Live blog King’s Day: Utrecht free market ended, the parties are still going on elsewhere

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Live blog Kings Day Utrecht free market ended the parties

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PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – Today is King’s Day! In this live blog we list all the orange news.

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

Shuffleboard with the police © Sietske van de Voort

4.20 pm Creative with beer in Utrecht

15.51 pm Domplein is also full

Bad news for dance and techno fans: the Domplein is now so full that the municipality of Utrecht is closing the gates. This also happened before at the Vredenburg.

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.”

André and his son with their clothes on the Van Asch van Wijckskade.
André and his son with their clothes on the Van Asch van Wijckskade. © RTV Utrecht / Carmen Nelissen

3.22 pm Amersfoorter Oscar hands over a drop 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 the 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 crowded.

13.00 In Den Dolder is the free market in the Torteltuin

King's Day in Den Dolder.
King’s Day in Den Dolder. © Wouter Beuzel

12.54 pm Also busy in Veenendaal

12.51 pm In Houten, people and animals are having a good time at the dress market

The free market in Houten.
The free market in Houten. © RTV Utrecht / Roos van Bijnen
Even the dog is orange in Houten.
Even the dog is orange in Houten. © RTV Utrecht / Roos van Bijnen

12.21 Orange Competition in Bilthoven

The traditional horse competition was organized in Bilthoven this morning for the 39th time.
The traditional horse competition was organized in Bilthoven this morning for the 39th time. © RTV Utrecht / Robert Jan Booij

11.18 am Wind orchestra in Bunnik

A wind orchestra performed at the Bunnichem residential care center in Bunnik this morning. Mayor Ruud van Bennekom was also there.
A wind orchestra performed at the Bunnichem residential care center in Bunnik this morning. Mayor Ruud van Bennekom was also there. © RTV Utrecht

11.10 am Attention to the Ukrainian refugees on King’s Day in Bunschoten

11.06 a.m. Cookie bites in Baarn

In the Baarn Peking garden there is a lot of cake eating.
In the Baarn Peking garden there is a lot of cake eating. © RTV Utrecht / Joost Danvers

10.43 am The dress markets have also started in Amersfoort center and Vathorst

In Amersfoort the free market runs from Utrechtseweg, Arnhemseweg, through Langestraat to Kamp.
In Amersfoort the free market runs from Utrechtseweg, Arnhemseweg, through Langestraat to Kamp. © Keistadnieuws
The cloth market in Vathorst.
The cloth market in Vathorst. © Twitter @Marc

10.02 am The dress market is also going on in Leusden

It is already very busy in the Leusdense Hamersveld.
It is already very busy in the Leusdense Hamersveld. © RTV Utrecht / Guus Doorn

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

The police speak of a flawless course of King’s Night in the city of Utrecht. The atmosphere was pleasant almost everywhere, with only a ‘marginal disturbance’ here and there. According to a police spokesperson, the number of arrests last night was ‘countable on one hand’ and therefore ‘negligible’. “On a normal night out, there are dozens of arrests.”

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

Started last night, last night all night and of course today. Then we are of course talking about the Utrecht free market. The traditional sales party has been canceled for the past two years due to the corona crisis, so some sellers have extra items for sale this year.

The Utrecht free market started early last night

07:00 Ribbon rain

Traditionally, ribbons are handed out around King’s Day. Look here for an overview of which people in our province have received one.

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