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The men of Kris Kross Amsterdam enjoy them to the fullest concert tour on King’s Day. The formation performed in Groningen and Amsterdam and includes the 538 party on Saturday evening Breda off. “It is nice to see how the same festival is being celebrated everywhere, in every city,” Yuki Kempees reports to the ANP.

“Everyone is like that today absurdly happy“, says Kempees. “Everyone enjoys the same atmosphere and everyone dances under the same sun.” It was a stroke of luck that the rainy weather did not continue, he adds. “We had prepared ourselves for much worse. Let’s hope that we also keep it dry in Breda.”

Would you like to know what the festivities are like today? Gouda, Woerden and Bodegraven looked like? Then check out the blog here the Green Heart was kept up to date and read everything back carefully!

Now agree no crowds that you have to squeeze through. And no blaring music and loud conversations at the same time. Enter Kapellestraat Oudewater is an oasis of peace for an hour this afternoon for children who need it.

A nice report written by colleague Harrie van Opstal.

Its volunteers Red Cross in the 120 places where they were deployed on King’s Day no major incidents experienced. “It is a pleasant King’s Day and it was also a pleasant King’s Night, we did not have to scale up anything,” said a spokesperson for the aid organization.

The Red Cross deployed dozens of volunteers in major cities such as Amsterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven to provide first aid. That was only necessary on a small scale. Some aid workers were also out in many smaller towns precaution present.

Boat sinks in the Herengracht in Amsterdam, a whole one wet King’s Day for all passengers…

King’s Day in the Iraqi capital Baghdad where a number of Dutch soldiers are stationed.

The Amsterdam canals are traditionally the scene of many, many people. Again this year!

The Dutch Food Safety Authority (NVWA) has on King’s Day 25 warnings given because people do not comply with the food offered Hygiene rules had kept. The authority also issued one fine. A fine is between 525 and 1050 euros.

According to a spokesperson, the number of warnings is ‘reasonably in line’ with previous years. People mainly received a warning because they… perishable food not stored at the correct temperature. “For example, a seller stored chicken at 13 degrees, while that may be a maximum of 7 degrees,” the spokesperson said.

Twenty inspectors carried out about eighty checks across the country on Saturday. The sale of mainly salads and raw meat has been halted at various locations. This year there were also many checks on the sale of tobacco and vapes with flavors for young people. According to the spokesperson, a striking number of warnings have been given to private individuals this year.

All eyes were focused on this King’s Day Queen Maxima and her headpiece with butterflies, says fashion journalist Josine Droogendijk. The rest of the royal family has ‘dressed modestly’ this year. Droogendijk is also full of praise for the king, who seems to have lost a lot of weight. “We have lost a lot of king.”

Read all about the royal details here.

King’s Day in Emmen went well, says Mayor Eric van Oosterhout a few hours after his municipality had waved goodbye to the king and his family. “I think the royal family was genuinely surprised about how beautiful it is here, how nice it is here and how relaxed the people are,” says Van Oosterhout.

At the end of the visit, King Willem-Alexander said in a speech that nothing was right lists and polls. “He talked about one list where we are somehow at the bottom,” said Van Oosterhout, referring to the list of most attractive municipalities. Afterwards, the mayor spoke about this with the king. “The king said that he didn’t understand much of that.”

According to the mayor, King’s Day helped to put Emmen on the map, because of the relaxed attitude of the population and ‘naivety‘ to show. “If we have been able to transfer that, not only to the royal family, but also to all those viewers on TV, then you can see that such a King’s Day helps enormously to put Emmen in the shop window.”

There was a lot going on during the royal visit Police on their feet in Emmen. The mayor says that the organization has taken ‘many different types of scenarios’ into account. “That also makes it very exciting”, because the “security had to be really good”, says Van Oosterhout. “The police are very well prepared for this, and that is also reflected in the numbers.”

During the royal walk there were approx 30,000 visitors in Emmen. A spokesperson for the municipality said this.

In the big cities takes the rush Saturday at the end of the afternoon due to King’s Day. The municipality Amsterdam reports X that it is ‘very busy’ in the Westerstraat in the center of the capital and calls on people to celebrate King’s Day at another location.

Also the municipality Utrecht calls on people to avoid several places in the city center. “It is full in several places such as the Neude, Janskerkhof, Oudkerkhof and Stadhuisplein,” the municipality warns. X. Revelers are advised to head to other locations in the city. ,,Avoid standing in front of a closed square and go to Domplein, Mariaplaats or Waterstraat, for example,” the municipality says.

King’s Day is not only celebrated in the Netherlands. On the counterfeit Huis ten Bosch in Japan it is also a party, as writer Bianca Toeps shows.

The pin failure that struck the 538 King’s Day in Breda on Saturday afternoon has been resolved. A spokesperson for Radio 538 says that visitors can pay for their food and drinks again.

Through big screens on site, festival visitors have been informed that the disruption is over. “The party is in full swing and we are committed to a good progress for the rest of the day!” said the spokesperson.

The PIN failure lasted approximately two hours.

Thuisbezorgd is prepared for one of the busiest weekends of the year. Normally the food ordering site already has one 20 percent more orders in the days surrounding King’s Day than on regular days, but with the festivities falling on the weekend this year, the ordering site expects even bigger crowds.

One in five partygoers indicate that they order breakfast, brunch or dinner at home on or around King’s Day. Thuisbezorgd reflects this in what we order, from pizzas – especially the margherita – and burgers orange tompouces. The days after the holiday it is apparently time for recovery: then we like to order fruit smoothies and salads.