{"id":2989,"date":"2010-04-26T10:52:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T00:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2010-04-26T10:52:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-26T00:52:40","slug":"koninginnedag-queens-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/amsterdam-nederlands\/koninginnedag-queens-day","title":{"rendered":"Koninginnedag or Queen&#039;s Day in the Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>April 30th is <strong><em>Koninginnedag <\/em><\/strong>in the Netherlands, a national holiday.  On this day the entire country celebrates the <strong>Queen&#8217;s birthday<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Queen Beatrix&#8217;s birthday is actually on January 31st and April 30th is the birthday of her mother Queen Juliana. However, as the weather is warmer in April, Queen Beatrix has kept April 30th as the official date.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2995\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/travelsignposts.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Istock_Tulip-Field.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2995\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-2995\" title=\"Istock_Tulip Field\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Istock_Tulip-Field.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Istock_Tulip-Field.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Istock_Tulip-Field.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulip Field <\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the Netherlands during <em>Koninginnedag <\/em>celebrations, you&#8217;ll see orange everywhere &#8211; orange banners, people dressed in all kinds of orange gear and accessories and even orange coloured food and drinks.  It&#8217;s <strong><em>oranjegekte <\/em><\/strong>or the<strong> &#8220;orange craze&#8221;<\/strong> a reference to the royal family and the <strong>House of Orange<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another interesting sight on <em>Koninginnedag <\/em>is <strong><em>vrijmarkt <\/em><\/strong>or <strong>&#8220;freemarket&#8221;<\/strong>.  On this one day people all over the country are allowed to sell things in the streets without having to pay taxes on their sales!\u00a0  People may set up stalls or have their goods on blankets in the parks or on sidewalks. It&#8217;s not just the car boot sales or flea market sales that are exempt from tax, commercial traders benefit from this one day of <strong>tax-free sales<\/strong>.\u00a0 Naturally, the amount of sales clocked up on this one day is huge.<\/p>\n<p>All over the Netherlands there are parties, musical performances  and concerts, including <em><strong>Koninginnenacht <\/strong><\/em>(Queen&#8217;s Night) and <strong><em>Koninginnedans <\/em><\/strong>(Queen&#8217;s Dance).<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re thinking of having a city break in the Netherlands and you don&#8217;t mind the crowds, April 30th is an entertaining time to be there and you never know what you&#8217;ll find at some of these car boot sales!\u00a0 And while you&#8217;re there, it&#8217;s a fabulous time to see the Netherlands&#8217; famous spring gardens at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Netherlands\/sightseeing\/keukenhof-tulip-festival\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Keukenhof<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 30th is Koninginnedag in the Netherlands, a national holiday. 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