Zürich Street Parade 2006
Today is Zürich’s Street Parade!
The very famous whole-city open-air day-time techno party attracts hundreds of thousands of young and not-so-young people from Europe and all over the world. And I was in Zürich, so I had to take a look.
Well, it wasn’t what I expected. The Street Parade is composed of an actual parade, where vehicles move slowly along and the crowds cheer them, some scenes where DJs play music and people dance, and many many techno parties during the night. I thought that the parade would be more carnival-like, where each vehicle would somehow be themed in a different way, and that it would be a very lively and cheerful event. It turned out that most of the vehicles were just a moving disco, with some people on it dancing but must just standing there, ultra-powerful speaker systems, and on some of them, a DJ. Quite boring on that side.
The good part was the crowds. A great many many people, something unusual for Zürich, all dressed in top dance fashion. Some drag queens, many scantily clad females. What I liked best were themed couples, a boyfriend and a girlfriend dressed in the same style.
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