Laan van Meerdervoort | |
Length M: | 5800 |
Location: | The Hague, Netherlands |
Construction Start Date: | 1875 |
Completion Date: | 1960 |
Known For: | The longest avenue in the Netherlands; isogloss of The Hague dialect |
The Laan van Meerdervoort (pronounced as /nl/) is an avenue in The Hague. At a length of 5.8 km, it is (as of 2011) the longest avenue in the Netherlands.[1] [2]
The Laan van Meerdervoort is more or less an isogloss of two subvarieties of The Hague dialect. The posher variety called dàftig, Haegs or bekakt Haags is spoken roughly north of it, whereas a low-class variety called plat Haags or Hèègs is spoken roughly south of the Laan van Meerdervoort.