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Amsterdam café De Blaffende Vis unveiled its massive three-storey facade decoration for King’s Day on Friday. This year, King Willem-Alexander is depicted in the same blue suit that singer Joost Klein wears in the music video for his Eurovision Song Contest entry, Europapa.
Queen Máxima is also on the facade, in a tracksuit often worn by “gabbers,” musicians who perform in the gabber style of electronic music, including Klein. The tracksuits are often bought from the brand, Australian, but Máxima’s is branded “Argentinian.”
This year, the text under the Royal Couple says, “Eurovissie,” playing off the cafe’s name and Eurovisie, the Dutch name for the music competition. Below that, it plays off the name of the baking show, Heel Holland Bakt, and instead states “Heel Holland Hakt,” jokingly implying that everyone in Holland dances the hakken style associated with gabber music.
“It’s of course about Joost Klein and his Eurovision Song Contest song, Europapa,” said Jort Vos, owner of the pub, in an interview with Parool. “But we tried to give it a funny twist, that’s why we decided to portray Willem-Alexander as Joost Klein. With the facade, we want to convey the gabber theme from our Eurovision song.”
De Blaffende Vis is known for its comical annual parodies on King’s Day, and Queen’s Day before that. For decades, the café in the Jordaan neighborhood has put up the fun facade decoration. Last year an image of Princess Amalia on a bicycle was shown, accompanied by a small portrait of Ramses Shaffy and the lyrics, “Laat me.”
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currently in Emmen: moments before kings day tour begins
and later on in the afternoon and evening the Radio 538 Koningsdag (Kings Day) Festival
line up, the biggest names in my nation's music industry currently
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Alok
Antoon
Bankzitters
Bizzey
Claude
Chris Deluxe
Davina Michelle
DI-RECT
Douwe Bob
Emma Heesters
Ferry de Lits
FLEMMING
Gerard Joling
Guus Meeuwis
Hannah Mae
John Newman
Kraantje Pappie
Krezip
Kris Kross Amsterdam
La Fuente
Lucas & Steve
Marco Schuitmaker
Mark Ambor
Mart Hoogkamer
MEAU
Miss Montreal
Nick Schilder
Prins Floris van Oranje
Racoon
Robert van Hemert
Rolf Sanchez
Roxy Dekker
SERA
Snelle
Snollebollekes
Son Mieux
STUK
Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
Suzan & Freek
Tino Martin
Wesly Bronkhorst
Wildstylez (en Niels Geusebroek)
Yves Berendse
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