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Tong Tong Fair: 29 May - 9 June
Address
Koningskade 1
Zipcode
2596 AA
City
The Hague
Website
www.tongtongfair.nl
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Balinese dancer

Information

The Tong Tong Fair in The Hague (since 1959) is the biggest Indonesian festival in the world. It's a combination of a cultural festival, exhibition and food festival, in an archipelago of tents.

The goal of the Tong Tong festival is to foster Indies Eurasian culture (a fusion of East and West) and to broaden public understanding of its history. Indies Eurasian culture is a centuries old culture, which began when European traders sailed to the Indonesian archipelago and set up their trading posts.


Detailed information

The Hague, popularly known as the "Indies Eurasian capital of the world", not only for historic reasons, but also because of the widespread familiarity among the people of The Hague with the Indies culture. From 1945 until the mid-sixties, roughly 300,000 people migrated from Indonesia to the Netherlands. Most of them were people of mixed descent (Eurasians, "Indos"), born and raised in the Dutch East Indies. The integration of these migrants into Dutch society was a success story. Indos today are hardly considered an ethnic minority by the native Dutch, and nor are they classified as such by the government.


How to get there

Just 5 minutes walking from Den Hague Central Station to "het Malieveld" situated at "de Koningskade". It takes 30 minutes to reach The Hague from Schiphol Airport by train or car.


Opening hours and days

Daily 10:00 - 22:00


Prices

Normal: 11,50  (weekend 14,50) 65+: 7,50 (weekend 9,00) Kids 4 - 11 years: 4,50 CJP: 9,50