PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – After two corona years, we could finally celebrate a real King’s Day again today. And that was done in abundance in the province!
10.05 pm Live blog closed
This live blog is closed. Below you can read how Utrecht celebrated King’s Day.
10.03 pm Police and municipalities satisfied with King’s Day
You could see that after the corona years everyone was looking forward to a party again, concludes the municipality of Utrecht. In the Dom city it was again full of festivities today, just like last night. There was a lot of celebration all over the province. According to the municipalities and the police, the atmosphere was good and there were virtually no incidents.
19.34 pm The party is over, the city of Utrecht is now of the cleaning heroes
6.59 pm Mayors look back with satisfaction
6.11 pm Vrijmarkt in Utrecht officially ended
In Utrecht, the free market ended at 6:00 PM, bringing the outdoor festivities to an end. in other municipalities the festivities still go on in the evening.
18.03 Baarn celebrates
Reporter Jiri Glaap visited the King’s Day party in the Peking Garden in Baarn.
King’s Day in the Peking Garden in Baarn
17.16 This is what King’s Day in Vreeswijk looked like
King’s Day in Vreeswijk: Daniel PJ van Heugten made these images
5:04 pm The police are your best friend
4.20 pm Creative with beer in Utrecht
15.51 pm Domplein is also full
3.31 pm Utrechters sell their own knitting
André and his son have been at the Van Asch van Wijckskade in Utrecht every year since 2017. This year their yield is very good. They sell knitted items (made by André’s wife) and that is a crowd puller. “Because no other dress has that.”
3.22 p.m. Amersfoort Oscar hands over liquorice bar to Willem-Alexander
Every year on King’s Day, Amersfoorter Oscar tries to give the king a one meter long liquorice bar. He doesn’t always manage to get the king’s attention, but today in Maastricht he did. The presentation was recorded by the NOS, which reported on the visit of the royal family to Limburg.
The handover was captured by NOS cameras.
3.20 pm Het Vredenburg is full!
The Servetstraat (between the Dom and the Oudegracht) and the Van Asch van Wijckskade along the Singel are also very busy. But the crowds there are manageable for the time being, so the call not to come anymore, says a spokesperson for the municipality.
14.31 pm The free market is also busy in Soesterberg
2.23 pm King’s Day in Houten and Amerongen
In Amerongen King’s Day was celebrated on the brand new village square, and in Houten the cloth market was busy
13.00 In Den Dolder is the free market in the Torteltuin
12.54 pm Also busy in Veenendaal
12.51 pm In Houten, people and animals are having a good time at the cloth market
12.21 Orange Competition in Bilthoven
11.18 am Wind orchestra in Bunnik
11.10 am Attention to the Ukrainian refugees on King’s Day in Bunschoten
11.06 a.m. Cookie bites in Baarn
10.43 am The dress markets have also started in Amersfoort center and Vathorst
10.02 am The dress market is also going on in Leusden
09.27 am King’s Day has also started in Eemdijk
09.24 hours Looking back at the Utrecht flea market last night
Frenzied Utrecht residents on the free market: ‘You forget the whole corona crisis!’
08.05 am Police satisfied with King’s Night
Around 10 p.m., together with the municipality, a call was made not to come to the city center anymore. It was very busy in the center at the time. According to the police, it did not get busier after that call. “Maybe because everyone who was already in town at the time had already arrived. And maybe that call also helped.”
07.16 am Utrecht free market
The Utrecht free market started early last night
07:00 Ribbon rain