{"id":249,"date":"2001-08-24T06:02:40","date_gmt":"2001-08-24T06:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/amsterdam-events-a-holidays\/hartjesdag\/"},"modified":"2001-08-24T06:02:40","modified_gmt":"2001-08-24T06:02:40","slug":"hartjesdag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/hip-guide-to-amsterdam\/amsterdam-events-a-holidays\/hartjesdag\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartjesdag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag2.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" width=\"220\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag2.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag2-161x300.jpg 161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The annual Hartjesdag parade harkens back two centuries when one day a year, the local people were allowed to hunt deer on a large private estate. A public feast would follow, with lots of drinking, music and dancing.<\/p>\n<p> <center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag1.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"220\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag1.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Today, it&#8217;s pretty much the same, including a public brunch, a speech by the mayor, some street theater, music, lots of drinking, and oh yes, a parade with drag queens and drag princes.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag6.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"350\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag6.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag6-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>The parade was short with maybe fifty participants, mostly women in a Brazilian band, and not so many drag queens and princes as you would expect from Amsterdam. Perhaps many were still recovering from the Gay Pride weekend the week before.<\/p>\n<p> <center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hiptravelguide.com\/go\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/08\/hartjesdag3.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"300\" height=\"264\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>But the audience was enthusiastic, the music lively, and the streets were packed with tourists and locals enjoying the day in the Red Light District. It seemed every restaurant and cafe had all their tables out on the Zeedijk which added to the festive atmosphere. Lots of impromtu booths in front of doorways were selling lompia, curries and other asian specialties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Hartjesdag parade harkens back two centuries when one day a year, the local people were allowed to hunt deer on a large private estate. A public feast would follow, with lots of drinking, music and dancing. 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