From 29 April until 28 June, the 19th annual International Sand Sculpture Festival is held at Scheveningen Beach in The Hague. This is an event worth seeing: feast your eyes on impossibly high sand sculptures created by international artists, all conforming to the theme of "sport." Why sport? The story goes that the theme is being used to promote the idea of The Hague as a city for professional sports.

Where do sculptors get their materials? An article at denhaag.nl explains:

A sand sculpture is a construction made out of sand and water and is nearly any shape. The secret behind the long-lasting sand sculptures featured in the International Sand Sculpture Festival lies in the sort of sand which is used. The white sand from Scheveningen beach is unsuitable. Beach sand is rounded due to tidal wash and wind, but sculpturing sand is less eroded and has a rougher structure in order to stack it up to a high level. This sand comes from the river Maas and has been transported along with the river from the Alpes (mineral sand). These grains are similar to a dice form and fit into and onto each other.

Pick a sunny day to explore the boulevard and beach pavilions of Scheveningen and admire the sculptures.