Queen's Birthday Amsterdam 2006 (15 shots)

[jeroen]

Yesterday was Queensday in the Netherlands. We celibrated the Queen's birthday. Or actually the Queen's mother's birthday... Anyway, the whole city of Amsterdam was one big party place with people dressed in our national colours.

We had a great time. Here are some of my shots from yesterday.


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4 Escape route

5 She was on a moving boat, but she was so kind to pose and give me some time to get a good shot with moving camera. She did sing some very out of tune opera stuff.

6 Drumband

7 Guy on a cello pretending there is no drumband.

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15 We usually end Queensday in our friend Jasper's bar. He had a full house so he was very busy.

 

[digital flower]

All these are nice. A couple really standout to me, like 3 and 13. It was nice to see some of your country. Thanks for posting.

PS You could have probably put this in the photo journalism part of the forum.

 

[melcooney]

I really like the coloring and reflections in the windows of #3...
The dull building colors accented with the bright color of the man's shirt is just an excellent capture!

 

[Antarctican]

Jeroen, that's an awesome awesome series!! Thanks so much for sharing a little piece of Amsterdam life/celebration with us. It looks like such a fun day.

 

[danalec99]

I like that Jasper shot.

 

[jeroen]

Thanks for the replies.

@Antarctican
Yep, it sure was a great day.
If anyone is planning a trip to Amsterdam next spring, including April 30 would be good planning

 

[dllb]

Great pics in a great city!

 

[nitefly]

I like them. But why do they care about the queens birthday? :S

 

[jeroen]

They don't. They care about having a party

 

[doenoe]

yeah, dutchies are weird like that, always looking for an excuse to party :mrgreen:
Just wait till the World Cup Soccer starts, its gonna be crazy here........and not for the soccer, just another excuse to party