I woke up Saturday morning and...
... I stood in between 6000 Volkswagen vans!
After 16 years, VW Germany finally has organised an VW van meeting again! They wanted to celebrate the 75th birthday of the VW Bulli van! But due to covid, the had to postpone it for two years!
And finally this year it went on, The VW Bus Festival 2023 in Hannover Germany!
I cleaned out my van, witch I had not don since my trip to Spain, and drove off to Hannover! It was a 4 and a half hour drive and on the way there I saw a lot of VW van's who also were heading out to Hannover! A couple of kilometers before the venue, there were so many VW vans around that we were driving in a convoy to the entrance! that was so cool! To bad I couldn't make any pictures or film that convoy! It was raining incredible hard and I am travelling alone so nobody in the van that could assist me!
A couple of friends of mine had arrived at the campsite the day before and they had saved a nice spot for me!
The event took place at the Hannover Messe, a big event terrain with gigantic exhibition hall's were all kinds of Bully's were shown to public! From the oldest VW van there is...
...until the newts ID.buzz
I am not really a fan of new cars but I do think I like this new style. although, they are pretty small! But there were a few nice special editions on display! like these Star Wars editions!
I think a bit to shiny for me! And to shiny for other road users, especially when it's sunny!😋
This high-tech mobile broadcast unite from 1956 was one of my favorite old vans there! So cool to see that old broadcasting equipment!
And then i mean my favorite driveble VW there, there was one that I thought was even better.
this one s made completely out of Lego! So freaking cool!
And this play mobile advertisement is also a cool car!
I really wonder if this is the original VW where this play set is based on!
Here some other cars in the main exhibition hall!
They were that special the the could go on the red carpet!
Outside were also many different cars on display! like this original fire truck! the owner told me about the many years of restoration I took him to get it back in original state!
And so many other beautifully restored cars!
This one was awesome, but I doubt that they drive over the public road in this!
completely sticky taped together!
The organisation was pretty good! they had a big main stage were the had all kinds of performance! And events, like a show and shine! If you had a nice shiny car, you could drive over the podium to show him to the public! To bad I have missed that, but I do was there for the party!
There were a couple of famous German artists preforming all night! i did not knew them ofcours but the atmosphere was pretty cool!
Not the whole party, because it was a long day! We went to the campsite and from there enjoy the light show!
What stunning photos! Those restored models look so shiny. They look like they came out of the agency with only a few hours on them. Maybe the type of paints that exist now make them much more lustrous than they once were. My favorite, the blue with white, with that very useful platform behind, without sacrificing the distinctive space in the passenger cabin. And obviously, the lego one blows your mind. Excellent review. Thank you very much. Regards @haastrecht
Thank you for your comment! I tought that the blue and with one was an old car that they used for the Porsche racing team. I saw many vans who were painted with Porsche logos! It was a awesome weekend
Definitely a great weekend and great photos to remember. Regards @haastrecht
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Dude, you knocked it out of the park with this one! I love me a Volkswagen, had a few of them, very old and brand new, and would certainly buy more. My first car was a 1964 Beetle, not the coolest car for a sixteen year-old I guess, but it meant I was mobile. I paid for it myself with money I earned at my part time after-school job and maintained it with my own money - It needed a lot of maintenance. I loved it though. I never got me a van, but I had a legit 1972 Fastback TLE though.
Anyway, this is a great post man, I sent it to curangel for more votes and asked my brother @tarazkp to slap a vote on it too. I hope it gets rewarded well.
Thanks for joining in on the #weekend-engagement topics this week, I am pleased you have done so.
Thank you so much mate! 🙏 If you drove a beetles like that in the Netherlands, you would be part of the cool kids! 😎 my first car was an 1984 BMW 320i I still miss that car!
No worries, a great post like this deserves some attention.
Lol...well, I'm not sure if I was ever really all that cool so I probably wouldn't know how to be...but I could give it a shot.
1984 BMW 320i? First car? I must have been doing something wrong, I only had $450 to spend.
Haha, ik bought it for not more than 1000 euro's.
Ah ok, that makes sense. ✅
I used to love the early 1970's BMW Alpina 02 Series. I always wanted one...knowing I'd probably never have one. 🥺
According to the Dutch government, my BMW still is up and running 😱 he is almost 40 years old🥰 one day we will meet again
That's pretty good going for sure, indicates it's been well looked after.
Hello there, I hope you are well.
I'm not much into cars, they get me from one place to the next and that's about it, but this festival looks like it would have been amazing fun and somewhere I think I'd like to go. My guy loves cars and he's taken me to many car shows and events...if this was in our location he'd want to take me there too.
Such a lovely post, thank you for sharing.
Becca 🌷
Thank you so much! It was so cool to see that there were so many different people around there! It was a familie event but also the youngster thet pimped there rides, and the pensioners enjoin the world in there van.But every one was camping around!
Cars are something that brings many different people together I think, or so I have found it at the events I have been to with my partner. I think it's fantastic too, varied people coming together around the central interest of cars.
Becca 🌷
I love the old VW vans the best, it's the curves that get me.
Looks like it qas a great event. Xxx
It was so cool to be part of this. It gene like ons big familie!