Queen’s day celebration is a national holiday in the Netherlands. The day happens on the 30th April annually and is dedicated tomarking the day of birth of the Queen of the Netherlands. The main focus of the event is that it’s ment to to unite people, disseminating the sense of harmonyamongst the people of the Netherlands.
In the past the Queens Day Celebration originally begun on the 31st August 1885, on the birthday of Princess Wilhelmina, soon to be called as Queen Wilhelmina. The Queen’s day celebrations are well known for their freemarkets up and down the country. Similar toopen markets that take place throughout the country. In Dutch these markets also called as vrijmarkt, the intention of the markets is that all people are allowed to sell whatever they want around the markets, leaving in a sort of nation wide market.
The Queens Day Celebrations in the Netherlands also includes fun things to do such as a a number of different kids games, amazing bands and an loads of small music gigs. A number of cities throughout the Netherlandstake part in in the Queens day celebration on the day prior the actual day too – this is known as Queens Night. The cities that host the greatest merriment during the Queens Day events in the Netherlands are of course Amsterdam in the day time, Queen’s Night is held in The Hague and the Queen’s Dance takes place in Rotterdam.
A common sight that visitors travelling to the celebrationscan expect to seeare people dressed inthe colour orange. Orange is used to symbolise the Dutch Royal Family’s House Of Orange. Stalls is thus wearing orange as well as the clothes of all the peopletowns and cities and market festivals. Usually at the bizarre visitors can expect to discover heaps second-hand items as well as children’s old toys. There are also hundreds of stallsselling alcohol, drinks and Dutch nibbles. As the Queens Day Celebration is considered as the Netherlands exciting event, the Dutch government places a freeze every form of tax so all the money made from any sales on the day, not included from paying tax. When the festival has finished of the Queens Day Celebrations things left unsold is given away for freelocals are welcome and rummage in their own time.
If people are considering of visiting the Queens Day Celebrations in the Netherlands this coming year, highly advisable that you look into rentingone of the many Rotterdam Apartments. Enjoy Rotterdam have a range of luxury Rotterdam Apartmentsall found around the Queens Day Celebration Netherlands. The Rotterdam Apartments are all fitted with air con with option to cook and available WIFI if need be. Visitors get ready for the Queens Day Celebration by searching the online map on the Enjoy Rotterdam website and choose the placefits their fancy and requirements.
