Queen's Day is the annual Dutch holiday in honour of their late Queen Jualiana's birthday. Every year, street parties are held all over the Ranstad (the four largest cities in the country).The parties started the night before (The Night Before Queen's Day) and lasted thru the next day (The Queen's Day itself). All the streets were jammed packed with party goers dressed in the colour of orange! Beers flow freely and music blarring from cafes to cafes. The canals offer no sanctuary as well as thousand of boats will clog up the city's waterways.
Recently there's a controversy on one of the Queen's Day poster campaign where the faces of world leaders were photoshopped into these interesting posters - One of them depicted two men wearing T-shirts bearing the slogan of "Kiss Me I'm Drunk". The two men depicted in these posters were no other than the President of the United States and the Russian President! Looking at the poster, it is quite funny but definitely not to these 2 gentlemen and their 'camps'. Imagine impeccable image will be tarnished, people in their nation will be outraged etc. Hence, the campaign has been withdrawn and the posters have been stripped off the streets of Holland.
Controversy aside, I will be looking forward to join the 'World's Largest Street Parties' in 2 days time for an eye-opener experience. Stay tuned!
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