Kingsday Amsterdam 2024

Kings day Amsterdam – The biggest party in the Netherlands 2024

King’s Day (Formerly Queensday) is the birthday of the king and a national holiday throughout Holland; hundreds of thousands of people attend street parties, and open air concerts in Amsterdam.

• Kings day is one of Amsterdam’s biggest events of the year. Book your hotel close to the city centre, home to Amsterdam’s dynamic gay scene.

The Street Parties

• The best 3 gay street parties during Kings Day are held in Reguliersdwarsstraat, Amstel and Homomonument, full of gay boys and girls celebrating the Queen’s birthday.
• Stay close to the street parties at The Albus Design Hotel with spacious rooms and right on the tram line, making it easy to explore the rest of the city.
• Note, The Dutch street party organized by Jantjes Verjaardag in the eastern part of Reguliersdwarsstraat attracts a mainly straight audience. Gay guys tend to congregate on the western part of the street.
• More than 750,000 people attend outdoor festivities across the city. This year the event falls midweek, so most of the bigger gay parties take place during the weekend after Kings Day celebrations.
• The gay parties typically kick off from 12pm. Look out for lots of crazy orange costumes and skimpy outfits. Later on, events continue inside the bars and clubs.

The Gay Parties

All the gay clubs and bars have their own party nights to celebrate Kings day including:

• Backdoor Amsterdam – Special edition of one of Amsterdam’s hottest pop-up parties in the city centre.
• Rapido Kings Day circuit weekend, 4 parties, from boat cruises to after hour events.

Where to stay during Kings Day in Amsterdam

Reguliersdwarsstraat hosts some great street parties and is home to the city’s gay bars and clubs. The gay district is located in the centre of the Amsterdam.  The liberal and relaxed attitude of the city and its inhabitants have made Amsterdam one of the most gay friendly destinations in the world.

The following hotels are currently trending with our readers:

Inntel Hotel,   Albus Hotel,   De L’Europe,   NH Doelen.

Explore beyond Amsterdam

• Keukenhof situated in Lisse, South Holland also known as the Garden of Europe with approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of 32 hectares.
• Discover the Dutch countryside with a drive through the picture-perfect landscape with its canals, authentic wooden houses, windmills and fishing villages.
• Explore Bruges just a 3h drive from Amsterdam and one of the most captivating cities in Belgium explore the churches, canals, lace shops, the Begijnhof, the city gates and the eye-catching windmills.