The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up an orange tarp are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban street in The Hague.
A women walks past inflatable soccer balls, orange tarp, orange bunting, and Dutch national flags as she walks along Marktweg street in The Hague , Netherlands, Thursday June 13, 2024, one day ahead of the start of the Euro 2024 Soccer Championship.
Houses are plastered with orange tarps and banners, street lights and trees are wrapped in orange, garbage containers are — you guessed it — orange, while litter bins are red, white and blue, the equally patriotic colors of the Dutch flag.Germany’s Aleksandar Pavlović will miss Euro 2024, Emre Can called up to replace himMacho Vink, a 35-year-old truck driver, is on a cherry picker banging nails into the walls of houses to secure tarps that cover the entire length of the street.
Danny van Dijk, one of the driving forces behind the decorations, said it’s been getting bigger and better ever since, with sponsorship from local businesses now helping to foot the bill.
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