Road to Summit, The Hague programme of Peace and Justice

Murals in The Hague in the spirit of NATO summit

The NATO summit will take place in The Hague on 24 and 25 June. In the run-up to this moment, the municipality of The Hague, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the NATO summit have challenged young artists to capture the mission of the alliance in a 3D image: protecting a billion people.

Competition

Under the theme "Maintaining our Shared Future", young, ambitious makers from the Netherlands and abroad submitted their designs for a commemorative mural. From dozens of entries, a professional jury – including Dutch experts Michiel Corver, director of The Hague Street Art and Rebecca van Leeuwen, founder of Rabarber and board member of Wijkoverleg Statenkwartier – selected not one, but two winning designs. 

From Vilnius, to Washington to The Hague

This is the third annual mural competition to mark a NATO summit and underline the alliance’s crucial role in protecting a billion people in Europe and North America. The city hosting the NATO summit will receive the winning mural. Jan van Zanen unveiled the mural on Stadhouderslaan in The Hague today.

'With the help of street artist Tobias Becker Hoff, both designs came together in this magnificent mural within the theme ‘Maintaining our Shared Future’. A keepsake from the summit where we collectively stood up for our freedom and where we celebrated the wealth of our free culture.'-Mayor Jan van Zanen


Winners 2025:

  • Artist Riivo Kruuk, Estonia:
    “A peaceful day, a tribute to Dutch painters like Vermeer”
  • Artist Diederik Dijkgraaf, the Netherlands: “The NATO-dove: protecting 1 billion citizens.”
    The flags in the feathers represent all 32 NATO countries.

NAVO-mural Den Haag photographer Jurriaan Brobbel

Artists from The Hague reflect on peace and justice

In the run-up to the NATO summit, a street art mural was also created in each city district in the spirit of peace and justice. The Hague Street Art brought together the 8 artists from The Hague. These creative artists from The Hague got to work on creating a mural in the spirit of peace and justice for each city district. Inspired by various themes, the artists give their vision on themes such as Peace and Justice, Democracy, Inclusion, (In)Equality and Diversity, Climate and (Cyber)security.

View the other 8 works of art from all city districts and read more about them here.

Photographer Jurriaan Brobbel

'Haagse Harry with a red, heart-shaped balloon. Inspired by the mural Balloon Girl by Banksy.'

  • District Scheveningen, De Stadhouder, Stadhouderslaan (thv. nr. 9)
  • Artist: ArtDrenaline (Patrick Goos)
  • Theme: Peace and Justice with a Hague twist