Prinsjesdag

Every third Tuesday of September is 'prinsjesdag' (Princes' Day).

On this day our queen is driven in a gilded, horse-drawn coach through The Hague from the palace 'Noordeinde' to 'Het Binnenhof', where she in the 'Ridderzaal' (Knight's Hall) will read the 'troonrede' (Speech from the Throne).

Herewith she opens the new parliamental year, and announces the plans.