I have been to the Netherlands twice in my life. The first time was when I was 15 & I was on a family vacation with my parents & my little brother & the second time was with my husband in 2010 in my 30’s. These were both very different experiences as you can imagine, but I absolutely fell in love with the Netherlands & the Dutch culture & have been hoping to go back one day for their big holiday, Queens Day!
What is Queen’s Day? Great question!! Traditionally Queen’s Day or Koninginnedag as the Dutch call it, is a national holiday in the Netherlands. The day is a celebration of the birthday of the Queen of the Netherlands. It’s also a day for the world-famous Orange Craze. The color orange refers to the name of the royal family, The House of Orange. Everywhere in the city you’ll see orange banners, orange colored foods and drinks and people dressed in orange. This holiday is literally the biggest party of the year in Amsterdam! So, if you decide to travel to Amsterdam, make sure you have enough clothing with this lovely Halloween color!
Queen’s Day in Amsterdam is going to be very special this year because Queen Beatrix has announced that she will be stepping down from her throne on April 30th & on the same day the new King, Willem-Alexander, will be inaugurated! Due to the inauguration of the new King, Queen’s Day is now to be renamed King’s Day so this party will be 1 of the biggest yet!
Every year there is a big Queen’s Day Festival in Los Angeles & this year will be the first Dutch King’s Day in LA on Sunday April 27th! The festival will be held at the Stub Hub Center at 18400 S. Avalon Blvd., Carson, CA 90746 from 11am – 5pm. There will be a full program of kids’ activities, Dutch entertainment from Holland and Los Angeles, as well as different vendors, arts & crafts and Dutch food booths and International Food trucks. Parking is free. This is always a great thing! For more details about this festival, see their website King’s Day or their Facebook Page. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
Some awesome news is that I will be giving away 2 sets of V.I.P tickets here on my blog for adults and each set of two tickets includes 5 children’s tickets as well! Each lucky winner will receive $55 dollars worth of tickets and coupons to enjoy King’s Day in Los Angeles. To enter my contest please enter through link here
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Contest will end at 11:59 pm on April 20th, so make sure you enter now!
If you have been to this Dutch Festival for Queen’s Day in past years in Los Angeles, I would love to hear about your experiences below! If you have been to the official Queen’s Day in Amsterdam, I would also love to hear about it! Please share about your experiences! If you go to the King’s Day Festival this year in Los Angeles or Amsterdam, have a blast!!
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I love Amsterdam and have been there twice, makes me want to visit LA or Amsterdam for Queen’s Day! 🙂
Awesome! Isn’t it a fabulous city? Good luck in my contest:)
I have never been to King’s day Celebration. It sounds so much fun.
Good luck in the contest Ruby:)
I had no idea what King’s Day celebrations were. I guess we don’t celebrate them here in Texas. Looks like a lot of fun!
This will be the first King’s day as it is usually Queen’s Day & they take place in Amsterdam! 🙂
Wow Queens day sounds very interesting! It’s also cool that the color orange refers to the royal family. Normally I think of purple when I think of the color of royalty so this is very neat. Sounds like a lot of fun!
So true about the color! Great point! It does sound like an awsm celebration! Can’t wait:)
I have never heard of Queen’s Day…and now King’s Day. It sounds fun and festive. How great that you have been there twice!
Thanks Deanna! Amsterdam was great & I hope to be in Amsterdam one day when this celebration is going on:)
I did not know that Holland had royalty – and the L.A. party sounds like a blast!
Thanks for the comment Laurel! It does look super cool!:)
What a nice place!
Most definitely!
What a fun place. Too bad I dont live there to enter. Those shoes are awesome
Aren’t they cool? Hopefully you can visit the festival another year:)
My “daughter” is from Nederland, as was my ex-husband (a good guy). I’ve been there many times, and would love to more there one day.
That is awesome that you have history with such a beautiful country!:) Good luck on winning festival tix:) Looks like a fun time!:)
That sounds like an amazing time! I had never heard of this celebration before.
Thanks for the comment:) Hope you get to chexk out the festival:)
I’ve never been to the Netherlands. Looks like a great time.
Oh yes! It is one of my favorite countries! You should totally visit there;)
Wow! It really looks like you all had a great time!
Always! Such a beautiful place to visit and looks like such a fun festival:)
Looks like you are into spreading the wealth!! Good job!
For sure:) Thanks!
When I was little, I used to imagine meeting the royal family for real! Can’t imagine how would that be if it happens.. 🙂
That would be pretty awesome Pamela:)
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Ah man!! So wish I could win the tickets!! lol I bet a dutch party is loads of fun!
Thanks so much for the comment and for reblogging my post!:) The Netherlands is an awsm place to go! You need to go one day for sure!!:)
I wanted to go to Netherlands Someday. King’s Day Celebration just made me motivate more! ~ Richard Harer
That is great! Let me know what you think!:)
I’ve been to Amsterdam only once, but it would be great to relive my experience again. I remember lots of bicycles and windmills!
So true about the bicycles..seems like everyone rode one over there:)
It looks like a great event. I have never been there before!
Good luck Darlene:)
I’ve been to Amsterdam, and my husband’s family (who live in the L.A. area now) are all from Amsterdam. We’ve been trying to get to this festival for several years. I’m super excited and will definitely be sharing this post with him and his relatives on Facebook!
Thanks so much Sarah! I wish you the best of luck in my contest! Sounds like you would really appreciate this event!:)
You learn something new everyday! I have never heard or queens day or kings day! What an awesome cultural experience it would be for my family to attend! Thanks for the chance!
Thank you so much for the comment & I wish you the best of luck in my contest!:)
Because it would be something new and fun to do!
Good luck:)
That sounds like an amazing time! I had never heard of this celebration before.
Thanks for the comment Teresa! Have a blast if you decide to go:)
I guess this may be like our mardi gras here in the south of Louisiana 🙂 would love to attend thanks for the chance
I love Mardi Gras:) Have a blast if you go! 🙂
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