Corso Zundert Largest Flower Parade
Traditionally the parade is run entirely by volunteers uses only dahlia flowers and is the world s largest flower procession.
Corso zundert largest flower parade. The corso zundert flower parade as the largest dahlias parade in the world and part of the national intangible cultural heritage was held sunday through monday in the netherlands. The colorful tradition has taken place since 1936 and this. The procession features an array of floats decorated with hundreds of thousands of locally grown dahlias representing every color of the rainbow. Flower parade corso zundert 2021.
The flower parade has been held in the city of zundert in the south of holland since 1936. The flower parade uses only dahlias. After a whole year of work and preparations the parade is celebrated on the first sunday of september. Winning float at bloemencorso zundert 2002 bloemencorso zundert is the largest flower parade in the world entirely made by volunteers.
The tradition began in 1936 as a commemoration of queen wilhmlimina s birthday. Thousands of flowers adorned the streets of this tiny dutch town at the weekend taking on the form of mystical. Our grannies and granddads started it in 1936 and we still can t have enough of it. The parade takes place on the first sunday of september in the small town of zundert in the netherlands.
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. In 1989 those maximum dimensions were determined. The zundert flower parade has been turning the town upside down since 1936. They had to put a stop to the.
Nine meters high and nineteen meters long. Bloemencorso zundert is a the world s largest annual parade and competition held every year in zundert in holland. In zundert in the south of the netherlands we are crazy about our flower parade writes the event s website. This year 19 teams took inspiration from the work of vincent van gogh who was born in zundert 162 years ago.
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 vincent van. Travel to corso zundert parking your car. Eighty years of corso.
Around twenty hamlets build the best floats they can in order to establish their name at the flower parade of zundert.