Arrival Sinterklaas in Amsterdam with record number of pieten

Photographer: Ada Nieuwendijk

On November 14th 2010 Sinterklaas will arrive in Amsterdam for the 72nd time. Sinterklaas, Sint Nicolaas or
St. Nicholas is the Dutch equivalent of Santa Claus. Every year, the bearded bishop travels to the Netherlands by steamboat from his mystical home in Spain. The quays in Amsterdam will be filled with 300.000 children of all ages. The arrival of Sinterklaas will take place on the Amstel River and consists of hundreds of boats and over 640 zwarte pieten, Sinterklaas his helpers. The procession will go on shore at the Maritime Museum (Scheepvaartmuseum) and is a stunning 1 kilometre long, making it the longest in the World.

Additional information:
www.sintinamsterdam.nl