In het raam zien we de boot van Sinterklaas. En veel Pieten.
Een kleine uitleg voor de buitenlandse bezoekers van TilburgDailyPhoto.
Following
this national arrival, on Sunday Tilburg celebrated this year for the 125th
time the arrival of Sinterklaas. He arrives by boat in the Piushaven and goes
by horse to the centre.
The
festivities traditionally begin each year in mid-November (the first Saturday
after 11 November), when Sinterklaas "arrives" by a steamboat at a
designated seaside town, supposedly from Spain. In the Netherlands this takes
place in a different port each year, whereas in Belgium it always takes place
in the city of Antwerp. The steamboat anchors, then Sinterklaas disembarks and
parades through the streets on his horse, welcomed by children cheering and
singing traditional Sinterklaas songs. His Piet assistants throw candy
and small, round, gingerbread-like cookies, pepernoten, into the crowd. The
event is broadcast live on national television in the Netherlands and Belgium.