The Amsterdam Gay Pride is an annual gay festival weekend in the centre of Amsterdam, organized in the first weekend of August. The highlight is the famous Canal Parade on Saterday afternoon. Where most parades use trucks, Amsterdam has boats!

75 spectacular decorated boats with beautiful boys and girls will sail from 14:00 till 18:00 through the Prinsengracht and Amstelriver. With 500,000 spectators, this event is one of the largest public events of the Netherlands. Big gay street parties start at the Reguliersdwarsstraat, Amstel, Westermarkt, Paardenstraat (women) and Amstelveld.