King’s Day: Photo Story
The Amsterdammer was on site to capture snippets of the celebration in Amsterdam.
Rijksmuseum, Home for Dutch Masters
You do not have to search a lot about the Netherlands to find the monumental twin buildings designed by the renown Dutch architect Pierre Cuypers: Amsterdam Central Station and the Rijksmuseum, the National Museum. Both are fundamental to the city of Amsterdam. The museum exhibits some of the best artistic works from the Dutch golden era, the 17th century. One of the main differences between this and other big European…
King’s Day: A celebration of life
“Being an international on King’s Day comes with its own sort of magic”
After King’s Day, Amsterdam (Almost) Goes Back to Normal
After receiving thousands of people on King’s Day, Amsterdam dawns cleaned and orange-less. “We are happy that it is clean now in the morning, but we are not happy that it was dirty during the night,” said Divas Budhori.
King’s Day: When The City Wears Orange
Over 600,000 people gathered on April 27, during King’s Day, to honour Willem-Alexander’s birthday in Amsterdam.
