“The Village Feeling prevails here,” explains Sam Hopman (23) the success of the village festival. He has been involved in the organization of Egmond upside down. Together with all other volunteers, he ensures that there are fun things to do for young and old for three days. “The board changes every five years and follow -up is never a problem.”
Due to the anniversary, the organization dives in the past. During the first edition in 1975 there was pole And that is why, after fifty years, there are again people on the Abdijlaan at a height of two meters on a shelf of forty centimeters. “They kept it up for 96 hours,” Binders recalling. “We are now keeping it on a symbolic twelve hours,” said Sam.
Even today and tomorrow, Egmond-Binnen is still upside down.