It was supposed to be a parade to celebrate the end of the Second World War on a grand scale. But the Zundert Flower Parade in 1945 turned into a blazing row between two participating neighborhoods. That conflict escalated to such an extent that the Poteind neighborhood refused to collect its prizes and the losers were taunted with song by the winner, the Het Laer neighborhood.
Anyone who mingles with the neighborhoods that annually supply the f…
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It was supposed to be a parade to celebrate the end of the Second World War on a grand scale. But the Zundert Flower Parade in 1945 turned into a blazing row between two participating neighborhoods. That conflict escalated to such an extent that the Poteind neighborhood refused to collect its prizes and the losers were taunted with song by the winner, the Het Laer neighborhood.
Anyone who mingles with the neighborhoods that annually supply the f…