The Hague

:This article is about the city in the Netherlands; there is also a region known as (the) Hague in France.

Annual events

• August: HaSchiBa - multicultural festival
• Summer: series of weekly fireworks, and in one week a fireworks festival
• Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) April 30, is the birthday of the former queen of the Netherlands, Queen Juliana. As she considered her own birthday in January too cold for celebrations, upon her succession Queen Beatrix kept Queen's Day on April 30.
• Koninginnenach (Queen's Night, spoken in a 'plat Haags' accent) is the night before Queen's Day and is a night with a lot of open air concerts and in fact, the entire inner city of The Hague is filled with visitors. There's also a lot of beer served and the event is mainly popular among the youth
• Prinsjesdag (Princes' Day), the State opening of Parliament, is also held in The Hague, on the third tuesday in september. It's mainly popular among monarchists and tourists who are out to see Queen Beatrix' Golden State Coach.
• 'Parkpop' is the largest free Open Air Concert in Europe and is held on the last Sunday in June.