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Sunday, October 12, 2014
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Joost - Netherlands
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Netherlands, Europe
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European Championship & GPC Weigh-Off at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival.
From germany.info:
Each fall, hundreds of thousands of pumpkins are displayed in the gardens of a palace in Ludwigsburg, a city located in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The city has brought in 150 tons of 500 different species of pumpkins, the largest pumpkin exhibition in the world.
The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival typically displays more than 400,000 pumpkins each year, arranging them to create larger than life sculptures based on a particular theme.
In previous years, the festival has had a Jurassic Park theme, an ocean theme, a Switzerland theme, a fairytale theme and an Egyptian theme, among others. Last year’s festival had a sports theme, with pumpkin sculptures taking the form of boxers in a ring, a swimmer, a soccer ball, a discus thrower and other athletes and sports equipment. The two-month-long exhibitions typically attract families, tourists and photographers engrossed in the unusual displays and the fall-themed activities offered at the Ludwigsburg Palace.
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