Saint Nicholas parade Amsterdam 2010

Every year Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) arrives around November 15 in the Netherlands and is given a welcome in the form of a parade in Amsterdam (and every other city). For the Amsterdam parade he brought along 650 of his helpers, the Black Petes (Zwarte Pieten).

The story goes that the helpers are so black because they have to slide down the chimneys of all the houses in the country on the eve of December 6 to deliver presents to those children that have been good; and to take the children that have been bad in a cloth sack back to Spain, where Saint Nicholas and the Black Petes live.

This video was shot on the Rokin in Amsterdam, around 3 pm on Sunday November 14, 2010.

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• Sinterklaas
• Sinterklaas Amsterdam 2010
• Saint Nicholas
• Santa Claus
• Sint Nicolaas
• Sint Nicolaas Amsterdam 2010
• Intocht Amsterdam 2010

[MauWonder]

Aah you missed the afropiet! hahaha

[PacmanxBaguette]

Ahw, I saw myself in this video. Really great how you could get this online so fast. :)

[mezeman]

it was fantastic my son and me where in the bus with the balloons