Queen's Night

To celebrate the night before the Queen Mother's birthday, the people of Holland collectively don bright orange, and party in the streets. Yeah, I'm wearing a silly orange hat with bells...hey, when in Rome.....

Queen's Night

April 29th 2005
Queen's Night in Den Haag - An all out Dutch street party roughly equivlent to turning every street into Bourbon street for Mardi Gras. Excellent. I bought a silly orange hat, as you do, and wandered around the throngs of celebratory Dutch with Shruti, Eugene, Jen, and Adam. At some point in the debauchery the question hit me, 'Hey, where am I, and who are all you strange people?" ... read more

Europe » Netherlands » South Holland » The Hague

The Kingdom of the Netherlands was formed in 1815. In 1830 Belgium seceded and formed a separate kingdom. The Netherlands remained neutral in World War I, but suffered invasion and occupation by Germany in World War II. A modern, industrialized natio... ... read more

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