Is a festival held every autumn in my hometown,It starts with a parade on 18 September, celebrating the liberation of Eindhoven during WW II on that date in 1944. The Lichtjesroute is celebrated not only to commemorate the liberation, but also to create an illusion of "fairytales in light".
During the first commemoration of the liberation of Eindhoven, a Feestverlichtingscomité (Committee of Party Lighting) was formed. Committee members included the Municipal Energy company Gemeentelijk Energiebedrijf, Philips, the Federation of Neighbourhood Associations (Federatie van Buurtverenigingen), the Eindhoven Installer Association (Eindhovensche Installateursvereniging), and the tourist board Association for Foreign Traffic (Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer). The committee had the idea to give the celebrations some extra light. The inhabitants of Eindhoven were asked to help by making their houses shine in any way possible for one day. Because many things were still in short supply so soon after the war, this was mostly restricted to candles at the windows.
After 1947, the Foundation for Liberation Commemoration (Stichting Bevrijdingsherdenking) took over coordination of all festival activities. The original day of lights was transformed into a "route of lights". In several places throughout the city, dubbed Focal Points or Fire Points (Brandpunten), celebration lighting illuminated the area for four days, between 20:00 and 24:00 each day.
In the following years, the amount of Fire Points grew steadily. By 1969, 25 years after the liberation, the route had grown to a length of no less than 40 kilometres (25 mi). This would be the last year the Lichtjesroute was celebrated for more than a decade.
In 1984, a number of enthusiasts decided it was time to give the Lichtjesroute a new life. Through a mailing, a thousand corporations were asked for financial support,and the local media called for volunteers to help make the new Lichtjesroute a reality.
It started from Sept 18th to the second Sunday of October, tonight i took my push bike and did the 22k route , the weather was chill but perfect for a bike ride.
I started from old Philips tower ( as y’all know Eindhoven is the birth city of all Philips products, started with light bulb to TV, home appliances to healthcare instruments, thats why Eindhoven also called the lighting city .
Awww, dont you just love this cute windmill ?
Those tiny smurfs also wanted to see the lights party , where else can you get the best view if you are tiny? Yes climb the tree Smurfs👍
I can’t stop laughing seeing these cute couple, he trued to hit on her but she just refused and run away ! Good call woman 💕
Its been 75 years ago indeed, lest we forget, lets stop hate and try to love and respect each other ..
Where is Peter , Tinklebell?
I can’t really make my decision , is this a dragon or Dino?
It took me 2 hours to followed the route, but worth it, so beautiful and really giving me a happy feeling , lots of people happily biking with me and at the end we got ice cream on tje last night on summer , we got our last ice cream .. i love my Eindhoven
Eindje, Sept23rd
i copy pasted the origin of lichtjes route from Wiki -:)
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