• Roses peak in summer, when about 20,000 bushes bloom in the Rosarium, so a winter visit is mostly lawn and paths
• International Rose Contest on the second Thursday of July, when a jury gives new varieties their final judging
• De Parade theater festival sets up in the park every July, so expect crowds that month

Westbroekpark is an 18-hectare park between Madurodam and Scheveningen, built around one big central lawn. Its showpiece is the International Rosarium, where about 20,000 rose bushes bloom in summer on some 300 beds.

A trail of 17 sculptures by 20th-century Dutch artists runs through the park, including a bronze Puss in Boots for kids to find. Two World War II bunkers still stand in the grounds.