Behind the scenes - all aboard the Netherlands party bus - video Dailymotion

Led by a double-decker bus, marching Dutch fans painted Leipzig orange before their Euro 2024 game v France.

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00:00It's a little country, but we're strong. We're lions.

00:08The colour orange, really the orange colour as a group is so special to see. It's amazing.

00:14It's one big orange family.

00:16Without the marsh, there's no game.

00:19It started, I think, end of 2003 when some crazy orange fans had an idea.

00:30They thought how nice would it be to come to a tournament with a double-decker bus.

00:36For 20 years we've been travelling to all the matches, to the tournaments.

00:40This bus has been to Qatar, to South Africa, to Brazil. It has been everywhere.

00:44The bus is the leader.

00:46It's starting a party. There is no beginning, no end. And the bus is just leading us.

00:51Bicycles would also be nice. That's also a symbol for us, but we cannot bring our bicycles to Leipzig.

00:57Every Euro game, World Cup game, there is a marsh. Every important game we do this.

01:03So if we don't do this, come on, the pre-party has to be full on.

01:08It doesn't matter the weather. It's just about being together, celebrating.

01:12And it's going crazy. The game still needs to start and we are already in chaos.

01:17In the end it is about the match, but why can't we make it a great experience as well?

01:22You've seen the images. Every tournament, the images go all over the world.

01:26Every town wants the orange fans because it's so crazy and fantastic.

01:31Making history every time, every marsh. That's incredible.

01:35When we say we're following the national team, we're just all there.

01:39It doesn't matter which club, if you're in favour of Ajax or Feyenoord or PSV.

01:43It doesn't matter. Here we're all together and we're all orange fans.

01:46It creates a great atmosphere, but also it's like families with children.

01:50That's the great thing about it.

01:52And Dutch like a party. That's true as well.

01:55It's about having a good time, a few drinks and just being together.

01:59For us it's a holiday, you know.

02:01We have that adrenaline, the feeling and we go crazy.

02:04We come with so many people to the cities and we make one big party.

02:09Being away from home, please don't take me home.