Burgen en Horsten, Den Haag

Living in Burgen en Horsten

Burgen en Horsten is city living in its most compact form, and living here overwhelmingly means apartment living — 90% of the stock is flats.

At 7,163 residents per km² the buurt is busy without being packed.

Den Haag combines government and expat demand — ministries, embassies, international courts and Shell — with one of the widest price ranges of any Dutch city: stately streets near the dunes at one end, dense and affordable neighborhoods a couple of kilometers inland at the other.

The housing market in Burgen en Horsten

At €255,000 average WOZ value, Burgen en Horsten ranks 81 out of 110 Den Haag neighborhoods on price — 31% below the city median, leaving room in the budget that pricier neighborhoods would swallow. For scale: Den Haag's cheapest buurt averages €82,000 and its most expensive €919,000, so Burgen en Horsten sits in the middle band of the city.

The direction of the market: between 2015 and 2025 the average WOZ value here rose from €118,000 to €277,000, up 135% — faster than the city as a whole (+125%). WOZ values lag the market by about a year, but the trend itself is reliable.

Ownership is split: 37% owner-occupied against 63% rental, including 37% social housing. Enough homes trade hands to give you comparable sales, but check what's actually for sale versus rented in the specific block you're eyeing — the mix can flip from one street to the next.

Who lives here

Demographically, Burgen en Horsten is a young-adult neighborhood — the 25-to-45 group outnumbers everyone else (31% of its 6,700 residents), followed by 45-to-65 year olds at 24%. More than half of all households (57%) are single-person — this is a neighborhood of independents, not minivans. The average household counts 1.7 people.

As for who your neighbors would be: incomes skew modest — 53% of households are in the lower national bracket; average income per resident is €32,000 a year.

Daily errands, coffee and dinner

Day to day: the nearest large supermarket is about 6 minutes' walk; dining out means a short trip: only 4 cafés or restaurants sit within a kilometer.

The practical checklist most buyers forget to make: pharmacy 7 min walk · GP 6 min · hospital 2.7 km · library 1.7 km · 4 cinemas within 5 km. None of these will decide a purchase on their own, but a GP taking new patients nearby is the kind of thing you only miss after moving.

Families and schools

For families: 3 primary schools within a kilometer means real choice — and short bike rides; daycare is well covered (4 locations nearby) — though Dutch waiting lists mean you register the week you know you're expecting, not the week you need it; secondary school is a 2-minute bike ride, which Dutch teenagers do in all weather.

Getting around

Getting around: the station is a 6-minute cycle, standard Dutch commuting range; a highway on-ramp 1.4 km away makes car trips easy — check whether through-traffic noise reaches the street you're considering; and at 0.6 cars per household, most residents simply don't own one — if you do, factor in permit costs and waiting lists before you buy.

Energy and running costs

91% of homes were built before 2000. Two identical-looking houses on the same street can differ by hundreds of euros a month once heating is counted — the energy label tells you which one you're looking at, and lenders increasingly price it into your mortgage too.

Before you bid in Burgen en Horsten

Before you bid in Burgen en Horsten: much of Den Haag sits on soft soil, and pre-1970 homes may stand on wooden piles — since the 2026 appraisal rules, a foundation risk class (A–E) appears in every valuation, so check it before you bid, not after the deal is already emotional. Also, the price gap with the rest of Den Haag is real, but so is the reason for it — walk the neighborhood at different times of day before committing.

None of these averages can tell you whether the specific house you found is fairly priced — that depends on its size, energy label, state of maintenance and the recent sales around it. That is exactly what a free HomeReview report checks, in about 10 seconds, for any Dutch address.

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