Wednesday 21 July
Wheelchairs and Pink Wednesday
The Alternative Four Days Marches of... Carolien Smit
Nothing and nobody keeps Carolien Smit from participating in The (Alternative) Four Days Marches. During her walks she meets people from all over the world.
#orangegreen
Orange and green are the traditional Four Days Marches colours. You could encounter this characteristic color combination in all kinds of places last week. Not least on social media! View all the stories we collected on our Instagram page last week and enjoy all the #orangegreen love for the Four Days Marches.
Pink Wednesday
Four Days Marches or not, the third Wednesday of July is and will always be 'Roze Woensdag' (Pink Wednesday)!
The Alternative Four Days Marches of... Laura Möller
Laura, board member of the COC in Nijmegen, led the way during the Pride Walk on Pink Wednesday.
#fourdaysmarchesmemory
Pink Wednesday is now one of the highlights of the Four Days Marches, the incentive for starting the pink festivities was less fun though. In the early 1980s, anti-gay riots arose during the Vierdaagsefeesten. In reaction, advocacy groups organised alternative festivities. These grew to become one of the largest and most well-known LGBTIQ+ events in the Netherlands.
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