Redhead Festival breaks world record for 'most people with red hair gathered in one place'

Annual Redhead Day festival saw thousand of ginger visitors

Held in The Netherlands for the eighth year in a row

Over 5,000 people with red hair from 80 countries attended



Red, auburn, carrot, strawberry blonde and (at least one) scarlet – all shades of ginger hair were present at this weekend’s Redhed Days Festival.

More than 5,000 redheads from 80 countries attended the global event in Breda, The Netherlands, breaking its own world record.

The festival, which has been held since 2005, also saw the world’s first attempt to a ‘ginger’s only’ flight when a plane-load of redheads were flown in from Scotland.

Ginger gathering: Two young women attend 'Red Hair Day' in Breda, The Netherlands on Sunday Red sea: The festival broke their own record in 'Most Redheads Gathered In One Place' during the weekend