The most colorful and tropical party of the Netherlands can be witnessed during the Summer Carnival Rotterdam. During the carnival is a series of events that locale and tourists alike will surely do not want to miss.
If you have not witnessed the 2009 carnival and wanted to make it on the next year’s carnival, then you must take note of the following dates and events.
On July 20 – the Queen Election event is happening on this day. The election is not like many of the beauty pageant that we know and see. The Summer Carnival Queen election is not only about beauty but is also about brains. Being the Summer Carnival Queen, they were to represent the festival on several occasions. In this regard, their complete knowledge about the Summer Carnival and its cultural inheritance is very important. In each round, the public judge candidates and the jury based on their improvisation skills and dance and on the third round, the girls are put on a show with their dazzling carnival costumes on.
July 30 is the Battle of Drums Day. As the name suggest, this event has turned into a real contest with four Brassbands, over a hundred percussionists and trumpet players meet each other at the Bavaria Stage on the Coolsingel to compete. The winner will be hailed as the Best Brassband of Summer Carnival.
July 31 on the other hand is the most awaited lively and colorful Street Parade and Live on Stage performances. Happening at the city center of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, there were approximately 900,000 visitor from all over Europe are coming to dance the Latin Music and get amazed of the colorful costumes and floats during the parade.
After the parade, the fun continues at night wherein live performance from two stages happens giving the locals and tourists alike the chance to party the Brazilian way until the wee hours. Get online travel insurance before fly to Holland