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Saturday, June 27th is the big day: Pink Saturday in Noordwijk.

It promises to be another wonderful day, during which GCCC, together with Pink Spirit, plans to staff a large stand and participate in various aspects of the day.

The stand will be located along the boulevard, where we have space for three cars. We are looking for your helpers to staff the stand, but also to allow you to showcase your cars there.

Then there is also the Pride Walk. Just like in Groningen and Zaandam, we will be driving along again. This year we will be positioned a bit more centrally in the parade, and it is quite possible that an influencer will hop in to report on the Pride Walk from your car! We prefer to drive convertibles or cars with open roofs (2CVs, for example).

But that is not all: an inflatable church will be set up on one of the squares, and wedding ceremonies will be held. Do you have a wedding car? Then it would be great if you would be willing to stand there for the photos. In short, it is going to be another great day. Good weather has been ordered, and it is a great opportunity to promote our club. Would you like to participate? Then please sign up via the registration page. You can do so until Friday, April 24 at the latest.

If you just want to stop by on Pink Saturday and celebrate with us, feel free to do so. You don’t even need to register. If you want to do a bit more (and put your classic or modern classic in the spotlight), there are the following options:

Option 1: I will drive in the Pride Walk (4 cars needed, preferably convertibles or open roofs)

Option 2: I want to be at the Church as a wedding car (3 cars)

Option 3: I want to help at the stand and have my car parked at the stand (3 cars)

Option 4: I want to help at the stand, but without a car. If you choose this option, please indicate this in the comments.

Please indicate which option you like, so we can get started and let you know as soon as possible about the where, who, what, and how.

You can find more information about Pink Saturday Noordwijk here.

See you then!

PLEASE NOTE! This event has NOT been registered under the event regulations.

Disclaimer

The GCCC excludes liability for any form of damage whatsoever. Damage to your own vehicle and/or damage to (possessions of) participant(s) and/or third parties is at your own expense or the expense of your insurer.

Photos and videos will also be taken during the ride. If you do not wish for this, you are responsible for this yourself by kindly asking the photographer or videographer not to take pictures of you or your car (license plate). The photos and videos are generally shared on the personal Facebook and Instagram pages of individual participants and the GCCC Facebook page.
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Spring has arrived, and along with it comes the tastiest of all vegetables (at least, in my opinion): asparagus. So, not entirely unexpectedly, that is the goal of this ride. We are also taking this opportunity to venture into Belgium once again with our cars. The start is on Sunday, April 26, around 12:30 PM somewhere in Walsoorden, where we will enjoy a ‘bolus’ and a cup of coffee.

Getting there can be a challenge, for the following reasons: If you come down to Antwerp via the E19 to drive back into the Netherlands, part of the route will be through the Port of Antwerp, not exactly the most beautiful part of Belgium. If you come via the Westerschelde tunnel (toll-free, admittedly), the route is much more scenic but slightly longer. And as soon as you are near the starting point, you will come across the brand-new Waterzande housing development, which is not on the map and through which you cannot drive (In that case, follow the arrow with the name of the restaurant/café). We know that all our members are resourceful enough to find their way, even without digital aids.

Right after we’ve finished our coffee and bolus, we’ll head towards Doel around 1:30 PM. This polder village became a ghost town when it was decided that it had to disappear for the expansion of the Port of Antwerp. A decision that was reversed 30 years later, when the village had already been almost completely stripped of its inhabitants. A somewhat sad, but very photogenic spot.

Afterwards, we drive further into Belgium to ride through and along the polders. The roads are narrow, and on a sunny day, we will encounter many walkers and cyclists. There is plenty of time for a stop and a drink (we have marked those places in the route book). However, we shouldn’t make it too elaborate, at least if you decide to stay for dinner. We drive back into the Netherlands to finish in Zuiddorpe. There, we will dine and enjoy the asparagus menu, consisting of asparagus soup to start and Asparagus à la Zuiddorpe style to follow.

What does this dinner look like?

Starter

Cream of asparagus soup

Main course

Asparagus Zuiddorp style

How much does it cost?

The price for the ride including coffee and cake (but excluding drinks and dinner) is € 10 p.p. for members and € 13 p.p. for guests. Dinner is € 45 p.p.

And our four-legged friends?
Your loyal companion is also welcome, provided it well-behaved and on a leash.

Registration
You can register via the registration page no later than Sunday, April 19. This ride has been registered under the event regulations.

When registering, you can now also indicate whether you want to ride along with someone or if someone can ride with you. If you choose this option, you agree that your contact details will be shared with other solo riders or drivers, so that you can arrange to ride together in advance.

PLEASE NOTE! We will not be returning to Bar Goed in Walsoorden. Therefore, this ride does not have the same starting and ending point. Finding a companion will require prior arrangement.

We hope you will turn up in large numbers, as we think this will be a very fun day trip.

Patrick & Wilfried

Disclaimer

The GCCC excludes liability for any type of damage, in any form whatsoever. Damage to your own vehicle and/or damage to (possessions of) participant(s) and/or third parties is at your own expense or the expense of your insurer.

An insurer may classify a ride with a route description as a competition, in which case the policy conditions do not apply. This varies per insurance policy/insurer; check your policy carefully regarding this!

Photos and videos will also be taken during the ride. If you do not wish for this, you are responsible for this yourself by kindly asking the photographer or videographer not to take pictures of you or your car (license plate). The photos and videos are generally shared on the personal Facebook and Instagram pages of individual participants and the GCCC Facebook page.

What are we going to do in 2026?

• 26-04           Asparagus Ride 
• 29-05           Eurotour 2026 Burg-Haamstede 
• 28-06           ‘Ut olde karrenspoor’
• 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

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.