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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aleksandar Furtula

A street in The Hague is drenched in orange as Netherlands soccer fans celebrate the World Cup

APTOPIX Netherlands WCup Soccer - (Copyright 2026The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands' opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever.

Nowhere is the mood of euphoric optimism that descends on parts of this country every time its national team plays at a World Cup more glaringly obvious than on the Marktweg in The Hague, where the local community comes together to crush as much orange as possible into virtually every square inch of their street.

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