this friday it's King's Day in Holland

[Nicky91]

this time our King Willem Alexander and the other dutch royalties visit the city of Groningen


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i am gonna watch this on the telly again :dance: :dance: :dance:



so some busy schedule our royalties have

Friday king's day

May 4th: memorial of world war victims

May 5th: liberation day here in holland, with liberation concert

[Kizzy]

More importantly it's my mothers birthday :)

[Nicky91]

More importantly it's my mothers birthday :)

:love:


aw you also have a party then like us dutch

[Nicky91]

and she shares her birthday with our King

[Kizzy]

She'll need some 'Dutch courage' to blow the candles out :laugh:

Have a great kingsday :)

[Nicky91]

She'll need some 'Dutch courage' to blow the candles out :laugh:

Have a great kingsday :)

i will xx


May 4th is also really lovely, 2 minutes of silence to remember and pay our respects to all fallen soldiers during world war II who helped liberate our country and fight against the germans


also poems from children each year (they have a poem contest at schools here, and the best poem is chosen for that boy/girl to read it out loud to everyone)

[Barry.]

Isn’t the 4th of May also Star Wars day?

[Alf]

Happy Kingsday for Friday

[Mystic Mock]

Has Van Der Sar been crowned as King at last?:amazed:

He really deserves it after his contribution for club and country.

[Mystic Mock]

More importantly it's my mothers birthday :)

Happy Birthday to your Mother.:dance:

[Nicky91]

happy kings day today for me :love:

[Twosugars]

Happy day to Nicky
Happy birthday kizzy's mum

[Nicky91]

thank you :hug:

[Oliver_W]

Isn’t the 4th of May also Star Wars day?
Yeah but it only works if we use the American dating system, for May the Fourth Be With You

[Nicky91]

they have arrived in Groningen now as we speak


first exhibit they are participating in, is drone racing :laugh:



our dutch Princesses are so damn hot wow :flutter:


princess Ariana, princess Amelia princess Alexia are the 3 daughters of Willem Alexander & Maxima


our dutch national team coach Ronald Koeman is also here, who is a born groninger

[Nicky91]

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princes amelia :love: she could be our future queen after king willem alexander

[Nicky91]

live update, a dance performance from some teens from a school in Groningen


it's lovely weather for our royalties right now, Sunny and dry about 14 to 15 degrees



it is crowded, many people want autographs from our King and Queen

[Nicky91]

some teens are teaching the Princesses how to race with the drones

quite funny and lovely to see :love:



also a banner which says with Talent and Innovation, Renovation is our future


lots of games being played there, volleyball, football



everyone wishing our king a happy birthday as well :flutter:

[Nicky91]

only a shame the boring commentator Astrid Kersseboom with her monotone voice has to ruin the fun (at least for me)

:joker: :joker:


now we switch to a sorority called Vindicat, infamous high school sorority here in holland, but also the place where many of our dutch royalties went to school



and we also get to see the Martini Church (a very famous place in Groningen)


''shawn mendes music playing in background There's nothing holding me back''

[Nicky91]

ooh, a painting battle between 2 children, money raised is for KiKa (a charity against children's cancer)


our king showing genuine interest in all activities/games, very nice to see how he cares about everyone in our country :love:

[Nicky91]

WOW, the crowd singing happy birthday to our king just wow :clap1: :clap1:

[Nicky91]

now a club owner Guy Weizman (born in israel, lives in groningen) owns a nightclub called Club Guy & Bar

he had a speech for the royalties ''my friends welcome in my town and our town groningen''


MartiniChurch now, an orchestra is playing several songs there


a dance performance to that orchestral music :clap2:

[Nicky91]

the royal family is loving that dance orchestra performance

[Nicky91]

okay a guy in the church tower playing a song now with the church bells, a sort of groninger song

[Nicky91]

a poem just now from a 7 yr old girl


now a dutch song performed by some local groninger musicians, it doesn't sound bad tbh



on a side note my idol Maan has got 6 shows today herself, she wished our king a happy birthday on insta just now

[Nicky91]

also now some attention for the recent earthquakes in groningen, due to the drilling for Oil in the area


now our king meets several whose homes were damaged in those earthquakes

[Nicky91]

a speech now

''people should leave their homes, some of those people who don't even know why''

''stop the oil drilling they say''

[Nicky91]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BiC2vwflwyk/?taken-by=maan.de.st

here's the link to Maan's insta picture



update on oil crisis, King Willem Alexander hopes talking about this now can be helpful to solve the problems

[Nicky91]

some autographs for these people, and they are on their way again to continue their route


also some ideas now from children, how you can make houses stronger against earthquakes

[Nicky91]

Denisa Kasova right now, she's from the northern innovation board, talking about newer and cleaner ways to gain energy, no oil but other fuels

[Nicky91]

updates (sorry i had my lunch break)


kensington was performing for the royal family just now


and it's still lovely weather


everyone is just having a good time now

[Nicky91]

also some cycling going on, people playing checkers


and now also a female kickboxer meeting the king/queen and family

[Nicky91]

talking about electrical cars now, a school in groningen

[Alf]

I wish some of our people showed as much pride for their Royals as you do for yours Nicky. Sadly most of them have pretty much given up on pride.

You are proud of your country, as you should be, because it's a part of your identity, it's good to see.

[Nicky91]

I wish some of our people showed as much pride for their Royals as you do for yours Nicky. Sadly most of them have pretty much given up on pride.

You are proud of your country, as you should be, because it's a part of your identity, it's good to see.

i'm not proud we have a douche as our PM, Mark Rutte mr bottom rock as i call him

:laugh2:


but for hosting events like this one we are really great at that :love:


i also very much enjoyed watching diamond jubilee on BBC for example, queen elizabeth's 92th birthday concert was also quite nice

trooping the colour also a lovely event i watch every year


:hee:

[Nicky91]

internet executive Bert Woldring now meets king and queen, notable fact Bert has been a executive since his 13th

[Twosugars]

Nicky, why Groningen?

[Nicky91]

Nicky, why Groningen?

we do this event in a different city every year, and this year was the turn to Groningen

[Twosugars]

ok, cool