2011 in the Netherlands

Year in the Netherlands:

Other years

2009 | 2010 | 2011 (2011) | 2012 | 2013

This article lists some of the events that took place in the Netherlands in 2011.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Beatrix
• Prime Minister: Mark Rutte

Events

January

• 1: The BES-islands(Saba, Saint Eustatius and Bonaire) exchange their Antillean guilder for the American dollar.
• 5: In Moerdijk 23.500 liters of toxic and corrosive liquids escape during a large fire on the Chemie-Pack property.
• 8: Feyenoord says farewell to soccer legend Coen Moulijn.
• 11: A month after quitting as party chair of GreenLeft Femke Halsema leaves Congress.

February

• 1: Air-defense and Command-frigate Hr. Ms. Tromp leaves her home port of Den Helder towards the waters around Somalia to take part in the anti-piracy mission Atalanta.
• 11: Karlo Timmerman wins the alternative elfstedentocht on the Austrian Weissensee over a length of 200 kilometers. Mariska Huisman wins the woman's division.
• 28: 3 crew-members of a military helicopter are captured by Libyan militias. They flew with their Lynx of the Hr. Ms. Tromp to Sirte and landed there without permission.

March

• 9: The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Dutch Railways) are handed a record fine of 2 million euro due to not complying with performance agreements with the government.
• 10-11: The 3 military crew-members are released during the night after intensive diplomatic discussions.

April

• 9: Alphen aan den Rijn shopping mall shooting

July

• 7: During the expansion of the Grolsch Veste an accident occurs with a lifting crane and makes part of the roof collapse. 2 people die and 14 others are injured.
• 15: Zendstation Smilde in Hoogersmilde partly collapses after a fire.

October

• 2: The Nederlands Scheepvaartmuseum reopens her doors for visitors.

November

• 12: The national arrival of Sinterklaas takes place in Dordrecht this year.

December

• 21: Astronaut André Kuipers starts his second space-travel from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, he will be staying at the ISS for almost half a year.
• 29: Theater 't Speelhuis in Helmond is destroyed by a very large fire it damages several cube houses.

Elections

• Dutch provincial elections, 2011

Sports

• February 4: Ellen van Dijk wins the 2011 Ladies Tour of Qatar, inclucing the youth and points classifications.

See also

• 2011–12 Eredivisie
• 2010–11 Eerste Divisie
• 2011–12 KNVB Cup
• 2011 Johan Cruijff Schaal
• 2011 Baseball World Cup
• Netherlands national football team 2011

See also

• Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011
• Netherlands in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2011
• List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011

References

Years in the Netherlands (1815–present)
1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 1821 1822 1823 1824 1825 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2011 in the Netherlands.