De Horsten, estate of the Royal family

De Horsten – Raaphorst, Eikenhorst and Ter Horst
Entrance Horstlaan, a second entrance is located on the Papelaan.
Hunting lodge Ter Horst (rebuilt in 1863), interior: P.F.W. Mouton;
Caretaker’s cottage Raaphorst (~ 1712)
Schiethuis [house with shooting range] Raaphorst (~ 1860), architect: Hermann Wentzel
Eikenhorst (1985-87), mansion in historicizing style, architect: J.B. van Asbeck
De Horsten is the private property of the Dutch royal family.
In part open to the public

The vegetation at De Horsten is not native. It may seem that way but everything is man-made. This winding brook, that hillock and those groves were all conceived on the drawing board of German garden architect Eduard Petzold. In 1854, Prince Frederik of the Netherlands, resident of De Paauw palace, commissioned Petzold to combine and shape all the Wassenaar properties the prince had acquired over the years into one large park. The ‘Horsten’, i.e. Ter Horst (mostly located in Voorschoten), Raaphorst and Eikenhorst, made up more than half of this park. Today Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and his family live at Eikenhorst.