The one with King's Day

Last friday I wrote a bit about King's Day, that was celebrated last saturday. I skipped the flea market this year and I didn't feel like going to any of the party's. Together with my mom, I did a bit of shopping, we walked around town, had breakfast, and did some people watching from my balcony (enjoying a tompouce). It's tradition to wear orange, but because I don't have anything orange in my wardrobe, I decided to rock some orange nails for the occassion. We also watched some of the festivities on the television. I think the queen looked gorgeous. How was your weekend?

The one with the King

Last week a blogged about the colour orange and the Dutch Queen and Prince here. On april 30th we have Queen's Day in the Netherlands, on this day we celebrate the Queen's birthday. Yesterday was a very special one. Queen Beatrix abdicated the throne and her son was sworn in as King. I ended up at the fleamarket in our towns park and watching television. All.day.long. Normally I am not a big royalty fan, but this was something special. I love fashion, so watching fancy dressed princes, princesses and other important people was right up my alley. Highlight of the day was the royal blue dress Queen Máxima wore, while her husband took the oath. It was designed by Dutch fashion designer Jan Taminiau. 

Some facts about yesterday (source NRCnext)

- 700.000 people visited Amsterdam

- 239.000 of them travelled there by train

- 150 bagpipe-players participated during the concert at the Museum Square

- 1.100 journalists from 54 countries travelled to Amsterdam

- Number of tweets about yesterdays festivities: 303.000

- Most used hashtags were: throne, queensday and abdication

fleamarket at the park

for just 10 cents, I couldn't not buy her

tea with orange treats

the new Queen looked gorgeous in a dress made by Jan Taminiau

The one with all the orange

Next tuesday our Queen will abdicate, and her oldest son Willem-Alexander will ascend the throne. Even though our flag is red, white and blue, the colour orange is special to us 'Dutchies'. When our national team plays soccer we dress up in orange and on april 30th, when we celebrate the queen's birthday, lots of orange can be seen. Why orange? Willem van Oranje (= Dutch for orange) became the Prince of Oranje in 1544, at only 11 years old! Enough history, on with the good stuff! Orange is far from my favourite colour, the only thing orange I own, is a bottle of nailpolish. But these Etsy finds might change my opinion on this sunny colour.

Organic tea towel

Zipper ring

Scarlet autumn photography

Fox print

Buenos Aires city map

Ombre arrow necklace

Felt and wool necklace

Vintage orange kettle

Polka dot straws