On the Dutch King's Day colours change. Holland celebrates in Orange.

Dutch King’s Day In Amsterdam

The Dutch King’s Day is the biggest birthday party of the year in Holland. April 27th we, the Dutch, celebrate the birthday of our King Willem Alexander. Celebration time, come on. There will be music, flea markets, fairs and parties everywhere. It is a feast. A Celebration. Let’s all celebrate and have a good time. So everyone dresses up in orange; everything is decorated in orange and the entire country looks orange. It is so cool. Get your gang together and mark April 27 in your agenda and come to Holland. You don’t want to miss this awesome party. It is celebration time each year on April 27. Come on. In Utrecht the party starts on the 26th of April at 6 p.m. So bring your good times, and your laughter too. Well, King Willem Alexander: we gonna celebrate your party with you. Celebration time. Come on.

Party boats in a row at the sluice-gate of Noordersluis Amsterdam on King's Day

Party boats in line for the lock

King’s Day in Utrecht starts on April 26

In Utrecht King’s Night starts at the evening before King’s Day with the biggest flea market of Holland. Music performances are all over the centre of Utrecht. Life music, dancing in the streets, its one big happy party.

Longboat cruising Amsterdam on Kings Day

After two boats got stuck in the sluice-gate there was a real boat-jam.

Gay Parade and Kings Day are you see traffic jams on the Canals.

Dutch King”s Day 2019

In 2019 King’s Day is on April 27.

Traffic jam in front of the lock gate in the canal.

Visit Holland on the Dutch King's Day Boat at Noordersluis

Doesn’t she look lovely. Orange suits her so well.

Everyone dresses up in orange and is having a grand party. The total country feasts with music, fairs, flea markets and parties in the streets and parks. Put on something orange and join the party.

Orange attributes are sold everywhere on the streets.

Silver Dancer cheer up the crowd in Amsterdam

On KingsDay people show newly invented games in the street.

Tourists in Orange

Regular customers of the pub.

On King’s Day the Dutch King is on tour with the Royal Family

Each year the Royal Family visits a different city to enjoy entertainment. In 2015 the King visited the city Dordrecht. We do not know yet which city will visit op April 27, 2016. But we do know that the Amsterdam Cafe “De Blaffende Vis”(The Barking Fish) will surprise us with a display on the facade of their cafe in the quarter “Jordaan”.

Approaching cafe the “Barking Fish”.

Facade of the “Barking Fish” in 2014.

A crowd gathers in front of Cafe The Barking Fish.

The Royal Family arrived by boat Dordrecht in 2015 and a grand parade started. After the parade the Royal Family went to the Cathedral were they watched a show of the Bach Choir. Later that day they met city residents; enjoyed local products and artists showed their work.