Every april 30th we celebrate Queensday in Holland. It was the birthday of Juliana, former queen and mother of our present queen Beatrix. Our flag is red,white and blue. Since the name of the Dutch monarchs is "van Oranje-Nassau" (of Orange-Nassau)  our national banner has always been orange. Therefore, the Dutch national color has always been orange too.On Queensday all streets look orange. People dress up in orange. Orange drinks, orange cakes, orange hats are everywhere. This is only matched when the Dutch footballteam is playing important games, like in the World Cup Football or European Cup Football.All day long there are parties outside. Everybody is cheerfull. Raves, eateries on the street. One big party!!The largest park in Amsterdam, the Vondelpark, is for children. They'll show their tricks, sing a song, play an instrument, sell their old toys. Trying to earn a bit of money to put in their piggy bank. It was there that I was taking pictures:           

hahahaha koninginnen dag lol

Happy Queens Day. I missed it this year! Will try to join the next Queens day

Too bad i missed it hehe i back from holland apirl16 ..wish next year i can join it hehe..thanks for sharing photo ka.

Love them!! thanks Joeri...

been there a few years ago with koninginnen dag in amsterdam was fun to be there and sometimes so funny to see the people also

They are nice pictures, thanks. It is pity I missed it this year, but next year I wont

I like the boy who sold toys

GbBw and Yositayuri: thanks for visiting!

Riya and Nu: missing Amsterdam?

Not silly you: Haarlem is a beautiful town! Picturesque and close to Amsterdam as well!

Kenny: It's a wacky day indeed!

Aom: Yes, it's my favourite picture too!

Looks like a really fun day. I think the people in the pictures are on the verge of exploding because of all the fun they're having.

You wanna know the quadratic equation for fun? Myself + a bar girl + a bottle of sang som + some cheap hotel = SANOOK!!!!

Smoke tabs, drink booze and listen to rock 'n' roll.

It's a very relaxed day.... for children in the park: they are always a bit lazy...waiting for clients that never come.... Or a bit nervouse when they have a show or play an instrument...

Next year I will shoot some pictures in the streets of Amsterdam...

Then you see that it's real fun....!!

they look nice hope i can join someday

Thanks for your comments Nu and Vivien!

good way to learn sth. about another country , hehe thank you for sharing :-)

Great pics, thx for sharing ja. Yuri. ))

Thanks Lan and Ni ja

The difference of life stlye is always interesting ja Kroo Yuri. )))

Looking forward to next journal na ja...

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I don't think I told you that I was half Dutch (on my father's side I was orginally a STOKVIS)!

Good to see these photographs and thank you for sharing.

Robert