The passage in The Hague is the oldest existing shopping center in the Netherlands. It was inaugurated in 1885 by the NV’s-Gravenhaagsche Passage Maatschappij, which was co-founded by the well-known Hagenaar Petrus Josephus de Sonnaville , also one of the founders of the Kurhaus in Scheveningen. The original passage from 1885 leads from the Spuistraat to the Buitenhof. The oldest part was designed by the architects Herman Wesstra jr. And JC van Wijk built, which was greatly simplified by the Belgian architect Henri Rieck. It is built in an internationally oriented neo-renaissance style. In 1929 the third arm to Hofweg was added to the hiking area. The expressionist design comes from Jos. Duijnstee.