houses seem to breathe — as if they were designed with a soul, not merely with brick and wood. In Bazarstraat 16A you feel it immediately: the light streaming through the tall windows, the interplay of colour and texture, the echo of a time when craftsmanship was still a matter of course. The spaces are like a serene garden; a place where city life slows down for a moment. The green tones, natural materials and soft lines bring balance and calm — an ode to the botanical beauty that characterises this apartment. Here it is not hard to feel at home: the combination of history, design and comfort turns every day into a small ritual of beauty and simplicity. This is not just a home, but an invitation to live consciously — in harmony with your surroundings, in the heart of the city, but with the calm of a garden that never stops blooming.
Points of interest
1. Room, the loveliest lunchroom on the square
2. The statue of ‘Anna Paulowna’ on the square of the same name
3. Piet Heinstraat, full of unique shops and hospitality concepts
4. Walter Benedict on the Denneweg
5. Palace Gardens
Story of the House
BAZARSTRAAT 16A
High-quality, sustainably renovated first-floor home with an A++ energy label!
Located in a historic townhouse. Fitted with a luxury kitchen with cooking island and all desired built-in appliances, a wooden floor and underfloor heating, two bedrooms, a luxury bathroom and a sunny garden room with a large window section.
Restored ornaments, high ceilings and many original details are the hallmarks of this urban apartment.
A unique project in the beautiful Zeeheldenkwartier/Mesdagkwartier.
Entrance at street level, hall with meter cupboard in the communal hall, from here the stairs to the front door of the apartment on the first floor.
On entering the home you find at the front the living room, where you immediately experience the grandeur of this apartment, with its very high ceilings of almost 4 m and beautiful ornaments, which have been restored.
The floor has been designed in the interior theme “Botanical garden”, which is expressed in the colours, the bay window and the wallpaper. The sage-green kitchen with bronze handles and a composite natural-stone worktop, where a breakfast bar has also been created, fits perfectly into this whole. Fitted with all luxury AEG built-in appliances, a dishwasher, oven, combination microwave, fridge-freezer, an induction hob with integrated extraction system and a Patina Quooker with sink.
The woodwork in the room is painted one shade darker, creating a subtle contrast between the walls and the woodwork. The imposing windows provide a sea of light in this space, which looks beautifully decorated both inside and out thanks to the original French wrought-iron balconies.
At the rear of the home is the master bedroom, with the adjoining bay window where the botanical garden takes centre stage. This is to create the feeling of an “inner garden” on a first floor when the bay windows are open in this “garden room”. A beautiful, colourful moss wall has been designed here. On the other wall is a wallpaper that also fits entirely within the mood board. A perfect spot for an office or home study. The entire home has a lighting plan and home automation system, so that it can be controlled and dimmed remotely.
Between the living room and the bedroom is the luxury bathroom where you feel transported to the Far East; with curves inspired by the hammam style, a unique atmosphere has been created. Complete with underfloor heating and a brass designer shower, a freestanding Solid Surface bath and a vanity unit with two Solid Surface basins, brass taps and illuminated mirrors above; it offers an oasis of calm to escape to after a long day.
There is also a designer radiator for a warm towel. Finally, from the hall there is a separate wall-hung toilet with a hand basin and brass wall tap; bedroom number two can also be reached from the hall.
To top it all off, a beautiful green roof has been created on this floor.
• Energy label A++ in accordance with the tailor-made energy report
• Home automation system
• Video intercom system
• Underfloor heating throughout the home, adjustable per zone
• Renovation carried out under the supervision of a construction expert
• Layout and furnishing in accordance with the interior design
• Renewal of all technical installations
• High-efficiency boiler and a heat pump
• Sound-insulating measures on all floors
• Wooden strip parquet
• Luxury kitchen fitted with AEG / Siemens appliances
• 12-month warranty on the renovation
The home is delivered with the Cattenburg Standard
” a home that is ready for the future”
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
The neighbourhood is characterised by many small shops and restaurants, but also by a great deal of history, visible in the Art Nouveau buildings and the other 19th-century architecture.
The main shopping streets are the Prins Hendrikstraat, Piet Heinstraat, Zoutmanstraat and the Anna Paulownastraat.
Here you will find the nicest home-furnishing shops, trendy design stores, galleries, clothing boutiques, small supermarkets, vintage and book shops and numerous specialist stores.
The Zeeheldenkwartier is characterised by its many museums, cultural attractions and the many events that are organised
In the neighbourhood there is normally a market or event every week.
It is within walking distance of the centre, and in the Palace Gardens you can retreat into the greenery for a lovely walk. Also along the quay, which will soon look very different thanks to the opened Piet Heinplein to the canal.
History
The Bazarstraat was laid out by Dirk de Boer in 1868 as a connecting road between the Sophialaan and the Anna Paulownastraat, in his garden behind the Grote Koninklijke Bazar, one of the first department stores in the Netherlands (see photo), on the Zeestraat, of which he was the owner, and he named it after the Bazar.
In 1868 the Bazarstraat was opened to the public and in 1871 the municipality took over the street. Mainly spacious, stately houses for the well-to-do were built in the street.
Oriental goods, vases and carpets were sold in the Grote Koninklijke Bazar. Many important people from The Hague bought items there, such as the King but also Hendrik Willem Mesdag. A few vases he bought there can even still be seen in the Panorama Mesdag museum.
After 1900 the Bazar began to do worse. Because of the economic crisis even the wealthy in The Hague had less to spend and there was more competition from other shops. In 1927 the bazaar closed.
Around 1905, at Bazarstraat no. 8, the Inhalatorium of Dr Baéza was located for a few years, where people inhaled the air of medicinal herbs. At number 20, in the early 1900s, the dance institute of Hendrik Koopmans was established. Together with his daughter he taught dances such as the Minuet, the Gavotte and the more modern Two Steps. At number 17-19 was the then well-known ‘’ Restaurant de Bazarstraat ‘’.
Architecture
National monuments (Rijksmonumenten)
Bazarstraat 1. Built: c. 1860. Architectural style: eclecticism.
Bazarstraat 40. Built: 1899-1900. Architectural style: Art Nouveau.
Bazarstraat 40 was designed by architect J.W. Bosboom as one building block together with the four buildings Anna Paulownaplein 10 to 16. All are national monuments.
The Zeeheldenkwartier is a largely intact example of an expansion district for the middle classes, realised in the third and fourth quarters of the 19th century, characterised by a straight parcelling pattern and the closed building block. Of high quality are the many alterations carried out between 1900 and 1915, in which the ground-floor shopfronts in Neo-Renaissance and Art Nouveau style stand out in particular.
Typical features are:
-the largely well-preserved built environment, consisting of buildings of 2 or 3 storeys with tiled roofs from the second and third quarters of the 19th century, which forms an intact ensemble in combination with the urban pattern of straight streets,
-the typology of closed building blocks,
-the breakthrough of the Vondelstraat, recalling Berlage’s expansion plan, with high-quality architecture,
-the value of the Anna Paulownaplein and the Prins Hendrikplein as open squares in an otherwise densely built residential district,
-the predominant architectural movement of eclecticism in the eastern part of the district,
-the mixed form of architecture, in which Neo-Renaissance motifs are also used, in the western part of the district.