If nobody buys them I’ll eat them myself.
The actual day of W-A’s birth, 26th April, is conveniently close to when the event used to be celebrated, former queen Juliana’s birthday, 30th April. (The King’s mum, Beatrix, was born in January, when the weather is generally not conducive to a giant street party.)
Amsterdam’s ever lovely Vondelpark is reserved for the kids of the city to earn some pocket money by performing, running games of skill and chance and selling surplus Barbies and Bob the Builder DVDs.
My camera was there too, for a fun day out.
Get your poffertjes here!
Place your bets on the goldfish race.
You won’t see any cooler than this dude…
…unless it’s this young rock star.
I’ve always wanted Dutch eyeliner.
Throw your eggs at my friend here – everyone’s a winner.
A blessing from the fairy statue.
The dancing girls are good!
Ride the ‘confusing’ bike five metres and win 20 Euros. It’s not as easy as it looks, with handlebars reversed.
Whichever way you look at it, you have to love madretsmA!
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I especially like to goldfish race! Did you have a go at the 5 metre bike challenge?
Surely you jest? I can barely manage to steer a Dutch ‘granny bike’.
We enjoyed the event last year but I must say I was overwhelmed with orange. I never knew an entire population of seemingly sane people could be so devoted to my least favorite color.
Orange has its advantages, John. Dutch sports fans can be confident no-one else in the crowd will be wearing it. (Unlike green and gold or red, white and blue.)
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Love the photo from the little cook. Makes me remember the one time I was selling stuff on Queen’s Day as a kid. Funny thing is I always hear stories about people who go guard their spot up to twelve hours before. They claim to make between 200 and 700 euro’s in one day selling. I think they are secret market sales people claiming a free spot for the day. As a kid the profits did not even equal a cone of ice cream. Some people even tried to get a bargain on an old umbrella! 😀
My wife knows the trick – go to the ‘Vrij Markt’ late in the day, when everyone is thinking what a lot of trouble it will be to tote their unsold junk home again. She found me an excellent pair of brand new shoes for 10 euros. Very nearly my size too.