Avondvierdaagse.
What's that?
Somehow there are all kinds of four day physical exercise things in the Netherlands. Biggest is the "Nijmeegse Vierdaagse", third week of July. Second is the "Drentse Fiets 4daagse", begin July. Nijmeegse Vierdaagse is a four day walking event, walking 30, 40 or 50 km a day. It started in 1909. De Fiets 4daagse is about cycling, 30, 40, 60, 80 or 100 km a day.
Those are big events. But there are smaller events happening in almost every place every year around May in the evenings. Evening 4 day challenges. Mainly for walking and swimming.
Was obligatory to participate in the avond wandel vierdaagse, when I was a kid. Hated it, the walking in groups, the chaos. Liked the routes, but rather walked them on my own, without all those other people taking those same routes during the same two hours on the same day. Horrible.
Evening walking four day things offer 5, 10 and 15 routes.
Last week was when it was organised in our village. The last day all walkers are welcomed in with music and flowers and, in this village, lots and lots of candy.
