Queen's Day

Planning your trip to Europe? Be sure not to miss Amsterdam's equivalent to carnival: Queen's Day! Come and experience the queen's birthday together with thousands of other visitors that flock to Amsterdam every year on April 30. Get immersed in the plethora of street markets, open air concerts and food stalls that create an incredible joyful atmosphere. Because the Dutch people just like to party, we start celebrating Queen's Day already on the evening of the day before! Usually at 7 p.m. and we go on until the early hours of the Queen's Day. We call evening (and night) Koninginnenacht, Queen's Night. All the clubs in Amsterdam organize special festivities. Some of the best are outside and completely free for everyone! Especially for the young people this is the night to be in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is very busy that night as many young people move across the city from one party to another, while others prepare the next day market, the so called freemarket!

Queen's Day is also a typical occasion for the world-famous Orange Craze. On this day most of the people wear orange clothing and creative orange accessories. The colour orange is a ubiquitous sight, referring to the name of our royal family, the House of Orange. Everywhere in the city you'll see orange banners, orange coloered foods and drinks. So don't forget your orange t-shirt when you join us in the Orange Craze!!!

Event starts April 29, 2011 and ends April 30, 2011