Queen's Day! (reverse, 30 April)
0 Comments Published by Svetlana Zhukova on Monday, June 12, 2006 at 11:07 PM.
I felt some internal obligation to post about Queen's Day, and a couple of things that happened here in The Netherlands.
So, this was our Queen's day in Utrecht:
Quite Orange, with vlee markets (basically everyone can sell on the street whatever they want, and many people use this day to get rid of their things - so Dutch, celebrate but remember about the bottomline :), singing and parties everywhere. Reminds a lot our "gulanija" for big holidays. I liked it generally - it was sunny (good for the end of April here!) and quite joyful. They say, that actually the Queen has a birthday in February, but it's cold to celebrate in winter - so they celebrate in spring. And even that birthday was a birthday of the old queen who passed away several years ago, and her daughter rules now.
Anyways, why to question the reason if it's a day off? (hmm I probably sounded a bit too Dutch here hehe:)
One thing however that I didn't like - it's about the amount of garbage that was left on the streets (not only on holidays by the way, but on week-ends as well). Why not to put a bit more bins? Why not to make several steps to put your garbage inside?
Probably it's easier to send machines to clean everything afterwards...
Anyways - VIVA Queen's Day, 30 April 2006!!!
This is not about Queen's Day but about going Dutch - me and Masha, consuming croquettes (national Dutch fastfood, they say half of meet is of a horse, I don't think so, and the taste is not as bad actually).
By the way, the best book about The Netherlands (from a foreigner's perspective at least) is "The Undutchables" by Colin White & Laurie Boucke, wonderfully precise and funny written. Recommend to everyone who comes to live for some time in the country :)
So, this was our Queen's day in Utrecht:
Quite Orange, with vlee markets (basically everyone can sell on the street whatever they want, and many people use this day to get rid of their things - so Dutch, celebrate but remember about the bottomline :), singing and parties everywhere. Reminds a lot our "gulanija" for big holidays. I liked it generally - it was sunny (good for the end of April here!) and quite joyful. They say, that actually the Queen has a birthday in February, but it's cold to celebrate in winter - so they celebrate in spring. And even that birthday was a birthday of the old queen who passed away several years ago, and her daughter rules now.
Anyways, why to question the reason if it's a day off? (hmm I probably sounded a bit too Dutch here hehe:)
One thing however that I didn't like - it's about the amount of garbage that was left on the streets (not only on holidays by the way, but on week-ends as well). Why not to put a bit more bins? Why not to make several steps to put your garbage inside?
Probably it's easier to send machines to clean everything afterwards...
Anyways - VIVA Queen's Day, 30 April 2006!!!
This is not about Queen's Day but about going Dutch - me and Masha, consuming croquettes (national Dutch fastfood, they say half of meet is of a horse, I don't think so, and the taste is not as bad actually).
By the way, the best book about The Netherlands (from a foreigner's perspective at least) is "The Undutchables" by Colin White & Laurie Boucke, wonderfully precise and funny written. Recommend to everyone who comes to live for some time in the country :)
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