6 & 7 september 2026
6 & 7 september 2026
Rest, relaxing, imagining, dreaming. Enjoying, like a freshly made cup of coffee on a Sunday morning in a nice sun. No worries, for a little while away from reality, just being. Imagine yourself in a ‘Daydream’.
The hamlet of Stuivezand floats to a higher level this year. Four swaying islands, on two floats (with a total length of 27 meters) bring a majestic building to Zundert. Somewhere between the rocks, in the green landscape floats a stronghold of white towers with purple roofs visited by various air balloons. And all this over a cover of clouds of white dahlia balls in various layers.
The origine of this idea dates from September 2023. Kjeld and Jeroen had known each other for many years at the building tent of Stuivezand and sent each other ideas frequently. Last year this idea landed in the proverbial fridge, ripened further in there and emerged after the past corso. The gentlemen developed i tand informed the Stuivezand management. At the end of November the hamlet chose for this design. Jeroen: “We want to make a nice place in a world full of imagination, without a deeper meaning. If people should associate this with an attraction in an amusement park, no problem.”
Stuivezand is going to use sedum plants for the green landscape, spray dahlias to colour the rocks and the window openings in the buildings will be filled with stained glass. The construction of the islands will be incorperated in the waterfalls that are made of preformed plexiglass combined with dahlias. A soundscape will support the whole.
A group of fanatic Stuivezand builders lent a hand with the float model during the past months. Kjeld and Jeroen are in the clouds already.
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Kjeld van Kuijk (35) has been active at Stuivezand since 2012. Jeroen Boot (43) has been active at this hamlet for almost his whole life. For both gentlemen this is their seventh design, but it is the first time they design together. Kjeld is a breakdown technician at Sabic Innovative Plastics in Bergen op Zoom, Jeroen is a SAP-consultant, among others with activities at Essent.
Original Dutch Text: Jeroen Vriends
Translation: Emile Wassenaar
Photo: Jeanne van Oosterhout
Hamlet Stuivezand
www.buurtschapstuivezand.nl
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