World Forum (The Hague)
The World Forum is a concert venue and convention centre in The Hague, Netherlands, near the buildings of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and one of the administrative offices of the International Baccalaureate.
History
It was opened in 1969 and was designed in the Dutch functionalism style by architect Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud. His son, Hans Oud, completed the construction after his father's death in 1963.In 2006 a part of the convention center, including the Statenhal, was demolished to make place for the Europol building. Many concerts and festivals had been held there before, such as the annual North Sea Jazz Festival, and the Eurovision Song Contests of 1976 and 1980. Between 2006 and 2010 The Hague Jazz festival was held at the World Forum. Since 2011 the festival is held in the Kyocera Stadium.
Events
;Nederlands Congresgebouw- Wings β 20β21 August 1972
- Eurovision Song Contest β 1976 and 1980
- North Sea Jazz Festival β 1976β2005
- National Song Festival β 22 February 1978
- Finch β 14 November 1978
- Eric Clapton β 24 February 1990
- 48th World Science Fiction Convention β 23β27 August 1990
- Toto β 30 November 1990
- a-ha β 4 April 1991
- Celine Dion β 27 May 1995
- Backstreet Boys β 9 December 1996
- Sarah Brightman β 22 May 1999
- Laura Pausini β 18 January 2002
- Laura Pausini β 13 March 2005
- The Hague Jazz β 2006β2010
- International Conference on Afghanistan β 31 March 2009
- Meet the Future, Science & Technology Summit β 18 November 2010
- The Hague International Model United Nations β Annually
- AnimeCon - Anime Convention β Annually
- Nuclear Security Summit β 24β25 March 2014
- Nick Cave β 16 to 17 May 2015
- Global Entrepreneurship Summit β 4β5 June 2019
- Ukraine Accountability Conference β 14 July 2022
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy speech β 4 May 2023
- IUPAC-CHAINS 2023 β 18β25 August 2023
- 2025 The Hague NATO summit β 24β26 June 2025