Orange Festival In Netherlands – Abundance Of Oranges Everywhere
The Queens Day or Koninginnedag of Netherlands falls on 30 April. Orange is the colour of their Royal family. You can see that the Amsterdam’s streets, roads, parks and canals come alive in a sea of Orange. It is preferable if not mandatory to wear orange during this national event of the Amsterdam Orange Festival.
The whole city comes alive with the bright orange colour that you can see everywhere. It should be very fun to visit Netherlands during the Orange Festival.
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It is amazing to see that oranges can be used to build windmills, castle, houses and so on. This shows that everything is possible to happen with creative minds and ideas.
P.S. : I get inpsired by the Orange Festival in Netherlands and /or the Citrus Festival or Festival Citrusov in the South of France. So, I had decided to use orange colour as the theme colour when I was designing my new website design.
My website is called LogoVale.com and let me know if you like my design work 🙂
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February 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hello:
I do not believe this took place in Holland…They do not have huge mountains as shown in the background of some of these pictures….Not sure in which country this took place…looks like France as I see some french language….
February 6th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I regret to inform you that this “Orange Festival” is not taking place in the Netherlands. First, Orange in reference to the Netherlands refers to the monarchs; they are the House of Orange. The Orange Festival in the Netherlands, also called Queens Day, results in people wearing the Orange color and getting excessively drunk and silly. It does NOT result in people making sculptures out of fruit.
Second, the pictures clearly indicate architecture, landscape and language that is not Dutch. Many pictures have mountains. The Netherlands is flat. It is mostly reclaimed land from the sea meaning it is below sea level. The Netherlands does not have mountains. This festival took place where they have mountains.
Next, look at the signs written in fruit. The sentence “Les Contes de Perrnalt” This is not Dutch, but it is French. It means “The Tales of Perrnalt.” Lastly, the buildings are very modern and this is generally not the architecture found in the Netherlands, although there are exceptions such as cities like Rotterdam. Also, citrus does not grow in the Netherlands so there is no association with the fruit orange and the House of Orange.
So where is this festival taking place? It is in the South of France where they actually grow citrus. It is from the Festival Citrusov. Sorry if you think this rains on your parade, but credit should be given where credit is due and these pictures are NOT from the Netherlands. Celebrate the French – they made some cool scenes and sculptures. I certainly would not have minded being in the South of France and seeing this festival. They really are creative.
February 7th, 2009 at 6:03 am
Hi Ingrid,
I have not been to Holland or France either. But I would like to visit these two places if I have the chance. I think the people there are so creative to have had made the sculptures out of fruit. It is just amazing!
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February 7th, 2009 at 6:07 am
Hi John,
Thanks for sharing the information and putting things down in great details.
I would like to visit both Netherlands and France if I have the chance. I long to visit the South of France and seeing this festival as they really are so creative.
I also long to visit Netherlands one day. Cheers.
– Laingan.com
March 7th, 2009 at 1:04 am
Hi Everyone,
I think I found the real place of these photos, and it seems to be South of France, in a place called Menton.
Check this out:
http://outofthechrysalis.typepad.com/janets_weblog/2008/01/the-lemon-festi.html
Nice photos, thanks for sharing them with us.
March 7th, 2009 at 2:29 am
Hi Omar,
Wow, I’m glad that you have managed to find the real place.
Thanks for your effort in finding the information and also thanks for sharing it with us. If I had the opportunity, I would definitely love to visit both Netherlands and France in the future.
I never knew oranges can be used to create so many fascinating things such as building windmills, castle, houses and so on. I still think it’s amazing.
Cheers,
Laingan
http://laingan.com
October 8th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
This festival is truly amazing. I am interested in the details of how it is done & what is used. Can you supply any information?
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:02 pm
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Il s agit de la Fêtes des Corsos une Menton (Sud de la France) Qui se déroule,,, EN FEVRIER
August 26th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Amazing, just wonder how many fruit were used?
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June 19th, 2012 at 1:03 am
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