Corso Zundert Largest Flower Parade
This year 19 teams took inspiration from the work of vincent van gogh who was born in zundert 162 years ago.
Corso zundert largest flower parade. In 1989 those maximum dimensions were determined. The flower parade uses only dahlias. Our grannies and granddads started it in 1936 and we still can t have enough of it. The tradition began in 1936 as a commemoration of queen wilhmlimina s birthday.
Eighty years of corso. On the first sunday of september every year the netherlands hosts the corso zundert which is the biggest flower parade in the world. They had to put a stop to the. Another year another corso zundert previously the legendary parade of giant floats adored with thousands of dahlia flowers that twist through the narrow streets of zundert netherlands.
The colorful tradition has taken place since 1936 and this. 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. Zundert bloemencorso zundert the largest flower parade in the world. Winning float at bloemencorso zundert 2002 bloemencorso zundert is the largest flower parade in the world entirely made by volunteers.
Zundert vincent van. Flower parade corso zundert 2021. Thousands of flowers adorned the streets of this tiny dutch town at the weekend taking on the form of mystical. Nine meters high and nineteen meters long.
Traditionally the parade is run entirely by volunteers uses only dahlia flowers and is the world s largest flower procession. In zundert in the south of the netherlands we are crazy about our flower parade writes the event s website. The floats are large artworks made of steel wire cardboard papier mâché and flowers. 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. The procession features an array of floats decorated with hundreds of thousands of locally grown dahlias representing every color of the rainbow. Bloemencorso zundert is a the world s largest annual parade and competition held every year in zundert in holland. Travel to corso zundert parking your car.
The parade takes place on the first sunday of september in the small town of zundert in the netherlands.