About two weeks ago the Tall Ships' Races were held in Den Helder. Basically, a lot of boats from all over came to Den Helder and were there for a few days. It was fun to walk around and see them all. Texel was abnormally crowded that weekend - I have no idea how many tourists flocked here to see the Tall Ships, but it was definitely a large number!
For some reason, a bunch of the food stands had this banner with the Statue of Liberty and the American flag in the background... A friend of mine asked one of the vendors why but the person working in the food stand had no idea. Random - but amusing!
I didn't actually see the races- but it was nice to walk around Den Helder and see all of the ships. A bunch of them were sailing and it looked a bit chaotic out there in the water with so many boats sailing around and the ferry to Texel passing through.
