Every year you can meet many happy people in the Netherlands on 30th of April, celebrating their QUEEN’s DAY = the “Koninginnedag” – more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koninginnedag – it seems, that every Dutch woman thinks to be a queen on that day, so they are celebrating themselves, posing proudly for the cameras = a basic democratical rite, not following the submissive attitude of the British subjects: so in the Netherlands we do not have a Queen’s Day but more a Queens’ Day (orange is the Dutch color) …
2
3
4
5
5 photos by Frizztext – click on the pictures to enter his flickr galleries …
Related articles
- koninginnedag (concreteandsky.wordpress.com)
- Koninginnedag 2012 (delgabre.wordpress.com)
- Koninginnedag (finally) (travelbetweenthepages.com)
- Celebrate Koninginnedag in Amsterdam (hotelclub.com)
- Before the orange madness (lasusea.wordpress.com)
- Koninginnedag: Ontbijtkoek (londoneats.wordpress.com)
- Koninginnedag: Oranjekoek (londoneats.wordpress.com)
Flickr Comments 
Looks like a great fun time!
LikeLike
What a beautiful day of fun and festivities. Your photos say it all.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
LikeLike
Hi,
Wow, a lot of people out and about enjoying and celebrating, I have never heard of this, but it sure looks like everyone is having a lot of fun. 🙂
LikeLike
Yes, we women love to be seen sometimes! I still remember the celebrations when queen Juliana was still alive
LikeLike
It does look like everyone is having a blast all decked out in their orange getups. The orples would fit right in, in this celbration, it seems … expecially Olivia. 🙂
LikeLike
especially … 😦
LikeLike
thanks for your comment, Marcy …
LikeLike
Stunning shots Frizz. 🙂
*hugs*
LikeLike
How simply fabulous! I want to be Queen for a day too!
LikeLike
Fabulous! I have family roots in the Netherlands, so I’m thinking I need to convince my husband that we should celebrate Queen’s Day next year 😉
LikeLike
What a nice day and the orange is very impressive. 🙂
LikeLike
Very colorful with all the reds and oranges.
LikeLike
Seems so colourful and fun
LikeLike
Love these, F.T.! What a wonderful day!
🙂
LikeLike
Hooray for the women of the Netherlands! There should be a Queens’ Day in every country all around the world. Here in the U.S., on the following day, May 1, May Day, we traditionally have a Queen of the May (usually a young school girl) and dance around heavily flowered May Poles, interweaving ribbons from top to bottom, each ribbon held by a school child.
LikeLike
you are right granbee / Rose:
“There should be a Queens’ Day in every
country all around the world!”
LikeLike