Het Bruidskleed van Genoveva

Once upon a time ... Genoveva's wedding dress - the Efteling story

"Prince Arthur wanted to marry the beautiful princess Genoveva.
The couple often went for a walk together and then the prince said: "Look, the yellow of the buttercups and the blue of the cornflowers and ah ... the red of the poppy ... All the beautiful colors should be in your wedding dress, dear Genoveva." In Prince Arthur's land an old weaver also lived. Only she would be able to make the wedding dress for the princess. Unfortunately the old woman had gone blind. “I cannot help you, Prince. My hands could, "she said," but ... I can no longer see the colors. "The prince returned sadly to his castle and the old woman went out to feed her pigeons. She wept with grief. A wise owl heard about the story and said to the pigeons: “You know the colors! Can't you show your appreciation? ”The following day the old woman sat sadly at her loom. "If only I knew what green is", she sighed and immediately she felt that a beak pushed a strand of silk into her fingers. "And now sky blue." The woman worked on the dress together with all the birds and she beamed with happiness. When the dress was ready, she sent for the prince. He was overjoyed too. “My bride will be the most beautiful in the country.” And the pigeons? They had been so busy with the colors that their feathers were also colored.
Don't you think so? In the fairy tale forest you can see them around the Herautenplein square. "

Specialities:

• the fairy tale is embodied only by real pigeons
• Since 2018 the pigeons are no longer colored