Voorburg is a town in the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg in the province of South Holland of the Netherlands. Leidschendam-Voorburg (population: 73,832 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... South Holland (Dutch Zuid-Holland) is a province of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country on the North Sea coast. ...

The cities of Leidschendam and Voorburg are now merged together under the new city name "Leidschendam-Voorburg". Situated adjecent to the city of The Hague they are often regarded as its suburb. Leidschendam-Voorburg (population: 73,832 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ... Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ...

Voorburg, the most densely populated of the three towns in the municipality, has its roots in the 2nd century A.D., when the Romans built the stronghold Forum Hadriani there. They also dug the canal, which is now known as the Vliet and is still very characteristic for Voorburg.

Famous inhabitants of Voorburg include 17th century author and poet Constantijn Huygens, who spent many years building his small country house Hofwijck with adjacent geometrically shaped gardens alongside the Vliet. His son, famous astronomer and mathematician Christiaan Huygens, also spent several years in his father's Voorburg country house. The house, located next to the main railway station, now functions as a museum. Spinoza also lived in Voorburg from 1663 to 1670. Constantijn Huygens (September 4, 1596 - March 28, 1687) was a Dutch poet and composer and the father of Christiaan Huygens. ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: ) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ... Baruch Spinoza Benedictus de Spinoza (November 24, 1632 - February 21, 1677), named Baruch Spinoza by his synagogue elders and known as Bento de Spinoza or Bento dEspiñoza in the community in which he grew up. ...

Voorburg hosts the major branch of the country's statistics institute, the CBS, which provides most of the statistical data used by the government. CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) is a major television network and radio broadcaster in the United States. ...