The world’s largest garage sale and another excuse to party.
Despite being rather difficult to pronounce, Koninginnendag (or Queen’s Day) is an Amsterdam tradition that is incredibly simple at its core. Every year on April 30th, in celebration of the country’s rather meager history of monarchy, the city of Amsterdam puts on what is the world’s largest garage sale. This tradition was begun in 1885 and has since grown to become unbelievably popular. Over a half-million people come every year on this single day to partake of the gigantic flea market.
