People look forward to it for months, and in summer they spend weeks and weeks preparing for it.

Huge floats are made of wire, cardboard and papier-mache and entirely covered in dahlias in intricate designs.

Twenty gigantic flower sculptures took over the town on Sunday, mesmerizing thousands of spectators, young and old.

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From statuesque Esher-like floats, to playful designs about funfairs.

This years winning float was titled Gekkengoud by Laer-Akkermolen, designed by Steven van Erck and Stefan van Steen.

A float about the Aztec ruler that had himself gilded.

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The Spanish believed that whoever looked at him would slowly become mad.

Oro Loco they called it, maddening gold.

We have a handful of pictures from this years event.

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Photos by Niels Braspenning and Malou Evers.

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