Royal treatment: safe sex and the city for King's Day

DutchNews.nl— The familiar sights of King’s Day include kids selling their outgrown toys and homemade, orange-topped cupcakes, bandstands blaring pop hits and Dutch favourites and throngs of people in an endless sea of orange. And, for the past three years in Amsterdam, you may also have noticed some royal-themed posters of the king pleasuring his queen, because “a true king knows who comes first.” “How cool is it to take a moment all about the king and hijack it and make

NL Times—Digital payments are becoming increasingly popular on King’s Day. Digital payments are becoming increasingly popular on King’s Day, especially when buying a beer or paying to use a toilet. Last year, 30 percent more Tikkie transactions were made on the national holiday, compared to 2022.The number of Tikkie payments on King’s Day last year was six times higher than on a normal day. On average, residents of the Netherlands paid approximately 13 euros for their King’s Day purchases via Tikkie. About 13 percent of the amounts were above 25 euros.

DutchNews.nl—Go beyond King’s Day and get integrated into NL for real. Let’s be clear. While you may have felt very Dutch over the weekend’s King’s Day festivities, they don’t count towards your inburgering, or integration, goals. But now that you’re on a roll, here’s something that’s been proven to help internationals pass the integration exams: Inburgering Online. This online course has already helped some 40,000 people study for their inburgering exams on Dutch language and culture in its three years of existence, the majority of them coming out with their...

NL Times—Police shoot at suspect in “threatening” King’s Day incident in The Hague. Police officers shot at an already injured suspect during an arrest in The Hague on King’s Day. They were sent to the scene to try to calm a situation involving a man who used a sharp object to wound himself at about 5:30 p.m. It was not clear if the individual was also struck by gunfire.“Due to a threatening situation at the beginning of the evening, the police fired shots at a man,” police confirmed. “The suspect was injured and taken to hospital.”