Queensday Netherlands 2009 - dutch party, orange crazyness or drinking paradise

30.Apr.2009 Because today the dutch celebrate their queen's day, I will outline a few facts on this event. Queen's day or "Koninginnedag" (in dutch) is a national feast (probably the biggest one) in the Netherlands and on this occasion, the people throughout the country celebrate the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands. Now it follows the funny aspect. The present queen of the dutch is Queen Beatrix and her birthday is on 31th of January. As winter period is not the best time to party outdoor, Beatrix decided to celebrate her birthday on 30 of April which is actually the birthday of her mother, Queen Juliana. Therefore Queen Beatrix is a kind and lovely queen and offered the opportunity to the dutch the celebrate with the best possible weather in this country. What is the most representative on queen's day? Obviously the orange colour and implicitly orange crazyness. What can you see on this day in a city (like e.g Amsterdam)??? the answer is simple: all over orange banners, concerts, full terraces and clubs, drinks, food, drinks, drunkers and again drinks.
Koninginnenacht or Queen's Night. Something more here. The dutch are cautious people and they know that one day is not enough to party. For that reason they decided to start "the beginning of the end" on the evening ahead the Queen's day, more precise 7 PM. The conclusion is simple up to here: party, sleep, party, sleep and so on. To back up the above afirmations, I will come up with pictures and videos in...3 days from now, although images from previous years can be easily found on Youtube. Cheers and "juicht"
2009 Queensday tragedy. Royal birthday car crash: A nice day shadowed by a tragic car attack aimed at Royal family. Following the crash 7 people died and some others are injured.
Watch video "Koninginnedag Apeldoorn auto ongeluk 2009" - Apeldoorn car accident 2009/04/30