Laan van Meerdervoort
The crossing of the Laan van Meerdervoort and the Zoutmanstraat as seen from the tower of Gymnasium Haganum | |
Interactive map of Laan van Meerdervoort | |
| Length | 5,800 m (19,000 ft) |
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| Location | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Construction | |
| Construction start | 1875 |
| Completion | 1960 |
| Other | |
| Known for | The longest avenue in the Netherlands; isogloss of The Hague dialect |
The Laan van Meerdervoort (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlaːɱ vɑˈmeːrdərvoːrt]) is an avenue in The Hague. At a length of 5.8 km, it is (as of 2011) the longest avenue in the Netherlands.[1][2]
The Laan van Meerdervoort is more or less an isogloss of two sub-varieties of The Hague dialect. The posher variety called dàftig, Haegs or bekakt Haags is spoken roughly north of it, whereas a working-class variety called plat Haags or Hèègs is spoken roughly south of the Laan van Meerdervoort.
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