Bloemencorso Lichtenvoorde
Eighteen imposing floats dressed with four million dahlias by thousands of volunteers roll through this small Achterhoek town in a tradition stretching back to 1929, accompanied by national and international showbands.
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"A four-day folk festival culminating in two days of dahlia-float parades through the Achterhoek market town, with fairground, marching bands and traditional folk games that have drawn crowds for generations."
Volksfeest en Bloemencorso Winterswijk
"A charming village flower parade in the Veluwe village of Voorthuizen, where local groups build and parade floral floats through the streets each autumn in a long-running community tradition."
Floralia Voorthuizen
"For its 60th anniversary in 2026, Barneveld's Oud Veluwse Markt returns across four summer Thursdays with costumed historical processions, dozens of old Veluwe crafts, a farmyard auction from a flat-bed cart, and folk dancing in traditional dress."
Oud Veluwse Markt
"Every Wednesday evening through the summer, the local shanty choir Gin See to Heich performs maritime songs at the music pavilion Het Beukenootje in the heart of Schiermonnikoog village, a beloved island custom for generations."
Gin See to Heich, Shanty Choir Evenings
"Described as the largest illuminated corso in Europe, giant dahlia-covered floats process through this tiny Weerribben-Wieden village in an evening spectacle founded in 1968 and now UNESCO-recognised intangible heritage."
Corso Sint Jansklooster
"In the historic port of Appingedam, shanties, folk songs and sea music echo across the water and quays for four days in an annual festival that is an ode to the region's seafaring tradition."
Bie Daip
"Towering floats adorned with hundreds of thousands of dahlias parade three times through the streets of a picturesque former Zuiderzee town as part of a full corso week, listed on UNESCO's intangible heritage register."
Corso Vollenhove
"Handcrafted illuminated gondolas punt through the famous thatched-cottage canal village of Giethoorn in a tradition dating to 1930, now recognised as Dutch UNESCO intangible cultural heritage."
Gondelvaart Giethoorn
"A beloved dahlia corso in a small Drenthe village that punches far above its weight, listed on the Dutch National Intangible Heritage register alongside the country's most celebrated parades."
Bloemencorso Eelde