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The Hague photographer Milene van Arendonk. Pays tribute to the Hague Coffee Shop… A coffee shop or coffee house is, as Harry Jekkers so aptly described it at the time, "a wooden shack measuring five by six meters, where all the world's problems fit, and the workers solve them quickly and analyze them in a few seconds over a cup of coffee." Nowadays, there are various coffee shops, coffee tents, and coffee kiosks of varying sizes. But they're still the place to find work, to solve world problems, and, of course, to enjoy a cup of coffee and a meatball sandwich. Although there are still quite a few coffee shops, they are in danger of disappearing from the streets. One is becoming a Thai shop, another a Surinamese sandwich shop. Documentary photographer Milene van Arendonk considers this a terrible shame and stylishly captures the coffee shops before they threaten to disappear from The Hague's streets. I recently met with Milene van Arendonk to discuss her plan for a new photo book about The Hague's coffee shop. And where do you meet? A coffee shop, of course. Frits and Anja from Koffiekiosk t pleintje welcomed us warmly and treated us to coffee and a "besguitstuiter" with "sallûf" (meatball sandwich with mayonnaise). You can support Milene; for more information, visit: Facebook: De Haagse Koffietent.