Queens Day
Queens Day
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Dam Square, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Queen's Day in Amsterdam Mar 02, 2008
Held on the 30th of April, Queen's Day is one of the main Dutch national celebrations. Pretty much every town has some kind of festival going on, though most of it is concentrated around the big cities.
Major party spot of these is, of course, Amsterdam. Tens of thousands of people from throughout the country flood to the city, all dressed in orange, crowding the entire city centre. Large stages are placed at the major squares (Rembrandt-, Leidse-) boasting national and international DJ's and bands, and smaller stages, bands, DJ's and (of course) bars selling beer are all throughout the streets. The ambience is usually very, very nice with people cheerful and happy, and any disturbances are well controlled by the police (with riot cops at the ready) No matter what you've seen, I'm sure not much will compare to the total mayhem the city seems to be in during this day :D |
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Queens Day Blogs
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Apr 30, 2009
Queens Day starts with Queens Night (29th of April). Bars are open and in a lot of cities are performances of famous people. I went to my home town Amersfoort to celebrate this national event with a friend. I came home 5am and had to leave… Total madness in Amsterdam: Queens Day 2009 |
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Apr 26, 2007
After speaking with RuiRui, I realized I would miss the beginning of Queen's Day festivities if I stuck to my original plan, which would defeat the entire purpose of arriving that weekend. Queen's Day is a nationwide holiday celebrated in Amsterdam as an enormous all-city street party. It begins the night before the holiday… I LoOove Babies. Especially Dutch ones of Chinese Norwegian Swedish descent. |
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Apr 29, 2008
Koninginnedag, or Queens day, is a Dutch holiday celebrating the
Queen’s birthday. It’s celebrated yearly on April 29th or 30th which is
not actually the present Queen’s birthday. It’s her mothers birthday,
but she decided to keep the holiday on that day as a tribute… koninginnenacht/koninginnedag! |
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Apr 30, 2007
Under the good advice of some Dutch friends I decided to make the journey to The Netherlands for Queen's Day. It's not actually Queen Beatrix's birthday but the good lady was nice enough to continue to adopt her mum's date to avoid having to move it to the middle of winter. Top points there Trixy! So I got into… Koenniginnetag |
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Apr 29, 2008
Decided that as the last of my American friends in Eindhoven had gone home the last weekend, I may as well spend Queen's Day Eve with my new friends from Trav Buddy at the meet-up in Amsterdam. As I had decided to take off work on Monday and Tuesday, I decided to head up early to check out the latest books at the American… Queen's Day Eve in Amsterdam |
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