{"id":6937,"date":"2016-08-18T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T14:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2025-05-08T11:18:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T11:18:05","slug":"experience-kings-day-in-amsterdam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/en\/experience-kings-day-in-amsterdam\/","title":{"rendered":"King&#8217;s Day in Amsterdam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">King&#8217;s Day in Amsterdam: A complete guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is what happens when New Year\u2019s Eve and a birthday, the first festival of the summer and the Oktoberfest in Munich are all combined in one single event!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have never seen anything like it! It is just 10 o\u2019clock in the morning and the first party boats are already chugging by on the canal outside our house. Decked out entirely in orange, they are packed with people in a jovial mood. The speakers are on full blast, party hit after party hit blares out, and we also turn the music up in our house.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2.jpg\" alt=\"Crowd in orange celebrating King's Day in the streets\" class=\"wp-image-6849 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-1440x960.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Party2-600x400.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1620px) 100vw, 1620px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1620px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1620\/1080;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crowd in orange celebrating King&#8217;s Day in the streets<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>My girlfriend and I lean out of the window like to excited teenagers attending their first big party and take in the lively goings-on outside. \u201cAnne, we aren\u2019t going to fit in,\u201d I remark with concern \u2013 looking over the orange Hawaiian wreaths slung around our necks, the orange heart-shaped sunglasses and orange crowns on our heads: \u201cWe aren\u2019t wearing enough orange!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are in Amsterdam on King\u2019s Day. The Dutch celebrate this day as if there were no tomorrow! King\u2019s Day, or <em>Koningsdag<\/em> in Dutch, is the national holiday in the Netherlands that celebrates the country\u2019s monarch, King Willem Alexander. It is in fact THE Dutch national holiday! Every year on 27&nbsp;April (his birthday), the people take to the streets decked out in orange to celebrate. Up until 2013, when Beatrix was queen, <em>Koninginnedag<\/em> was celebrated on 30&nbsp;April. But that is now history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne cheerfully throws another orange wreath over my head and shouts for what must be the fifth time the only three Dutch words we know: \u201c<em>Hooooeee gaaaaat det?<\/em>\u201d [\u201cHow are you?\u201d]. We return to the window to wave at the passers-by. The previous total of five boats we could count at a glance has meanwhile increased to 15; the streets begin to fill and we also finally want to get on out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For we have a date with Ron and Finn from Canal Motorboats and their 30 friends with whom we want to celebrate aboard their old barge today. We fight our way through a mass of orange-clad revellers on our way to the boat. Little stalls selling trinkets and other wares line the streets, turning the entire city into one big flea market. Every other stall is selling <em>Poffertjes<\/em> \u2013 a Dutch speciality comprising little fluffy pancakes, and we have to stop every hundred metres to watch a street performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The madness then really begins when we board the boat. We set off with a crew of more than 30 aboard a barge that can normally comfortably accommodate just ten. Seats are rare \u2013 not that it matters: in my excitement, I far prefer to hang over the side. What else should I do with all my energy than to balance on the side of the barge?! After all, I can\u2019t fall in the water, as the next boat is right beside us where there would otherwise be water. We soon all strike up a conversation, hop from boat to boat and back again, moving at a snail\u2019s pace on a single wave. Friends of the captain jump onto the boat from bridges time and time again and greet us as if we had known each other for weeks. Our destination is the party at Waterlooplein. We moor up and dance, dance, dance&nbsp;&#8230; until the sun goes down. Anne and I look at one another knowingly: this is the only moment that counts. King\u2019s Day, we will definitely be back!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote.jpg\" alt=\"Boats packed with people in orange on King\u2019s Day canals\" class=\"wp-image-6850 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.meininger-hotels.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Kingsday_Amsterdam_Boote-600x450.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1440px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1440\/1080;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boats packed with people in orange on King\u2019s Day canals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Impressions of King\u2019s Day<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>King\u2019s Day in Amsterdam cannot be described in words. While I imagined it to be a jovial street party, it is actually more a mixture of New Year\u2019s Eve and a birthday, the first festival of summer and the Oktoberfest in Munich all rolled into one. With the Love Parade somewhere in between! So anyone who likes any one of these five celebrations definitely should not miss King\u2019s Day in Amsterdam. And those wishing to experience it up close, from an entirely genuine perspective, should be sure to rent a boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Useful tips to prepare for King\u2019s Day:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure to purchase all the food and drinks you will need the day before, as most shops are closed on King\u2019s Day itself. A few supermarkets are still open, but it is only possible to purchase one (!) single can of beer or bottle of alcohol per person.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be sure to amass all the necessary orange accessories and items of clothing you can in advance. There is no such thing as too much today!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get up early and with a clear head; King\u2019s Day start earlier than you expect (but also already ends in the early evening).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plan in at least twice as much time as normal to get where you want to go!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boats (generally for approx. seven people) can be hired from Canal Motorboats, for example. There are easy to steer and extremely stable.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It turned out that the songs played at the party were actually no less than the hits for the coming summer. Lean On by Major Lazer and M\u00f8, Stole the Show by Kygo and Cheerleader by OMI: the Dutch know their stuff!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King&#8217;s Day is a national holiday where the King&#8217;s birthday is celebrated on 27th April. 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