In the Netherlands, a festival entirely dedicated to redheads

The goal? To proudly wear your red hair and celebrate it with enthusiasm and good spirits.

It all began in 2005, when Dutch painter Bart Rouwenhorst was looking for 15 models to paint portraits of redheaded women. Since the number of applications was much higher than expected, the project morphed into a festival, Redhead Days, which has already taken place in Breda and Tilburg.

What did the 2025 edition have in store? Creative workshops, photo booths, makeup tips, concerts, food trucks, a children's area, speed dating, and the traditional group photo, featuring only "natural redheads," punctuated the weekend. Redhead Days also serves as a meeting place, providing the perfect opportunity for redheads to no longer feel like they're different and to fight against the harassment they often face.

Good news: the festival has already been held in London, Ireland, and the United States. But it's in the Netherlands that the movement's scale remains the greatest. In 2013, Redhead Days broke a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of natural redheads, bringing together no fewer than 1,672 participants in a single photo.

(MH with Raphaël Liset - Source : RTBF - Illustration : ©Unsplash)