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The Netherlands is turning orange to celebrate King Willem-Alexander's birthday
- People across the Netherlands celebrated King's Day, the national holiday, on Saturday, April 26.
- The event occurred a day before King Willem-Alexander's 58th birthday, which fell on a Sunday.
- Celebrations included widespread orange attire, crowded canals in Amsterdam, and a royal walkabout in Doetinchem.
- King Willem-Alexander stated the day held "two faces" due to Pope Francis' funeral.
- Fears of overcrowding prompted Amsterdam Municipality to urge people to avoid busy areas.
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Orange-clad crowds cram into to Dutch cities to celebrate King Willem-Alexander's birthday
Across the Netherlands, people donned orange clothes - from tuxedos to feather boas - and boats packed with revelers clogged Amsterdam's canals to celebrate their king's birthday Saturday.
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Orange-clad crowds cram into Dutch cities to celebrate king's birthday
Across the Netherlands, people have donned orange clothes to celebrate their king’s birthday. Boats packed with revelers clogged Amsterdam’s canals on Saturday for King's Day.
King’s Day: flea markets and fun
Kings Day is well underway, the Netherlands and its people are painted orange and Amsterdam’s city streets are covered in their traditional, quirky flea markets. They are celebrating the birthday of their King, Willem-Alexander, although his official birthday is on April 27, the event is always celebrated on a Saturday if April 27 is a Sunday, as in 2025. King’s Day or Koningsdag… Source
The vrijmarkt is a way to go out into the street, meet, exchange toys, clothes, second hand books, and teach your children what a free market is. This market is not like the others, it has a different meaning. In the Netherlands, instead of celebrating the birthday of the queen, or of the king in each case, with parades and various faustos, they do so in a much more fun and original way. It was Queen Beatriz who decided that it was not the peopl…
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