Amsterdam

===Festivals===
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In 2008, there were 140 festivals and events in Amsterdam.<ref name="festivals">{{Cite news |date=17 May 2008 |title=Amsterdam kans op 'evenementenstad' |language=nl |trans-title=Amsterdam has a chance to be an 'event city' |work=[[AT5|AT5 Nieuws]] |location=Amsterdam |url=http://www.at5.nl/artikelen/8239/amsterdam-kans-op-evenementenstad |access-date=10 May 2012 |quote=''Naast de prijs van nationale evenementenstad is Koninginnedag voorgedragen als het publieksevenement van het jaar.'' (In addition to the prize for national event city, [[Koningsdag|Queens Day]] is nominated as the public event of the year.)}}</ref> During the same year, Amsterdam was designated as the [[World Book Capital]] for one year by [[UNESCO]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Book Capital 2008: Amsterdam; (Netherlands) |url=https://archive.ifla.org/III/announce/2008WorldBookCapital-en.htm |access-date=19 April 2022 |website=archive.ifla.org}}</ref>

Famous festivals and events in Amsterdam include: ''[[Koningsdag]]'' (which was named ''Koninginnedag'' until the crowning of King Willem-Alexander in 2013) (King's Day – Queen's Day); the [[Holland Festival]] for the performing arts; the yearly [[Prinsengrachtconcert]] (classical concerto on the Prinsen canal) in August; the '[[Stille Omgang]]' (a silent Roman Catholic evening procession held every March); [[Amsterdam Gay Pride]]; The [[Cannabis Cup]]; and the [[Uitmarkt]]. On Koningsdag—that is held each year on 27 April—hundreds of thousands of people travel to Amsterdam to celebrate with the city's residents. The entire city becomes overcrowded with people buying products from the ''freemarket'', or visiting one of the many music concerts.

[[File:Amsterdam Gay Pride 2013 boat no37 Hot Spot Cafe pic7.JPG|thumb|right|One of the decorated boats participating in the 2013 Canal Parade of the [[Amsterdam Gay Pride]]]]
The yearly Holland Festival attracts international artists and visitors from all over Europe. [[Amsterdam Gay Pride]] is a yearly local LGBT parade of boats in Amsterdam's canals, held on the first Saturday in August.<ref name="gaypride">{{Cite web |title=Gay Pride in Amsterdam |url=http://amsterdam.nl/?ActItmIdt=10073 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080601054009/http://www.amsterdam.nl/?ActItmIdt=10073 |archive-date=1 June 2008 |access-date=4 June 2008 |publisher=Municipality Amsterdam |language=nl}}</ref> The annual Uitmarkt is a three-day cultural event at the start of the cultural season in late August. It offers previews of many different artists, such as musicians and poets, who perform on [[Podium|podia]].<ref name="uitmarkt">{{Cite web |title=Uitmarkt in Amsterdam |url=http://www.iamsterdam.com/visiting_exploring/culture/annual_cultural_0/uitmarkt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080131104219/http://www.iamsterdam.com/visiting_exploring/culture/annual_cultural_0/uitmarkt |archive-date=31 January 2008 |access-date=4 June 2008 |publisher=IAmsterdam}}</ref>