Bright pink and sometimes a bit extravagant: this is how Tilburg celebrates Pink Monday

Everything through rose-colored glasses today in Tilburg, literally and figuratively. Because everywhere you look, it’s pink. The atmosphere is relaxed and cheerful, everyone feels like a party and celebrates it together. Pink Monday’s message: love and respect for everyone. And you feel (and see) that. We were there. Check out the photos and see how Pink Monday is celebrated.

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Lobke Kapteijns

For the first time in three years it is finally Pink Monday in Tilburg. A day when everyone parties, goes wild and celebrates who it is.

Love and respect for each other.
Love and respect for each other.

You don’t have to walk over the heads either, because on Monday afternoon there is enough space for everyone in the streets.

And it is natural to see and be seen. As soon as the first drag queens show up somewhere, everyone is ready to take a picture, preferably together with a number of beautifully dressed ladies.

Smile!
Smile!

The Pride Walk, a colorful procession of colored revelers, runs through the center on Monday. They draw attention to equality and acceptance of everyone. Or as one participant describes it: make a fist against narrow-mindedness!

The procession from the station to the Bierhal.
The procession from the station to the Bierhal.

'Make a fist against narrow-mindedness'.
‘Make a fist against narrow-mindedness’.

Miss Leather Netherlands 2021 at the forefront of the Pride Walk.
Miss Leather Netherlands 2021 at the forefront of the Pride Walk.

That Pride Walk ends with a bang, just in front of the church at the Amstel Bierhal.

A bang to signal the end of the Pride Walk.
A bang to signal the end of the Pride Walk.

If you can’t get enough of extravagance at the Tilburg Kermis, report to the Stationsstraat, where various shows are given.

Drag queen show in the Stationsstraat.
Drag queen show in the Stationsstraat.

But in the meantime it is also ‘just’ fair. Wave and sway for young and old. For people dressed in pink and for drag queens. With or without your pet.

Catch ducks yourself with your fishing rod.
Catch ducks yourself with your fishing rod.

'Pomchi' was also allowed to go with the owner.
‘Pomchi’ was also allowed to go with the owner.

This creep really scared these ladies at the Haunted House..
This creep really scared these ladies at the Haunted House..

And some fair visitors were extra lucky on Monday. Like Zoë (13) from Tilburg. She won a giant bear. “And I hadn’t even put any money in it, there was something in it from someone else!”

Prices!
Prices!

Are you not bored yet and do you want to see all the photos we took on Pink Monday? View the complete photo report here.

Pink Monday is not only a huge fair party, it is also a statement that everyone can and may be themselves in Tilburg. And that’s how visitors feel too.

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