Lots of royal visitors for the Province of Groningen lately. King’s Day, Princess Laurentien at Children’s Council meeting and on 25 May King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands opened the exhibition “Avant-garde in Groningen. De Ploeg 1918-1928” at the Groninger Museum in the city of Groningen. After the state visit to Luxembourg, that ended in the […]
Lucky me! I am not travelling a lot at the moment, but somehow the royals have found their way to me. We recently had King’s Day here in Groningen, and in the coming weeks both King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands have engagements here in the city, even one almost around the corner. […]
On Sunday I just had enough time to pop into the Groninger Museum in my hometown Groningen. From King’s Day, 27 April 2018, until 17 May the portraits Photographer Erwin Olaf took of Queen Máxima and her daughters Princess Amalia, Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane for the 50th birthday of King Willem-Alexander, were on display […]
King’s Day 2018 in Groningen, The Netherlands, on 27 April 2018 – the 5th edition since Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands – ended at the Vismarkt. In 2004 the royals took the opposite direction: they startet at the Vismarkt and ended at the Grote Markt. Good that there was another route this time, with […]
With King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their daughters Amalia, Alexia and Ariane hardly visible on the side of the town hall, I decided to focus on the other family members attending King’s Day in Groningen, The Netherlands, on Friday. The passage was rather narrow, so they simply had to pass me. I think some colleagues […]
Even as media you have to be patient nowadays when attending King’s Day in the Netherlands. I was at several Queen’s Day celebrations, but to be honest this year was my very first King’s Day. Lucky for me, because of my health, the Dutch royal family visited my city this year. Groningen coloured orange more […]
As the media were waiting in the press area at the Grote Markt in Groningen, The Netherlands, on King’s Day on 27 April I looked up and noticed that the flag on the side of the town hall was not hanging correctly. A local photographer and I thought it was really not a good idea […]
Goudkantoor
What to do in Groningen as soon as the Dutch royal family has left the city at the end of the King’s Day celebrations 2018? Knowing the fans they’d love to have something to eat and to drink first. Lots of possibilities in the city centre. My favourites would be (if they’re open): Dinercafé Soestdijk. De […]
Soestdijk
No other choice on King’s Day in Groningen, The Netherlands, on 27 April 2018 than to lead the Dutch royal family through the Oude Kijk in ‘t Jatstraat and the Stoeldraaierstraat to the Vismarkt. The streets have a few nice, somewhat alternative shops, but for shopping people it is usually not really the main choice. […]
The Grote Markt is the main square in the middle of the city of Groningen, The Netherlands. After leaving the Martini Church this is where the Dutch royals walk to on King’s Day on 27 April 2018. Once presumably a wonderful square, I’ve never found it very beautiful. In the aftermath of World War II […]
