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Today is Queensday in Amsterdam, it is also known as Koninginnedag. Queensday is a national holiday in the Netherlands. It is to celebrate the birthday of Queen Juliana, which was actually tomorrow - but celebrated today. The celebration normally starts at night, at 7 p.m and goes into the late hours of the night.
Here is the special Google Doodle for the event:
You can see the Doodle today on Google Nederland.
Forum discussion at Google Blogoscoped Forums.
Comments:
Erik
04/30/2010 01:03 pm
The Netherlands are a little bit bigger than Amsterdam and Queensday is celebrated in every part of the Netherlands, not only in Amsterdam. The celebrations start the evening before Queensday (Koninginnenacht = Queensnight).
Guus
05/01/2010 09:14 am
Plus, queen Juliana WAS born on April 30th. All in all, quite some errors in one little post.
WebSonic
05/01/2010 10:44 am
Friday there was also a Doodle on the mobile homepage of Google in the US to raise awareness for distracted driving.