Far-Right Protest in Amsterdam
Around 1,000 far-right activists gathered on the Museumplein in Amsterdam to protest about immigration and to "defend the Netherlands".
A heavy police presence was maintained, with officers on horseback and a water cannon on standby, following a riot at an anti-immigration protest in The Hague last month.
The protesters, mostly men, listened to short speeches and chanted "Wij zijn Nederland" in front of the Rijksmuseum, where a film about the impact of World War II on the capital was playing on a screen.
- Some carried modern Dutch flags
- Others carried the flag used by the Dutch Nazi party, with orange rather than red
- A group arrived with a large banner reading "defend Netherlands" in English, accompanied by orange smoke bombs
Wij zijn Nederland
Author's summary: Far-right activists protest immigration in Amsterdam.