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Dear members,

It is that time again: the Bad Bentheim Classics will take place for the sixth time this last weekend of October. With participants from Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium, we look forward to once again experiencing the largest classic car event for the LGBTQ+ community in Germany.
Look forward to a weekend full of driving pleasure, fascinating engineering, good conversations, and reconnecting with old and new friends. Our route takes us through the County of Bentheim, the Emsland, and the Dutch province of Overijssel. This year, too, we have selected special destinations – by water, on land, and even floating.

When? From October 23rd to 25th, 2026
Where? Just like in previous years, we will be staying at a hotel in Bad Bentheim.
Available exclusively for our group are:

• Swimming pool and wellness are
• Private bowling alley
• Free parking

Dogs are very welcome and can stay for free.

Verder lezen Bad Bentheim Classics – 2026

On Sunday, August 30th, the Leiden (P)ride kicks off for the second time!

Following last year’s success, we have once again mapped out a          beautiful and challenging route of approximately 65 kilometers.

We will welcome you at Lammermarkt with coffee, tea, and pastries. Afterwards, starting from Lammermarkt—the atmospheric square in the heart of Leiden near De Valk windmill—we will drive through the most beautiful parts of the Bulb      Region and the Green Heart. A varied puzzle ride past the dunes, the sea, beautiful villas, and impressive vistas are expected.

Between 1:00 and 1:30 p.m. we will be welcomed in Leiden with coffee/tea and pastries. The plan is to depart around 1:30 p.m. and be back around 16:45.

Verder lezen (P)ride Leiden 2026

We are pleased to announce that Aldrin van Zanten has been appointed an honorary member of the Gay Classic Car Club.

As chairman, it is a great honor for me to pronounce this appointment. In the 34 years that our club has existed, this title has been awarded only once before. This underscores how special Aldrin’s contribution is — and how exceptional his significance is to our club and community.

For years, Aldrin has dedicated himself heart and soul to our national rallies, where his enthusiasm and commitment were always palpable.

But his greatest merit undoubtedly lies in the international rallies, where he has been a driving force behind the growth, visibility, and connection of our club with our sister clubs and other participants from many countries.

Thanks to his efforts, his warm personality, and his tireless dedication, Aldrin has become the face of our international events — a reputation that has rightfully earned him the title of Mr. Eurotour. With this appointment, we express our deep appreciation for everything he has meant — and still means — to our club.

Congratulations, Aldrin!

What are we going to do in 2026?

• 26-07            Picnic ride
• 30-08            Leiden Pride ride
• 26-09            Huis Doorn ride
• 23/25-10      Bad Bentheim Classics
• 29-11            Autumn ride
• 12-12            Winter in Brabant

What have we done so far in 2026?

• 25-01           New Year’s drinks
• 21-02           AGM 2026
• 28-03           Wolves Ride
• 26-04           Asparagus Ride 
• 29-05           Eurotour 2026 Burg-Haamstede 
• 28-06           Ye Olde Cart Track

2025

• January 26       New Year’s reception
• March 29          AGM 2025
• April 13             Groningen
• May 18               Along the River Meije
• June 28               GCCC at Gay Pride Saturday Zaan
• June 29               Plane spotting
• July 27                Picnic Ride
• August 31           Leiden Pride
• Sept. 28               Sea, Dunes and Castles
• Oct. 26                 Bad Bentheim weekend
• Nov. 29                ER-Classics Ride
• Dec. 21                Christmas Crib Nativity scene ride

2024

• January 21   New Year’s Drinks
• March 16     AGM 2024
• April 7          Steam on the Bulbs
• May 26         Past Perfect
• June 30         Much Ado in the Polder
• July 28          Picnic Ride
• August 25     Nijmegen area
• Sept. 20/22   Old-timers in the Kempen (weekend)
• Sept. 29        A guide through the purple rain (Soest)
• Oct. 25/27     Bad Bentheim Classics 2024 (weekend)
• Dec. 15:         Christmas Cruising

Verder lezen What events did we do in past years?

The members’ area has the possibility to post links to your personal photo albums. This way you can simply share your photographs with your GCCC-friends. So, log in and place links to your photo collections. Or have a look at the many photo albums which go back to as far as 2003!

You still don’t have admission to the members’ area? Ask for that by sending an email to: info@gccc.nl

Right from the start the GCCC has had excellent connections with a number of foreign sister clubs. Good contacts with the French sister club Ledorga, the English GCCG (Gay Classic Car Group), the German club Queerlenker, and the Danish Gay Owned Vintage Cars (GOVC) with whom we have a lot of contact too. These contacts have led to a number of highly successful international events.

These started off in 1993 when an Easter Run was held round Brussels during Easter, followed a few weeks later by the first RIGAC (Rencontre Internationale des Gay Automobile Club) at Le Touquet on the Normandy coast of France. The year after that GCCC organised its first international gathering, with Maarssen as its base. Since then it has become a tradition for each club to take turns in organising such international events, which have become known as “Eurotour”. It was our turn in 2004, when, at Whitsun, we had a gathering of some 160 people in and around Antwerp.

• In 2005 the British club organised one around Southampton, 2006 saw a weekend around Gladbeck and Essen and in 2007 it was our turn again around Emmeloord (in the land reclaimed from the sea), with the motto ”Dutch Lowlands & Highlights”.
• From May 16-18, 2008 we were guests in the British Cotswolds, a special Eurotour organised by the GCCG.
• In 2009 we helped Anders, Lars and Steffan from the Danish GOVC to organise the first Eurotour in Denmark on the Island of Fynen (May 29 – June 1, 2009).
• In 2010 QueerLenker organised Eurotour, from May 21-24 in Neumünster, near habour city Kiel.
• From June 10-13, 2011 the GCCC organised Eurotour in Belgium again, this time in Verviers.
• In 2012  for the first time a Eurotour in Switzerland from Bern took place from May 25-28.
• Eurotour 2013 from May 17-20, 2013 took place in Wiltshire, organised by our sisterclub GCCG in the UK.
• In 2014 Denmark organised a Eurotour in Lolland and Falster.
• Queerlenker organised the Eurotour in 2015 (May 22 – 25). It was situated in the Pfaltz, the region between Frankfurt and Alsace.
• GCCC was host again in 2016 (May 13 – 16). This time it was the area between Leyden and The Hague, with a visit to the Louwman Museum and a round trip by boat through the Leyden canals.
• June 2-5: Eurotour around Baden (CH)
• May 18-21:Eurotour around Norwich (UK)
• Denmark hosted again in 2019, held in Jutland.
• Covid-19 has ensured that the next Eurotour only took place in 2022. The GCCC was up again and organized a successful weekend around Alkmaar from June 10 to 13, with a prison converted into a luxury hotel as the central location.
• Our British sister club hosted again from 19 to 22 May 2023 in beautiful Yorkshire, a county also known as ‘God’s Own Country’.
• Switzerland organised one in the Langenthal area in 2024.
• Germany hosted another one in 2025 in the Bonn area.

If you want to become a member please write to the secretary. The contribution is € 27.50 for members and € 15.00 for partner-members.

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You can send an email to: info@gccc.nl

GCCC members and their cars are all extremely diverse. A Citroën SM may be overtaken by an Mini Cooper, followed by, for example, a Citroën DS, Panhard PL17, Peugeot 404, Rolls-Royce Camargue, DAF 55, BMW E30, Alfa Romeo Spider, Ford Mustang, Mercedes-Benz 300, Volkswagen Kever, Morris Minor …..

On purpose we do not set limits to the age of the car. We think it more important for people to feel at home within the GCCC. An interest in classic cars is essential.