Queen's day (
Koninginnedag in Dutch) is a day of madness in Amsterdam. It was also a great idea of Marianne's (sense a pattern yet!) - Takes place on the 30th of April... yes, yes, I'm behind in the blog), to celebrate the previous Queen's Birthday. The most unique part of Queen's Day is that anyone has the right to sell their property on the street. This turns Amsterdam and many other Dutch cities into 1 giant flea market.
Other celebrations include partying, partying, and more partying. Almost 1 million people come to A'dam on Queens day (Pop. of Holland is 6 million) - Ever street, every park, and every canal is packed.
Tradition is to wear Orange... so the streets look like a river of orange. Here I am checking the time using the clocks I bought in the street!
does this hat have flower eyes?
ReplyDeleteHa ha - it very well might!
ReplyDeleteIt's ok to be behind in the blogs [seeing as how I dedicated today to catching up and earning my souvenirs ;)]
ReplyDeleteomg though... those streets are PACKED! It's like being at a city size amusement park
HAHAHA my confirmation word for that last post was "unbrum" :) it made me chuckle enough to warrant this post
ReplyDeleteI also JUST noticed all those clocks in your hands. Guessing you have a lot of time on your hands in Holland?
ReplyDeleteAlso your bottom clock isn't set to the correct time... ;)
ReplyDeleteUhh, why so many clocks?
ReplyDeletepartayyy
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