Tuesday 17 November 1998 - I had intended to inspect the Konings-tunnel they are building in The Hague (during the lunch-break) but I didn't dare. The fence of the building-site was wide open but I thought I would be too conspicuous in my office-clothes. All the workmen wore old checquered shirts, old jeans and helmets. So I continued my walk and ended up in the city-hall. It's a beautiful white building, with a large inside space and glass elevators.
I hung around on the 11th floor until a janitor went inside pushing his cart of cleaning supplies. I held the door open for him and went in after him. On the 11th floor is the cafetaria of the city hall. There are also several meeting rooms. I tried several doors untill I found one that was open and gave access to the terrace/roof. I had my camera with me so I took some new view-pictures for the website. In the cafetaria you could donate money for the victims in Honduras and Nicaragua so I also took this chance ...
In the city-information center in the city-hall I found out that there are guided tours through the tunnel-buliding-sites, so I immediately put my name on the list for the tour of the 21st November.
On the opposite side of the city hall is the FORUM-building. I also went in there and took a picture of the view from the 12th floor. The door to the roof was locked, but the door to the air-conditioning installation was open. After I gathered all my courage I switched on the lights and started to install the flashlight on my camera. Then I stood in the middle of the room, ready to take a picture. In that very moment the door opened and an engineer came in! We were both equally startled. He didn't threaten to call the security but he insisted that I should take no pictures without asking permission first. So I have no pictures of this one. My lunch-break had taken 1 hour longer than planned, so I had to make up for this in the evening.
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