Colourful figures with all the pieces that nature has to supply, plus the spectacular mountain panorama round Lake Grundlsee: The sixty fourth Daffodil Competition in Ausseerland guarantees to be Austria’s largest flower pageant once more this yr – though the flowering of the star daffodils started too early this yr because of the heat spring.
Probably the most stunning footage from the Narcissus Competition in Ausseerland:
Picture gallery: Spectacular figures on the Narcissus Competition in Ausseerland
(Picture: BARBARA GINDL (APA)) Bild 1/43
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“Our parade members clearly thought of one thing and demonstrated their creativity. We additionally had the same state of affairs in 2011,” says Rudolf Grill, chairman of the Narcissus Competition Affiliation. “However we discovered extra daffodils than we initially anticipated. So the Narcissus Competition does stay as much as its identify.”
Spotlight: Boat parade
Since Thursday, the Ausseerland has been all in regards to the daffodils. The standard spotlight of the pageant happened on Sunday within the municipality of Grundlsee. From 9 a.m., friends have been capable of admire the artistically designed daffodil figures alongside the lake. The standard boat parade on the Grundlsee started at 2 p.m. “The venue for the daffodil pageant has modified for 3 years and the three Ausseer municipalities take turns. After final yr in Unhealthy Aussee, the place we solely had a city parade, we’re lastly going once more to the lake,” says Grill. And that would be the very particular spotlight of this weekend.
Entire area works collectively
Round 3,000 helpers from the Ausseerland area become involved within the pageant weekend yearly – “we are literally the biggest voluntary occasion of this measurement,” says membership chairman Grill. “It reveals how a lot we work collectively right here within the area.”
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Karoline Ploberger
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Karoline Ploberger
