Vlaggetjes Dag

We live in Scheveningen, which is now part of The Hague but used to be its own separate fishing village.  So every year in June they have a big festival to welcome the herring fleet called Vlaggetjesdag (flags day).   There’s lots to do at the harbor, so we rode our bikes over there early.

The Fishing Fleet

We could get a lot closer to the fishing boats than we usually can.  They have a lot of impressive nets.  Of course we had fish for lunch – fried chunks of kibbelingen for the boys and a nieuwe haring (raw herring) for Mommy because that’s what you eat on vlaggetjes dag.

We also enjoyed lots of choirs singing sea chanties and sailors songs and some marching bands.

And, of course, we did all the “old Dutch children’s games” like rolling barrels, walking on stilts, racing in wooden shoes, stacking fish boxes and jumping rope.

Barrel Rolling

Wooden Shoe Potato Races

Fish Box Stacking