King's Day

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cultural festival national holiday public holiday

King's Day is a nationwide Dutch holiday celebrated each April with street festivals, orange-themed festivities, and open-air markets honoring the birthday of the reigning monarch.

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Label Occurrences
King's Day canonical 5
Queen's Day 2
King’s Day 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural festival ⓘ
national holiday ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
alsoKnownAs King's Day ⓘ
surface form: Koningsdag
associatedWith House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
surface form: Dutch monarchy

Dutch national identity ⓘ
House of Orange-Nassau ⓘ
celebratedIn Amsterdam ⓘ
Rotterdam ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
Utrecht ⓘ
cities and towns across the Netherlands ⓘ
celebratedOn 27 April ⓘ
27 April each year ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
crowdCharacteristic large outdoor crowds ⓘ
dressCode clothing with Dutch flags or symbols ⓘ
orange wigs and accessories ⓘ
economicImpact boosts tourism in the Netherlands ⓘ
feature boat parties ⓘ
flea markets ⓘ
open-air markets ⓘ
outdoor concerts ⓘ
public celebrations ⓘ
street festivals ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasSymbol Dutch flag ⓘ
orange pennant ⓘ
honors birthday of the reigning Dutch monarch ⓘ
inception 2014 ⓘ
legalStatus national day off for many people in the Netherlands ⓘ
musicGenreCommon Dutch pop ⓘ
electronic dance music ⓘ
observedIfOnSunday 26 April ⓘ
occursDuring spring ⓘ
predecessor King's Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Day
publicTransportStatus often operates on special schedules ⓘ
replaces Queen's Day on 30 April ⓘ
themeColor orange ⓘ
timezoneContext Central European Time ⓘ
tradition decorating streets and houses in orange ⓘ
selling second-hand goods without a permit ⓘ
wearing orange clothing ⓘ
typicalActivities attending music festivals ⓘ
family-oriented outdoor activities ⓘ
social drinking in public spaces ⓘ
visiting vrijmarkt (free market) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Netherlands → nationalDay → King's Day ⓘ
King's Day → alsoKnownAs → King's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koningsdag
King's Day → predecessor → King's Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's Day
Order of Orange-Nassau → conferredOn → King's Day ⓘ
Order of Orange-Nassau → conferredOn → King's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's Day
Orange-Nassau → associatedWithEvent → King's Day ⓘ
subject surface form: House of Orange-Nassau
OON → typicalAwardDate → King's Day ⓘ
subject surface form: Order of Orange-Nassau
Dutch monarchy → publicHolidayAssociated → King's Day ⓘ
Dutch cuisine → eatenOnOccasion → King's Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Day