Corso Zundert Largest Flower Parade
The flower parade has been held in the city of zundert in the south of holland since 1936.
Corso zundert largest flower parade. Thousands of flowers adorned the streets of this tiny dutch town at the weekend taking on the form of mystical. This year 19 teams took inspiration from the work of vincent van gogh who was born in zundert 162 years ago. Zundert bloemencorso zundert the largest flower parade in the world. The procession features an array of floats decorated with hundreds of thousands of locally grown dahlias representing every color of the rainbow.
The colorful tradition has taken place since 1936 and this. Traditionally the parade is run entirely by volunteers uses only dahlia flowers and is the world s largest flower procession. On the first sunday of september every year the netherlands hosts the corso zundert which is the biggest flower parade in the world. Eighty years of corso.
Our grannies and granddads started it in 1936 and we still can t have enough of it. The flower parade uses only dahlias. Around twenty hamlets build the best floats they can in order to establish their name at the flower parade of zundert. The zundert flower parade has been turning the town upside down since 1936.
After a whole year of work and preparations the parade is celebrated on the first sunday of september. Zundert vincent van. Nine meters high and nineteen meters long. On the first sunday of september every year since 1936 zundert a small town in the netherlands that is the birthplace of vincent van gogh puts on the world s largest volunteer run flower parade with a raft of over the top floats made from local dahlias.
In zundert in the south of the netherlands we are crazy about our flower parade writes the event s website. Bloemencorso zundert is a the world s largest annual parade and competition held every year in zundert in holland. They had to put a stop to the. The floats are large artworks made of steel wire cardboard papier mâché and flowers.
Travel to corso zundert parking your car. Flower parade corso zundert 2021. In 1989 those maximum dimensions were determined. The tradition began in 1936 as a commemoration of queen wilhmlimina s birthday.
The parade takes place on the first sunday of september in the small town of zundert in the netherlands.