location p.c. hooftstraat
The P . C . Hooftstraat is a shopping street in ___MASK52___ , Netherlands . In 1876 it was named after Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ( 1581 -- 1647 ) , a Dutch historian , poet and playwright . The street is located in the stadsdeel ___MASK52___ Oud - Zuid and runs from the Stadhouderskade to the Vondelpark . It is crossed by the Hobbemastraat and the ___MASK7___ Baerlestraat . In 1883 a horsecar - service started in this street to connect the Dam with the Willemsparkweg , one of the new upper - class neighbourhoods in ___MASK52___ - Zuid . In 1903 this horsecar was replaced by the new electric tramway line 2 . A year later another tramway , line 3 , also had the street in its route . This tramway was in existence until tracks were added on the Vondelbrug and both lines were switched to use the shorter route . In the last decade the P . C . Hooftstraat has developed to become one of the most expensive shopping streets in the Netherlands . Several Dutch and international and exclusive brands have stores here . The following stores are in the street : 7 For All Mankind Agent Provocateur Bally Brunello Cucinelli Bulgari Burberry Canali Cartier Chanel Chopard Church ' s Corneliani Dior Dolce & Gabbana Emporio Armani Ermenegildo Zegna Gucci Hackett London Hermès Hugo Boss IWC Jimmy Choo Laurel Louis Vuitton Michael Kors Montblanc Moncler Oger Philipp Plein Prada Paul Smith Ralph Lauren Rolex Salvatore Ferragamo Tiffany & Co Tommy Hilfiger Valentino Apartments here are among the most expensive in the city . The Order of Saint Michael is a French dynastic orders of chivalry , founded by Louis XI of ___MASK55___ on 1 August 1469 , in competitive response to the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece founded by Philip the Good , duke of Burgundy , Louis ' chief competitor for the allegiance of the great houses of ___MASK55___ , the Dukes of ___MASK83___ , Berry , and Brittany . As a chivalric order , its goal was to confirm the loyalty of its knights to the king . Originally , there were a limited number of knights , at first thirty - one , then increased to thirty - six including the king . An office of Provost was established in 1476 . The Order of St Michael was the highest Order in ___MASK55___ until it was superseded by the Order of the Holy Spirit . The Vondelpark is a public urban park of 47 hectares ( 120 acres ) in ___MASK52___ , Netherlands . It is part of the borough of ___MASK52___ - Zuid and situated west from the Leidseplein and the Museumplein . The park was opened in 1865 and originally named the " Nieuwe Park ", but later renamed to " Vondelpark ", after the 17th - century playwright and poet Joost ___MASK7___ den Vondel . Yearly , the park has around 10 million visitors . In the park is an open - air theatre , a playground and several " horeca " facilities . Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft ( 16 March 1581 in ___MASK52___  21 May 1647 in The Hague ) - Knight in the Order of Saint Michael - was a Dutch historian , poet and playwright from the period known as the Dutch Golden Age . Horeca ( or HORECA ) is an abbreviation used in ___MASK18___ for the food service industry . The term is a syllabic abbreviation of the words Hotel / Restaurant / Café . ___MASK12___ is the capital and most populous city in the Dutch province of ___MASK12___ . It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation and is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands with a population of in . Oud - Zuid ( English : Old South ) is the name of a neighbourhood and of a ( larger ) former borough ( stadsdeel ) of ___MASK52___ . ___MASK58___ , officially the Kingdom of ___MASK58___ , is a sovereign state in Western ___MASK18___ bordered by France , the Netherlands , Germany , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin ___MASK18___ , ___MASK58___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % of the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % of all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group of German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering Germany . ___MASK52___ is the capital and most populous municipality of the Kingdom of the Netherlands . Its status as the capital is mandated by the Constitution of the Netherlands , although it is not the seat of the government , which is The Hague . ___MASK52___ has a population of 847 , 176 within the city proper , 1 , 343 , 647 in the urban area , and 2 , 431 , 000 in the ___MASK52___ metropolitan area . The city is located in the province of North Holland in the west of the country . The metropolitan area comprises much of the northern part of the Randstad , one of the larger conurbations in Europe , with a population of approximately 7 million . The Dutch Golden Age was a period in Dutch history , roughly spanning the 17th century , in which Dutch trade , science , military , and art were among the most acclaimed in the world . The first half is characterized by the Eighty Years ' War which ended in 1648 . The Golden Age continued in peacetime during the ___MASK48___ until the end of the century . Joost ___MASK7___ den Vondel ( 17 November 1587  5 February 1679 ) was a Dutch poet , writer and playwright . He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century . His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed , and his epic " Joannes de Boetgezant " ( 1662 ), on the life of John the Baptist , has been called the greatest Dutch epic . Holland is a region and former province on the western coast of the ___MASK43___ . The name " Holland " is also frequently used to informally refer to the whole of the country of the ___MASK43___ . This usage is commonly accepted in other countries , and not entirely uncommon among the Dutch themselves , though some in the ___MASK43___ and particularly in other regions of the country may find it undesirable , misleading or insulting . North Holland (, West Frisian : " Noard - Holland ") is a province in the northwest of the ___MASK43___ . It is situated on the North Sea , north of South Holland and ___MASK12___ , and west of Friesland and Flevoland . As of 2015 , it has a population of 2 , 762 , 163 and a total area of . The Museumplein is a public space in the ___MASK63___ neighbourhood of the Amsterdam - Zuid borough in Amsterdam , Netherlands . Located at the Museumplein are three major museums  the Rijksmuseum , Van Gogh Museum , and Stedelijk Museum  and the concert hall Concertgebouw . The ___MASK43___ is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western ___MASK18___ with three island territories in the Caribbean . The European part of the ___MASK43___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK43___ are ___MASK52___ , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht . ___MASK52___ is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole of the country of the ___MASK43___ . The ___MASK86___ of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the ___MASK86___ ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western ___MASK18___ . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe Republic of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the ___MASK81___ , with the ___MASK4___ to its east , the ___MASK19___ to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in ___MASK18___ . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . The Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ , commonly known as the ___MASK43___ , is a sovereign state and constitutional monarchy with territory in western ___MASK18___ and in the Caribbean . The Constitution for the Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ . The present constitution is generally seen as directly derived from the one issued in 1815 , constituting a constitutional monarchy . A revision in 1848 instituted a system of parliamentary democracy . In 1983 , a major revision of the constitution was undertaken , almost fully rewriting the text and adding new civil rights . The text is very sober , devoid of legal or political doctrine . It includes a bill of rights . The constitution prohibits the judiciary to test laws and treaties against the constitution , as this is considered a prerogative of the legislature . There is no constitutional court in the ___MASK43___ , except for the Constitutional Court of Sint Maarten which only governs the Sint Maarten legislator . The Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ also includes Aruba , Curaçao and Sint Maarten : there is an overarching instrument of the entire kingdom that has constitution characterisics : the Statute of the Kingdom of the ___MASK43___ . The ___MASK4___ is a marginal sea of the ___MASK81___ located between Great Britain , Scandinavia , Germany , the Netherlands , ___MASK58___ , and France . An epeiric ( or " shelf ") sea on the European continental shelf , it connects to the ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north . It is more than long and wide , with an area of around . Western ___MASK18___ , also West ___MASK18___ , is the region comprising the western part of the European continent . There may be differences between the geopolitical and purely geographic definitions of the term . The Leidseplein is a square in ___MASK41___ ___MASK52___ , the Netherlands . Lying in the southwest of the Grachtengordel district of ___MASK52___ , the Leidseplein is immediately northeast of the Singelgracht canal . It is situated on the crossroads of the Weteringschans , the Marnixstraat , and the Leidsestraat . The Randstad is a ___MASK64___ in the central - western Netherlands consisting primarily of the four largest Dutch cities ( ___MASK52___ , Rotterdam , The Hague and Utrecht ) and their surrounding areas . Among other things , it contains the Port of Rotterdam ( the largest seaport in Europe , and until 2004 also the world ' s busiest seaport ), and ___MASK52___ Airport Schiphol ( one of the largest European airports ). With a population of 7 , 100 , 000 it is one of the largest metropolitan regions in Europe , comparable in size to Milan or the San Francisco Bay Area , and covers an area of approximately 8 , 287 km² . It ' s also one of the most important and densely populated economic areas in northwestern Europe . The ___MASK52___ metropolitan area is the city region around the city of ___MASK52___ , the capital of the Netherlands . It lies in the Noordvleugel (" North Wing ") of the larger polycentric Randstad metropolitan area and encompasses the city of ___MASK52___ , the Dutch provinces of North Holland and Flevoland , as well as 36 further municipalities within these two provinces , with a total population of over 2 . 4 million inhabitants . ___MASK94___ ( or "< nowiki >'</ nowiki > s - Gravenhage " ) is a city located in the western coast of the Netherlands , and the capital city of the province of South Holland . A historian is a person who researches , studies , and writes about the past , and is regarded as an authority on it . Historians are concerned with the continuous , methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race ; as well as the study of all history in time . If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history , the individual is a historian of prehistory . Although " historian " can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike , it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline . Some historians , though , are recognized by publications or training and experience . " Historian " became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in ___MASK15___ and elsewhere . ___MASK15___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK15___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in ___MASK41___ - western ___MASK18___ . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK15___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK15___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , ___MASK17___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK38___ is a city in the ___MASK43___ , located in South Holland , within the Rhine  Meuse  Scheldt river delta at the North Sea . Its history ___MASK8___ back to 1270 when a dam was constructed in the Rotte river by people settled around it for safety . In 1340 ___MASK38___ was granted city rights by the Count of Holland and slowly grew into a major logistic and economic centre . Nowadays it is home to ___MASK18___ ' s largest port and has a population of 633 , 471 ( city proper ), ranking second in the ___MASK43___ . The Greater Rijnmond area is home to approximately 1 . 4 million people and the ___MASK38___ The Hague Metropolitan Area makes for the 168th most populous urban area in the world . ___MASK38___ is part of the yet larger Randstad conurbation with a total population of 7 , 100 , 000 . The ___MASK60___ ( or ) is a region that consists of the ___MASK60___ Sea , its islands ( some surrounded by the ___MASK60___ Sea and some bordering both the ___MASK60___ Sea and the North ___MASK81___ ) and the surrounding coasts . The region is southeast of the ___MASK31___ and the North American mainland , east of Central America , and north of South America . An urban park / metropolitan park , also known as a municipal park ( ___MASK80___ ) or a public park , public open space , or municipal gardens ( ___MASK86___ ), is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of , and visitors to , the municipality . The design , operation and maintenance is usually done by government , typically on the local level , but may occasionally be contracted out to a private sector company .