Drones, fences and roadblocks: How The Hague ramped up security for NATO summit

We are here in The Hague and the final security measures have just gone into effect before the start of the NATO summit.

Here in the city centre, life continues as normal.

Shops and restaurants are open and as you can see, people are roaming the streets freely.

But just a few streets ahead, the first road closure can already be seen.

This is Zeisrad, a popular street leading into the city center of The Hague, before the next few days completely closed off to the public.

Just beyond these gates are several high-end hotels that have been booked out to host high-profile leaders attending the summit.

This is the biggest security operation that the Netherlands has ever conducted.

27,000 police officers have been deployed as well as 5,000 soldiers.

The last time the country hosted a summit at a similar scale was the nuclear summit in 2014, which cost 24 million euros.

This one is expected to cost over 180 million euros, quite a bit more.

As we come closer to the summit venue, we begin to notice the major disruptions that the residents of the surrounding areas are facing.

But the real deal is here at the World Forum where the summit is taking place.

People that live within the security boundaries have to pass through checkpoints like these anytime they want to enter or exit.

At this checkpoint, people can pick up their daily newspapers complete with coffee and croissants.