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The canalpride in Amsterdam is off the track by 2020. The event is scheduled to take place on August 1, but cannot continue due to the corona virus. “Organizing a Pride in a 1.5 meter society is not feasible. Full street and square parties and hundreds of thousands of people on the quay and boats along the route, that is simply not possible at this time, ”said the chairman of Pride. The celebration of the 25th edition of the boat parade has therefore been postponed to 2021.

Participants who have managed to secure a place in the jubilee edition of the boat parade will remain assured of participation. They will not sail through the canals on August 1, 2020, but a year later on August 7, 2021.

AGP is financially responsible. “A year without Pride Amsterdam is not a year without expenditure, but without income,” says Huffnagel. “That is why the municipality has decided that we can keep 80 percent of the subsidy amount to cover part of the loss in 2020.”

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