Zundert’s Bloemencorso Parade Features Eye-Popping Sculptures Made From Thousands of Flowers!

New York may have the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macy's_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade" target="_blank">Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade</a>, but a tiny town in the Netherlands has an even more striking seasonal celebration called the <a href="http://www.bloemencorsozundert.nl/index.php?page=foto-en-video" target="_blank">Bloemencorso</a>. The spectacular march features giant floats made <a href="http://www.bloemencorsozundert.nl/index.php?page=foto-en-video" target="_blank">from thousands of flowers</a>, and it could easily rival the world's most beautiful celebrations. The small city of<a href="http://www.bloemencorsozundert.nl/index.php?page=foto-en-video" target="_blank"> Zundert</a> (population under 20,000) is overrun with larger-than-life animatronic animals and puppets and gorgeously crafted floats that stand taller than houses. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemencorso" target="_blank">Zundert's Bloemencorso</a> has become so popular that over 50,000 people attend each year, making it the largest flower parade in the world!

The Bloemncorso in Zundert takes place the first Sunday of every September.

Hundreds of volunteer from all ages help construct the floats.

The community's older residents traditionally plant the flowers.

The younger members assemble the structures by hands in special temporary tents.

Zundert's celebration is extra unique, as the town only uses dahlias to decorate their objects.

Building the floats is a major social event.

City residents work together for over three months to perfect their float.

While the tents go up during the summer, the dahlias must be fresh for the parade so they cannot be attached until the very last few days.

Volunteers spend hours, day and night, pinning the small flowers to each float.

Over 50,000 people attend the parade each year.

Many floats are not only beautiful to look at, but also move and make sounds to look as life-like as possible.

From tigers and chickens to swirling cityscapes and pirate ships, each year is bursting with new and exciting designs!