World Forum (The Hague)

Convention center in The Hague, Netherlands

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Dutch. (July 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

View a machine-translated version of the Dutch article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at [[:nl:World Forum]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|nl|World Forum}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

52°5′34.5″N 4°16′55.9″E / 52.092917°N 4.282194°E / 52.092917; 4.282194OwnerMunicipality of The Hague
Trammell Crow Nederland Property Projects (2001–2009)
GL Events (2009–2013)Capacity2,161 (theater)^[1]ConstructionBroke ground30 June 1964Built1964–1969Opened14 March 1969Renovated1996, 2005Expanded1986–1989Demolished2006 (Statenhal)ArchitectJacobus Johannes Pieter OudMain contractorsBallast NedamWebsitewww.worldforum.nl

The World Forum (originally known as Nederlands Congresgebouw and formerly Nederlands Congres Centrum and World Forum Convention Center) is a concert venue and convention centre in The Hague, Netherlands, near the buildings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and one of the administrative offices of the International Baccalaureate.

History

It was opened in 1969 and was designed in the Dutch functionalism style by architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud. His son, Hans Oud, completed the construction after his father's death in 1963.

In 2006 a part of the convention center, including the Statenhal, was demolished to make place for the Europol building. Many concerts and festivals had been held there before, such as the annual North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Eurovision Song Contests of 1976 and 1980. Between 2006 and 2010 The Hague Jazz festival was held at the World Forum (to replace the moved North Sea Jazz festival, which is now held in Rotterdam). Since 2011 the festival is held in the Kyocera Stadium.^[2]

Events

Nederlands Congresgebouw

Wings – 20 to 21 August 1972
Eurovision Song Contest – 1976 and 1980
North Sea Jazz Festival – 1976 till 2005
National Song Festival – 22 February 1978 (won by Harmony with their song 't Is OK)
Finch – 14 November 1978 (their final concert)
Eric Clapton – 24 February 1990
48th World Science Fiction Convention – 23 to 27 August 1990
Toto – 30 November 1990
a-ha – 4 April 1991

Nederlands Congres Centrum

Celine Dion – 27 May 1995
Backstreet Boys – 9 December 1996
Sarah Brightman – 22 May 1999
Laura Pausini – 18 January 2002
Laura Pausini – 13 March 2005

World Forum Convention Center

The Hague Jazz – 2006 till 2010
International Conference on Afghanistan – 31 March 2009
Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit – 18 November 2010
The Hague International Model United Nations (THIMUN) – Annually

World Forum

AnimeCon - Anime Convention – Annually
Nuclear Security Summit – 24 to 25 March 2014
Nick Cave – 16 to 17 May 2015
Global Entrepreneurship Summit – 4 to 5 June 2019^[3]^[4]^[5]
Ukraine Accountability Conference – 14 July 2022^[6]^[7]
Volodymyr Zelenskyy speech – 4 May 2023^[8]^[9]^[10]
IUPAC-CHAINS 2023 – 18 to 25 August 2023
2025 The Hague summit – 24 to 26 June 2025^[11]

References

^ World Forum Theater
^ The Hague Jazz official site
^ "Global Entrepreneurship Summit". World Forum. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
^ Interview U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra | GES 2019, retrieved 2023-12-27
^ Zaken, Ministerie van Buitenlandse (2019-06-04). "Ondernemerstop GES van start" [Entrepreneur summit GES starts]. Rijksoverheid (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
^ "Council of Europe at the Ministerial Ukraine Accountability Conference". Council of Europe. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
^ Full opening of the Ukraine Accountability Conference | July 14 | The Hague, retrieved 2023-12-27
^ "Oekraïense president Zelensky speecht in Den Haag, met staande ovatie ontvangen" (in Dutch). Het Parool. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Terugkijken: de speech van Zelensky" (Video). nos.nl. NOS. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
^ "Speech Zelensky in World Forum The Hague". World Forum (in Dutch). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
^ Klaassen, Niels (24 May 2024). "Den Haag organiseert in 2025 de Navo-top: mega-event kost 95 miljoen" [The Hague hosts NATO summit in 2025: Huge event will cost 95 million]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 May 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Forum Convention Center.

Official website of the World Forum
Official website of AnimeCon

Preceded by Stockholmsmässan Stockholm	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1976	Succeeded by Wembley Conference Centre London
Preceded by International Convention Center Jerusalem	Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1980	Succeeded by RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion Dublin

Eurovision Song Contest

Contests

Countries

Active	Albania Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal San Marino Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
Inactive	Andorra Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Hungary Monaco Montenegro Morocco North Macedonia Romania Slovakia Turkey
Ineligible	Belarus Russia
Former	Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia
Debut attempts	Lebanon Liechtenstein Tunisia
Relations	Armenia–Azerbaijan Russia–Ukraine

National
selections

Current	Albania Denmark Estonia Finland Georgia Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Norway Portugal Serbia Spain Sweden Ukraine
Former	Armenia Australia Georgia Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Israel Israel Song Festival Kdam Eurovision The X Factor Israel Malta Netherlands North Macedonia Poland Krajowe Eliminacje Szansa na Sukces Russia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia Slovakia Spain United Kingdom Yugoslavia

Other awards

Special shows

EBU	Eurovision Song Contest Previews Songs of Europe (1981) Kvalifikacija za Millstreet (1993) Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest (2005) Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits (2015) EurovisionAgain (2020–2021) Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light (2020)
National	Die Grand Prix Hitliste (2006) Het Grote Songfestivalfeest (2019, 2022–) Der kleine Song Contest (2020) ESC 2020 – das deutsche Finale (2020) Eurovision: Come Together (2020) Sveriges 12:a (2020)