Watch Queen's Day celebrations on Amsterdam webcam

You can enjoy the Queen's Day celebrations in Holland by keeping an eye on Amsterdam via webcams.

Queen's Day - known as Koninginnedag in Dutch - has been a national holiday in the Netherlands since 1885 to celebrate the Queen's birthday.

Back in 1885, Queen's Day fell on 31 August, but it was moved to 30 April when Queen Juliana ascended to the throne (that was her birthday).

The current Queen, Beatrix, celebrates her birthday on 31 January, but rather than forcing the Dutch to party outside in the freezing winter, she kept Queen's Day in late April.

It all goes rather mad and very orange on Queen's Day - all shops close and the streets become an unregulated open-air market (the famous vrijmarkt).

It's pretty vibrant on the evening before Queen's Day, especially in The Hague, Holland's third-largest city.

Click the link below to watch the celebrations on the Koningsplein, a square in Amsterdam located between the Singel and Herengracht canals.

Watch Queen's Day celebrations on Amsterdam webcam