With the start of another September comes the legendary Zundert Flower Parade or Corso Zundert (previously featured here), when the streets of Zundert, Netherlands are filled with spectacular floats made of thousands of vibrant dahlias.

Started in 1936, the parade celebrates the region’s reputation as a global supplier of dahlia flowers, an area now covering 33 hectares (81 acres) of 600,000 dahlia bulbs in fifty different species. The first Corso Zundert parades were modest in size featuring horse-drawn carts or bicycles covered in flowers, but the event has since grown dramatically. The floats now merge more ambitious aspects of contemporary/urban art with traditional parade floats as part of a friendly annual competition.

Zundert is the birthplace of Vincent van Gogh and this year’s 19 parade floats were inspired by imagery, motifs, and colors from his paintings. Our favorite float from this year’s parade is this awesome hedgehog made of pencils:

Head over to BN DeStem to check out many more photos from this year’s dazzling Corso Zundert.

[via Colossal]