We started our day by avoiding Amsterdam and took the train to Haarlem, much smaller. Duncan and Lauraine have friends there who also have young children. I’m not sure what we were expecting but this was full carnival style!
In the town centre plaza there was a huge Ferris wheel, carousels, games and more. Last time we stayed right there near the cathedral we only saw a market set up. Odessa had her first carousel ride. Hard tell if she found it enjoyable.
Check the red white and blue colours of the Dutch flag.
What makes King’s Day are the garage sales. Anyone can set up on the street to sell. You will find everything for sale! Note the orange…..
Exciting as Haarlem was, we decided we should experience Amsterdam’s King’s Day. So we left the young families and caught the train to town along with everyone who could possibly fit in the train. It was packed with singing, lots of drinking and lots of young people!! We were definitely the oldest on this train.
There were thousands and thousands of people in Amsterdam! Most everyone was drinking. Since it was only 1 p.m. the crowds weren’t at all rowdy….yet.
And wait there’s more
Truly a sea of people and orange!
We walked up and down a few streets watching the fun, dancing, bands playing and lots of drinking.
Yellow Bunny fit right in
The canals are full of party boats. It is amazing no one falls in, at least not yet.
Time to head home but we thought we would hit one more town, Zaandam. It is only 3 km from Koog aan de Zaan. We did a walk through the town centre and then walked home. It was time to relax after 16,670 steps today!
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