Dutch capital turns orange as revelers celebrate King's Day with colorful canal parade


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Yahoo— Thousands of people took to the canals of Amsterdam on Saturday to celebrate the Dutch king's 57th birthday. Dressed in orange - the national color - they packed small boats and sailed down the historic waterways of the capital. (AP video by Ahmad Seir)

Yahoo—Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king's birthday. Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands Saturday are marking King's Day, celebrating the birthday of their monarch who is enjoying a very slight rise in popularity as per a national poll. Others toured through the historic canals of the capital, Amsterdam as orange smoke from flares held aloft one boat drifted over vessels of all shapes and sizes jostling for space on a busy canal. An annual poll published by the NOS for...

The Washington Times—Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals celebrating the King's birthday. Decked in the national orange color, dancing to music, and eating orange-glazed pastries, many in the Netherlands Saturday are marking King’s Day, celebrating the birthday of their monarch who is enjoying a very slight rise in popularity as per a national poll.

dailym.ai—Maxima's mini-me! Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, 18, is the twin of her mother as she attends King's Day celebrations with Dutch royals. The royal, who is second in line to the Dutch throne behind her sister Princess Catharina-Amalia, joined her parents Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander and her two sisters in Emmen.