British Embassy in The Hague

Ambassade de Royaume-Uni Ă  The Hague, Pays-Bas

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The Hague's prestigious Lange Voorhout hosts Britain's embassy to Netherlands where historic Anglo-Dutch connections meet post-Brexit relationship adjustments and massive cross-channel ties. The mission maintains extraordinarily close bilateral relationship built on centuries of cultural exchange, Dutch royal family's British connections including wartime exile, NATO partnership, shared maritime heritage, and enormous people-to-people links despite Brexit strains. British tourists visit Netherlands in massive numbers seeking Amsterdam's canals, museums, and liberal culture, Keukenhof's spring tulip displays, windmills at Kinderdijk, The Hague's international institutions, Rotterdam's modern architecture, cycling infrastructure, cheese markets, and accessible weekend breaks short flight from UK. British expats form enormous community in Amsterdam's international business sector, technology companies, and across Netherlands drawn by English language proficiency, cycling culture, and European base opportunities. British businesses engage extensively in Netherlands' financial services through Amsterdam's post-Brexit shift attracting UK firms, energy sector with Shell's Anglo-Dutch heritage, logistics through Rotterdam port connecting British trade, technology partnerships, and agricultural exports to UK market. The embassy coordinates post-Brexit relationship adjustments as British community navigates residence permits and business regulatory changes, facilitates bilateral trade maintaining Netherlands as major UK partner, and represents British interests in international court host nation. Staff support large British resident population facing Brexit documentation, process significant visa applications for Dutch nationals visiting UK family and business connections, and maintain presence in stable, prosperous nation with closest cultural ties to Britain. The mission represents British interests in crucial European partner where historical Protestant alliance, Orange-Nassau British royal connections, World War II liberation memories, and mutual trade dependencies create uniquely close relationship tested by Brexit but sustained through centuries of partnership making Anglo-Dutch ties among Britain's most important bilateral relationships globally.
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British Embassy in The Hague