Category: Kingsday / Queensday

“Am I really as integrated into Dutch society as I think I am?”  This is a question I’ve started asking myself whenever I stand in front of a mirror, about to use a Dutch...

Thanks to the Corona virus we are approaching our second Koningsdag (King’s Day) during lock down. Because of this it will be impossible to celebrate the day as normal… or will it? We might...

“I got you a new King’s Day t-shirt,” my wife happily announced over the phone. She’d just returned from a shopping trip while I was still at work. “That’s great. Thanks. My old one...

“What day do your parents arrive?” my wife asked. She was sitting at the dining table, arranging various important dates and noting them down in our family calendar. She is very organized. Sometimes there...

Koningsdag (otherwise known as King’s Day) is simply put; the biggest party ever in the Netherlands. It is the day when the whole country goes nuts celebrating the birthday of the Dutch King, Willem-Alexander....