Amsterdam gay parade 2017
Pride Amsterdam
- Markets and annual festivals
- Parades
- Celebration and remembrance
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Description
Pride Amsterdam is a festival to celebrate that you can 'be who you are, love who you want'. This festival is mainly famous by the LHBTQI community from the last Saturday in July until the first Sunday in August and consists of several components. The most notable part is the Canal Parade, in which a procession of 80 boats cruise through the waters of Amsterdam for 2 hours, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of colourfully dressed visitors. Other parts of the Pride are: Celebration Walk, Pride Park, Open Air Cinema, Senior Pride Concert, All Colours East, Love Swim, avenue parties and a closing party. The late mayor Eberhard van der Laan said about the Pride: ‘Pride Amsterdam is not just any event. It is a symbol of the clear and tolerant metropolis we want to be. We observe the freedom to b
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