Historic tall ships arrive in Amsterdam for tenth edition of maritime festival SAIL

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Hundreds of historical ships from each complete nan world near nan North Sea coastal municipality of IJmuiden to statesman their travel up nan North Sea Canal and into Amsterdam's IJ waterway today.

The flotilla arrived for the commencement of a five-day festival, SAIL 2025, which celebrates nan Dutch capital’s maritime history.

The show draws hundreds of thousands of visitors and held its first version successful 1975 to observe Amsterdam's 700th anniversary.

This is SAIL’s 10th version and their first successful a decade. It is held each 5 years but owed to nan COVID-19 pandemic, 2020’s version was cancelled.

Making this year’s version moreover much typical is SAIL’s festivities coinciding pinch Amsterdam’s 750th birthday.

As pictured above, puffs of orangish fume erupted into nan entity and ships' horns sounded arsenic nan replica three-masted clipper Stad Amsterdam passed done a fastener to people nan charismatic commencement of nan event.

Each visiting vessel is greeted pinch 2 cannon shots and its country's nationalist anthem arsenic it enters nan harbor.

Wednesday's parade culminates successful an evening fireworks display. The ships will stay successful Amsterdam, galore unfastened for visitors, done nan weekend.