Around midday on Saturday, Sinterklaas and his entourage arrived by boat at the Loswalkade in IJmuiden, where hundreds of smiling and singing people were waiting. Sinterklaas Jos and 160 Pieten then took part in a parade from the Loswal to Square 1945, along a route watched by children and their parents and grandparents.

Jos said the arrival in IJmuiden was the most beautiful day of the year for him and that the reactions of the children and adults made him very happy.