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Saturday 2 May 2015

The Return of the Dutch King and Queen to Aruba!

ORANJESTAD - On a per- nized event, be a part of
fect breezy, sunny Labor it, mingle with the locals in
Day the King and Queen down town areas like the
of the Netherlands vis- harbor, Seaport Market-
ited the island of Aruba place and Seaport Marina!
to proudly celebrate 200 (Aruba Today Photos)q
years of the Kingdom of
the Netherlands and to
commemorate 350 years
of the Royal Dutch Marine
Corps. Especially for this
huge event the govern-
ment of Aruba created
the very first “Sail Aruba”.
On Labor Day all shops and
schools are closed and
that allowed the general
public of Aruba to come
and enjoy a family fun filled
day at the harbor. Many
visitors were dressed in or-
ange, the official color of
the Dutch soccer team to
show support to the Moth-
erland. People enjoyed
passing by the stands with
handcrafted items, food,
enjoyed military trainings
and admired the many
ships that were passing by
saluting King Willem-Alex-
ander with official can-
non shots. And of course
Queen Maxima looked
stunning as always being
photographed by many.
This weekend will be filled
with activities like free mov-
ies on a sail in cinema with
a variety of movies like: Sol-
daat van Oranje, Jaws and
Pirates of the Caribbean.
Don’t miss this well orga-