As we were approaching the center of town; the marketplace; the pedestrian zone; we heard some music. I wish I had taken more pictures. In front of a restaurant, there was a men's choir singing some festive tune (in English- - but I didn't know what it was). How nice! Then, as we turned the corner, we could hear a band.... there was a musical group performing at about every 100m interval, or even less! From schools to churches to community groups.... there was a bit of everything, including a few Alphorns (which, according to Martin, are not typical.)
That's all it is... an evening when different musical groups in town stand at a certain location, play music, and the downtown area is lit with candles. It was a really nice way to spend the evening! All the shops were closed, so it was just about the atmosphere.
A picture of the streets:
One choir dressed themselves in lights!
The best band:
Above: most of the shops had candles burning in their windows.
And of course, some oliebolen! My first, real dutch taste of it. It's a little ball of dough, with raisins, deep-fried (but not crispy), with some icing sugar sprinkled on top. As we were walking back home, eating our oliebolen, I had a revelation. Here was my thought process: "I like this. It reminds me of my childhood favourite donut. It's almost the same thing... dough mixed with raisins, deep-fried, and lightly iced. It's called a "dutchie." oooooooooooohh
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