Royal Dutch Calendar

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May 2024


May 4th
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Margriet and Prince Pieter-Christiaan together with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the National Military Remembrance Day at the Military Field of Honor Grebbeberg in Rhenen

May 4th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will be present at the National Commemoration on Dam Square in Amsterdam

May 5th
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend a meeting in Wageningen on the occasion of the National Remembrance Capitulations 1945

May 5th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the May 5 concert in Amsterdam, the conclusion of the National Celebration of Liberation

May 7th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a working visit to the Father Center Adam in Den Haag, one of the winners of an Apple of Orange 2023

May 8th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the Oranje Huis of Jouw Groep in Almere

May 11th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will visit the mill 'Unity Makes Power' in Meterik, municipality of Horst aan de Maas, for its 125th anniversary

May 12th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will present the prizes of the National Final of the Princess Christina Classical Competition 2024 in Den Haag

May 13th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will receive the President of Namibia Nangolo Mbumba

May 14th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a regional visit to the Hogeland and will visit the municipalities of Het Hogeland and Eemsdelta

May 14th
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will receive the first copy of the book "Voor Huis en Haard" about the history of the armed civilian force Voluntary Landstorm 1914-1940

May 15th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the 13th world conference of the International Ombudsman Institute in Den Haag

May 15th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will be present at the IDAHOT (International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia) + Forum in Den Haag

May 15th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the Foodvalley in Wageningen

May 16th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit projects regarding elderly welfare in Almere

May 16th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will hand out the Koning Willem I prizes in Zwolle

May 21st
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the Nieuwland ring riders association in Nieuw- en Sint Joosland

May 27th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the World Seed Congress in Rotterdam

May 28th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the Seven Oceans Simulator centre at the Maritime Research Institute Netherlands in Wageningen

May 28th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the municipality of Hollands Kroon in the context of the Leading Locals network of MIND Us

May 29th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend a celebration for the five-year anniversary of Codam Coding College in Amsterdam

May 30th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the new head office of DSM-Firmenich in Maastricht

May 31st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the FBN NxG International Summit in Den Haag

 

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June 2024


June 3rd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the annual conference of the SME Financing Foundation (SMF) in Driebergen

June 5th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the MIND Us Student Tour at Astrum College in Velp

June 5th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will host the Diplomatic Corps Dinner at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

June 6th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of D-Day in the Normandy, France

June 6th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the opening performance of the 77th Holland Festival in Amsterdam

June 7th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the new production and distribution location and the office of Aalberts hydronic flow control in Almere

June 7th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will reopen the Sloten Mill in Amsterdam

June 7th
The Royal Family will attend the annual summer photo session at Palace Huis ten Bosch in Den Haag

June 10th - 14th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a working visit to the states of Georgia and New York in the United States

June 12th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will be present at the 150th anniversary celebration for the King Willem Fund in London

June 14th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will christen two ships of the Royal Wagenborg shipping company in Delfzijl

June 18th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the renovated Museum Hindeloopen in Hindeloopen

June 18th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the H'ART Museum in Amsterdam

 

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July 2024


July 2nd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will swear in the new cabinet at Huis ten Bosch Palace

July 2nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend a meeting of the National Coalition for Financial Health (NCFG) in Utrecht

July 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the municipality of Woerden

July 4th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the village of Zevenbergschen Hoek

 

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August 2024


August 27th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a regional visit to Walcheren in the province of Zeeland, including the municipalities of Vlissingen, Middelburg and Veere

August 29th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the Social-Cultural Centre De Basis in Soesterberg

 

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September 2024


September 2nd
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will unveil the sculpture group in memory of Queen Juliana at the Koekamp in Den Haag

September 3rd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the Foundation "Through the Sound" in Leiden

September 3rd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a working visit to the Team Toekomst Foundation in Rotterdam

September 4th - 8th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will attend the Paralympic Games in Paris, France

September 8th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will be present at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Association of Sunflowers in Mirns

September 10th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the new polyclinic of the Dutch Endometriosis Clinic in Delft

September 11th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the new factory of NX Filtration in Hengelo

September 11th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the FirstBio2Shipping installation at waste processor Attero in Wilp

September 13th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the national start of the celebration of 80 years of freedom in Mesch

September 13th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will reopen the corn and hulling mill De Noordstar in Noordbroek

September 13th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the Opening Night 2024 of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in the Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam-Zuidoost

September 17th
The Royal Family will attend the annual Prinsjesdag in Den Haag

September 21st
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the Airborne Landings and Commemoration in the context of 80 years of freedom in Esch

September 21st
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the 65th national campaign day Zwaluwen Youth Action in Goes

September 26th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will participate in the anniversary symposium of the Foundation Aid to the Blind in Den Haag

 

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October 2024


October 1st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will inaugurate the new building of the National Ballet Academy in Amsterdam

October 1st
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the Day of Legislation in Den Haag

October 1st
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will receive participants of the 35th ASE (Association of Space Explorers) Planetary Congress at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

October 2nd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit local broadcaster Dtv in Oss for it's 50th anniversary

October 2nd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the 80th commemoration of the Putten raid in Putten

October 2nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will launch Vakkanjers, the national lesson programme and competition about technology for students, at Space Expo in Noordwijk

October 2nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the exhibition MOḌA - Moroccan Fashion Statements at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht

October 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will be present at the celebration of 450 years of the liberation of Leiden

October 3rd
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will unveil a model of Palace Het Loo for people with a visual impairment at Palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn

October 3rd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will present the Appeltjes van Oranje Awards at Palace Noordeinde. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will be present as well

October 4th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the new production station for green hydrogen from Hysolar at the KWR Water Research Institute in Nieuwegein

October 5th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will be present at the fifth edition of the Het Oranjepad charity walk of the Princess Beatrix Muscle Fund

October 10th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will inaugurate Mediavaert, the Dutch headquarters of DPG Media, in Amsterdam

October 10th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will present the Royal Award for Free Painting 2024 at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

October 10th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend a SchuldenlabNL meeting on tackling debt and poverty by municipalities in Arnehm

October 10th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will open the exhibition "Queens by Andy Warhol" at Palace Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn

October 11th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander together with His Majesty King Philippe will open the new Lock in Terneuzen

October 11th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the anniversary event of the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution in Rotterdam

October 21st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the anniversary concert of Ton Koopman, founder of the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, in Utrecht

October 24th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open a sustainable asphalt plant of Van Gelder Groep in Nijkerk

October 24th
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will unveil a monument in memory of the fallen crew of a crashed Wellington bomber at Schijnvliegveld de Kiek in Riel

 

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November 2024


November 9th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will light the new lighting of the Dom Tower in Utrecht

November 11th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the 26th edition of the Dutch Ballet Gala of the Foundation Dansersfonds '79 in Amsterdam

November 12th - 14th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to Norway and Denmark with focus on hydrogen and the energy system of the future

November 12th - 15th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will visit Sint Maarten and Saba focussing on the work of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance and social initiatives on the islands

November 12th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a working visit to young creators in the cultural sector in Amsterdam

November 12th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will speak at the Financial Services 2030 Women’s Leadership Circle in Amsterdam

November 14th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the Don Quixote Sculpture Hall at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

November 15th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet together with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the Netherland-America Foundation Ball 2024 in New York City

November 19th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the symposium "40 years of Being There" of the Volunteers Palliative Terminal Care (VPTZ) Netherlands in Amersfoort

November 20th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit Nieuw Den Helder

November 20th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Northern Development Agency in Assen

November 21st
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to De Wereldweide primary school in Woubrugge

November 26th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will hand out the Erasmus Prize to Indian writer Amitav Ghosh. Her Majesty Queen Máxima and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene will attend as well

November 26th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will present growth certificates to 12 social organisations that have successfully completed the Oranje Fonds Growth Programme in Utrecht

November 28th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will be present during the signing of the international collaboration EU CAN KIDS between the Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology, the Hopp Children's Cancer Center in Heidelberg (KiTZ) and the Institut Curie in Paris at the Mauritshuis in Den Haag

November 29th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet together with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the inaugural lecture by Professor Marc van den Homberg in Enschede

November 30th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will speak about financial health at the opening of the "Cooperative Impact Event, Our Day" of Rabobank in Nieuwegein

 

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December 2024


December 2nd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will receive the President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini at Noordeinde Palace

December 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to the International Institute of Social History (IISG) in Amsterdam

December 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrix, Prince Constantijn, Princess Laurentien and Princess Mabel will attend the presentation of the Prins Claus Impact Awards 2024 at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

December 10th - 11th
The President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will pay a state visit to the Netherlands

December 12th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will open the first edition of the winter walk Winterheul in Apeldoorn

December 13th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the closing ceremony of the large-scale ammunition clearance of the nature reserve around Assel, Hoog Soeren and Uddel

December 19th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to the MESA+ NanoLab of the University of Twente

 

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2025

January 2025


January 15th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit Royal Cosun in Dinteloord, winner of the King Willem I Prize in the Large Business category

January 21st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima as honorary chair of the MIND Us Foundation will open the National Education Exhibition in Utrecht

January 24th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to Europol in Den Haag in connection with its 25th anniversary

January 27th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange will attend the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the former German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland

 

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February 2025


February 7th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the Dies Natalis celebration on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Leiden University in the Pieterskerk in Leiden

February 11th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the conference "Clicks & Issues: Young and Online" organized by UNICEF Netherlands, MIND Us and the municipality of Amsterdam

February 12th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the Only Friends sports club in the Friendship Sports Center in Amsterdam

February 19th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the college Gilde Vakcollege Techniek in Gorinchem

February 22nd
Her Royal Highness The Princess of Orange will christen the Combat Support Ship "Den Helder" in Vlissingen

February 24th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the foundation "Kamers met Aandacht" in Houten

 

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March 2025


March 4th - 5th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a state visit to Cyprus

March 6th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will open the exhibition "40 years of Huis Emma" about the guest house of the Ronald McDonald Children's Fund in Amsterdam

March 8th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend a meeting on improving women's health by WOMEN Inc. in Amsterdam

March 11th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will receive ten Dutch people for a conversation based on the letters they previously wrote to the King or Queen

March 11th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will be present during the opening meeting on the occasion of the 90th Book Week in Den Haag

March 12th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to a pepper grower and a tulip grower in Andijk en Hem

March 12th
Their Royal Highnesses Princess Beatrix and Princess Mabel will be present at the presentation of the 11th Prince Friso Engineering Prize in Den Haag

March 12th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will open the Royal Light Festival in Apeldoorn

March 13th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the presentation of the Geuzenpenning to the Ukraine 5 AM Coalition at the Grote- of Sintjanskerk in Schiedam

March 14th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima and Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will participate in the annual NLdoet actions

March 14th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will attend the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the association De Zaansche Molen in Zaandam

March 18th - 20th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a state visit to Kenia

March 26th
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will open the he renovated headquarters of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in Amsterdam

March 27th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima as honorary chair of More Music in the Classroom will be present at the signing of the renewed music agreement "More Harmony in Society" in Kerkrade

 

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April 2025


April 1st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the anniversary conference "Pension & Science" of Netspar in Den Haag

April 1st
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will pay a visit to the youth organization Quardin in Rotterdam

April 2nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will hold a speech on the Day of Interventions of the 'Connecting Debt Domain' programme of the Association of Dutch Municipalities (VNG) in Utrecht

April 2nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will christen the new innovative sailing ship of the Sea Ranger Service in Rotterdam

April 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to a hospice and a hospital in Amersfoort

April 3rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the Foundation Al Amal in Utrecht, one of the winners of an Appeltje van Oranje in 2024

April 4th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will speak at the INSEAD Alumni Forum Europe 2025 on financial health

April 7th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will be present at the start of the Village Hall Week at the Village Hall Hoenderloo

April 7th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the King's Day concert in Doetinchem

April 8th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima as honorary chair of the MIND Us Foundation will visit the municipality of Deventer as part of the Leading Locals network of MIND Us

April 9th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit the Heerlerbaan district in the municipality of Heerlen

April 10th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will present the Jantje Beton Prize to the most play-friendly municipality in the Netherlands during a ceremony in Gouda

April 11th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will unveil the Names Monument at the Julianapark in Stadskanaal

April 15th - 16th
The Sultan of Oman will pay a state visit to the Netherlands

April 17th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will open the National King's Games at the Basisschool KPO De Vlindertuin in Roosendaal

April 22nd
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the official opening of the exhibition "Above Ground Level – 25 Years of Archaeological Finds" at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden

April 23rd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will pay a working visit to the Beverwijk Burn Center at the Red Cross Hospital in Beverwijk

April 26th
The Royal Family will attend the King's Day in Doetinchem

 

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May 2025


May 1st
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet will open the exhibition "Native Liberators" at the Freedom Museum in Groesbeek

May 3rd
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet together with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the Street Parade in Apeldoorn in connection with the commemoration of the Second World War

May 4th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet together with Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the commemoration at the Canadian cemetery in Holten

May 4th
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven and His Royal Highness Prince Pieter-Christiaan will attend the National Military Remembrance Day at the Military Field of Honour Grebbeberg in Rhenen

May 4th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will be present at the commemoration meeting in De Nieuwe Kerk and at the National Commemoration on Dam Square in Amsterdam

May 5th
Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will attend the start of the National Celebration of Liberation with the National Commemoration of the Capitulations of 1945, the May 5 lecture and the Freedom Parade in Wageningen

May 5th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will attend the May 5 concert in Amsterdam, the conclusion of the National Celebration of Liberation

May 9th - 13th
Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet and Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven will visit Ottawa and Toronto in Canada in the context of 80 years of freedom since the Second World War and in dedication of the Dutch-Canadian relationship (cancelled)

May 10th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will visit the mill De Onderneming on National Mill Day, marking the 50th anniversary of the Guild of Frisian Mounders

May 12th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will host the Diner Corps Diplomatique at the Royal Palace in Amsterdam

May 13th
Their Majesties King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima will pay a regional visit to Lopikerwaard and Vijfheerenlanden in the province of Utrecht

May 14th
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrix will visit the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution for its 200th anniversary

May 14th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open the Research & Diagnostics Center ADORE in Amsterdam

May 15th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will attend the celebration of 10 years of Neighbourhood Families in Doorn

May 15th
Her Majesty Queen Máxima will open Fenix, the art museum about migration in Rotterdam

May 21st - 22nd
His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will visit the World Expo 2025 Osaka in Japan