As expected, when she is not acting in her "pet topics" Orange Fund or the UN, then she dresses as a Queen. She looks wonderful.
The Máximakanaal is a deviation from the Zuid-Willemsvaart (South William's Canal,
see picture) to lead ships, sometimes loaded with chemicals, petrol, gaz, etc. around the city of 's-Hertogenbosch (means: Bois-le-Duc, the Duke's Forest) instead of sailing through the populated city centre. On
this picture you see the Zuid-Willemsvaart entering the city, alongside one of the citadels from the old fortifications. It is clear there is no possibility to widen the canal.
On the picture you see the old Zuid-Willemsvaart from 1826 and the connection to the new Máximakanaal from 2015. Of course, now the dykes with the yellow buldozers are now away, to let the water flood:
see picture.
Picture: Queen Máxima waves to the public in Lock Empel (connecting the Máximakanaal with the river Meuse)