Queen's Day in Amsterdam

The river is crowded too....


The street is full with people!!






is FULL of people..



Queen's Day in Amsterdam is a unique night and day carnival-like event on 30th of April each year and during the night before – so called Queen's Night . What is special about the Queen's Day, that having elements of the huge party across the whole city, it is combined with the market in the streets of the whole city.

The Queen's Day is celebrated in the whole Netherlands since more than fifty years. Amsterdam celebrations are the most attractive. Last years the popularity of the event grows drawing crowd of visitors from all over Europe.

As the large part of the Amsterdam centre is fully filled with the celebrating crowd, no transport is possible there, you will have to walk. No cars are allowed on the Queen’s Day to the Amsterdam centre. All public means of transportation, including trains, have a special schedule for this day.

Celebrating Queen's Day begins already on the evening of the day before, usually at 7 p.m., and goes on until the early hours of the Queen's Day. It is so called Queen's Night, when all clubs across the Netherlands organize special festivities. Especially for the young people this is the night to be in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is very busy that night as many young people move across the city from one party to another, while others prepare the next day market.