Well the clock is ticking, less than 48 hours to Queen's Day 2009! Every year the country's biggest party gets more elaborate and some might argue, more regulated.
Scanning the horizon for new developments for Queens Day I've noticed this huge digital signs set up at strategic locations around town.

The idea is that there will be specific routes to guide people more efficiently across town on the big day. Typically on Queen's Day, just walking through the center of town is an adventure as the streets are filled with people from near and far who come to celebrate. But now the city has devised a color coded route system marked by these big displays.

Orange= Through the Jordaan to Leidseplein Blue= Though Spui and Leidseplein eventually arriving at Museumplein Red= Via Nieuwmarkt to Rembrandtplein

Those are the most important. If you come across Green or Yellow those are alternate routes to Museumplein.

Will the system help at all? If you find yourself in Amsterdam in a sea of people dressed in orange, making no walking progress, then you'll know it isn't working. Then again, the fun is everywhere on Queen's Day, no matter where the signs are trying to lead you.