In the evening in the moonshine, sham, sham, with a nice game of beer, beer, beer, aan den Zwier, Zwier, Zwier, Op d’riere, four, four! ‘ Yes, the mood is good with Amsterdam music on the boat full of dragqueens during the Meppeler Pride. It is the opening of Mokum in Meppel.
It is traditionally the most visited Thursday Meppeldag of the Year. Then the city changes to Amsterdam for a while. Artists from the capital sing on the squares, there is a pride and above all tens of thousands of tourists from the capital that attract to Meppel.
“Dear darling, I’ve been from Amsterdam for fourteen or fifteen years,” says Dragqueen Donnatella forgot, also known as the ‘Leading Lady of all girls here on the boat’. “It’s just a huge party. We still have really old Amsterdam here. All the tasty Amsterdammers come here and they make it a party. As it used to be in Amsterdam.”