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| Background Every year Queens Day is celebrated on April 30 - that is, when it's not on a Sunday. In the year 2000 it was a Sunday so Queens Day was on Saturday, April 29. It is not the birthday of the current Queen, Queen Beatrix, but the birthday of her mother, princess Juliana, who reigned from 1948 until 1980. The day is celebrated throughout the country in different ways; mostly folklore performances and flea markets. Children perform in the streets and parks, and people prefer to wear the orange colors of the "House of Orange". In Amsterdam thousands of people go out to sell-and-buy, listen to music and dance in the streets from early in the morning until late at night. "Oranje Bitter" (an orange colored liquor) and beer are the popular drinks. Unfortunately, the weather wasn't cooperating very much this year. It was rainy and colder than usual. But as you can see, people tried to make the best of it! April 30, 2004
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