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Artists build sand monument at the Baltic Sea beach
1:1 model of the Volkswagen New Beetle on the lawn in Grömitz beach
Fans of the Volkswagen New Beetle from across Europe to celebrate this weekend, the tenth anniversary of the cult series, starts at the same time, the New Beetle Sunshine Tour in July for the fifth time at the destination of the tour, from Luebeck to Grömitz / Baltic Sea, the participants expected an imposing monument: Dutch artists have the round Volkswagen on a scale of 1:1 from riverbed sand copied.
- From Scotland to Ukraine: participants from across Europe
- More than 300 round Volkswagen are expected
Sand castle builders Michel de Kok of the Netherlands, together with his partner Martijn Smits in just seven days the sand created Beetle: “For him the first rain does not fall apart immediately, we are working with river sand. The grains are coarse and wrinkled, they give more maintenance than ordinary sand. “But how to build an entire car from this?” With a lot of exercise, “says de Kok, already has participated in numerous competitions. At the beginning it was a great block, from which the object will be modeled.
About 300 New Beetle and New Beetle Cabriolet will be on 19 July afternoon in Grömitz expected. Organiser Gabriele force organized the party, held every year in July rises, for the fifth time “What once began on a small scale, is now an international meeting: For the first time this year, even three New Beetle from Ukraine to us,” she says .
Interested New Beetle drivers who want to be, on the website www.beetle-sunshinetour.de on the Internet for free.
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