What is all that orange about in Nederland?
One of the Royal Family’s last names is Van Oranje Nassau (there is that Nassau again). The House of Orange (France) so to speak, as that is where the family originally comes from. To show some (rare) patriotism, Nederlanders tend to dress orange on Queen’s birthday or during international sports events. It really took off, when the soccer team (nicknamed “Oranje” finally) won from Germany in the European soccer championships after a world war and two lost world cups. Ever since, Dutch dress oranje as much as they can. This is also the reason why ING Direct profiles itself in Oranje (ING is Dutch in case you didn’t know), Oranje Vrijstaat in South Africa and the Orangemen in Ireland are all linked to that same Orange.
