Plas discrimination, dick snack and Kermistrack: this was the Tilburg fair

New attractions
The Tilburg fair gets bigger and crazier every year. With no fewer than 223 attractions, it is the largest fair in the Benelux. This year there were eight new attractions at the fair. For example, the little ones could spray each other wet with water guns in the Splash Duck and daredevils made a free fall of eighty meters in the Fortress Tower. A few attractions were given a new look.

Free pee after protest action
Men can pee for free, while women have to pay a euro per urethra at the Tilburg fair. That was what the ‘Tilburg Dolle Mina’s’ Elysa and Paulina ‘Plasdisdisrimination’ found. That is why the ladies tied pink ribbons for the urinals at the fair in protest.

Kermis alderman Maarten van Asten confessed after the protest action that it was quite a strange choice. The municipality therefore decided to make the toilets at the fair for everyone for free.

PIEMELNACK THE KERMISSYPE
After the popularity of the penis cuddle two years ago, there was a new hype at the Tilburg fair this year. The Perlut SnackVlaams for Pimelsnack, found an eager deduction at the fair visitors. The snack of chicken, beef, onion, egg and herbs with a crispy crust was well appreciated by our reporters Thijs den Ouden and Manon Snoeren, which the chipper tried out. “This one is easy to swallow,” said Manon.

Unlimited yourself on pink Monday
On the Monday of the fair, Tilburg traditionally colored pink to celebrate that everyone can and may be themselves. The Pink Monday Express arrived at the station, after which the Pride Walk traveled through the center. The most beautiful dragques And the most colorful people filled the fair.

Wildlife park
Peeing turned out to be one hot item This year at the Tilburg fair. After the campaign against lake discrimination, there was even more attention for free peeing and with a wild -plaspark. In this park you can pee against a letterbox, fatbike and even against the Tilburg water tower or the statue of the Kruikenzeiker. The organization of the park wanted to draw attention to the nuisance that wild peeing entails.

Turning aggregation day
The Wednesday of the Tilburg fair is entirely devoted to turning organs. Sven Luijben experienced the day of his life, because he is super fan of turning organs. Thirteen turning organs spread over the center provided a lot of pleasure with enthusiasts. Sven was allowed to stand by his supervisor of care provider Amarant for twenty minutes at every barrel organ, because he can listen to it for a whole day.

Stuck in the Ferris wheel
Not everything went smoothly at the Tilburg fair. For example, Wendy and her son Rutger from Tilburg were stuck in the Ferris wheel for 45 minutes on Wednesday, because their gondola was accidentally skipped with it to get in and out. “We just kept shouting and signaling, but nothing happened,” said Wendy. In the end, mother and son were saved. Afterwards they can laugh hard about it.

Girl (8) injured
A low point at the Tilburg fair was the accident in which an 8-year-old girl was injured. She broke her ankle at the mega slide that stands at the intersection of the palace ring and Koningsplein. The 14 meter high slide was closed immediately after the incident by the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority. After a number of adjustments with the mats with which visitors to the slide slide, the attraction was allowed to open again later in the day.

Youngest fairground entrepreneur
The 12-year-old Pascal de Poorter is the youngest fairground entrepreneur at the Tilburg fair. He grew up in the world of cotton candy, rotating attractions and sparkling lights and travels with his parents. In Tilburg he stole the show with his Aqua Blasta attraction.

Smooth Eel Kermistrack
The Tilburger Laurens van Dijk, better known as a DJ and music producer slippery eel, is a great fairground enthusiast. Especially for Omroep Brabant, he went hunting for the coolest fairground sounds and made a special Kermistrack. He performed on Friday evening at the attraction De Entertainer. View below how he made the track.