They do not know what carnival is and can stay away better. In fact, don’t let the train with top locks stop in Breda. The prejudices about the Randstads who travel en masse to Kielegat do not lie. Yet seasoned partygoers from above the rivers do not shy away from the Baronie city. The 79-year-old John Segeren from Rotterdam has been present for sixty years. “When I hear the music, I will be happy.”
“Breda is very pleasant and with carnival I meet the same people every year. Perhaps no carnival blood flows into our Rotterdam veins, but my daughter and my granddaughter have been coming along for years now, “says John enthusiastically. He is really looking forward to descending to the south in three weeks. And John is, as we now know, not the only one.
“The Hague, Rotterdam, Gouda, Mijdrecht, you name it … they really come from all over the world,” says owner Peter Van Belle of Hotel de Klok, leafing through his guestbook. “They are all real lovers of carnival.”
“This year we are going in red and orange.”
The attraction of Breda is great during carnival. Also with Marieke van Dijk from Mijdrecht who has been the flowers out of the flowers with five girlfriends for fifteen years. “I especially like the people in Breda,” says the fifties. “It doesn’t matter who or what you are, because you chat with everyone. It is just having fun and drinking a beer. We will love that! We are also completely dressed this year in the Breda carnival colors red and orange.”
In recent years it has only been very busy in the city center and not everyone is happy with that. Soon the finger is pointed to the partygoers from above the rivers. Not entirely justified, according to the traditional carnival lovers from the Randstad.
“Some people from Brabant don’t like that carnival tourists come,” says Marieke from Mijdrecht. “I sometimes notice some resistance.” And that’s a shame, because the party is for everyone! I still feel very welcome in Breda, but it has become very busy on Saturday. That is really not funny anymore. It may be a bit less. “
“Not nice to hear that you are not welcome.”
“It is not nice to hear if partygoers from above the rivers brands are not welcome with carnival,” says hotel and pub owner Peter van Belle. “I can still remember the time that there were even a merry -go -round and oliebollenkraam in front of my door on the Grote Markt. Due to the crowds of it now, but then the people from above the rivers were already there. They never have us in the Walked away, so it is not fair to say that the current crowds will come through them. “
Perhaps the sentiment is fed in a different way. “The youth, also from Mijdrecht, comes to Breda en masse with trains and buses,” says Marieke van Dijk. “Those are young people who don’t know the meaning of carnival and only come for drinking. And I know a lot what else they do with it. They go completely loose and then you sometimes get those fights. I think that’s a shame. “
John Segeren has shortened the days when he is celebrating in Breda. The Rotterdammer lets him pass by the first day of the weekend. “Only on Saturday I don’t go anymore, because then there will be too much youth. Especially from above the rivers. “
“Not only caused by people from outside.”
Yet we have to stop to always point to the Randstadelingen, says the Breda hotel owner. “The fact that the nuisance is only caused by people from outside who do not understand carnival is of course not the case. If you throw liters of lager in a large group of people, a small part will always be annoying. Especially in men. And that is strengthened when there Cocaine is also sniffing.
“They don’t have to stop our youth, but he has to keep it cozy,” says Marieke van Dijk. And I also understand that it is said in Breda that it can all be a bit less. As long as they continue to let me through with carnival, haha. “
“Carnival is all about togetherness.”
According to Marieke, Carnival is subject to change anyway. “I like old -fashioned carnival music, the cozy Hoempapa, but you hear that less and less,” she continues. “You now hear that more often hardstyle Carnival music. But if it becomes ‘boom boom’, we also go to another pub. Well, maybe it’s the age … “
“The Bredaas Carnival, and especially outside, is a victim of his own success,” says catering boss Peter van Belle. “So we have to change that again. And get away with that stupidity of today. Carnival is not about drugs and sitting with each other’s wives, but about solidarity, being playful and socializing. Let’s make sure we all get that back. Wherever you come from. “
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