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Smashing pumpkins: Annual squash festival draws thousands to Brussels castle

Some call them pumpkins, for others they're simply squashes, or jack o'lanterns when carved creatively, however you dice or slice them - pumpkins have taken over a castle near Brussels, Groot-Bijgaarden, for its annual pumpkin festival.

Sourced from across Belgium and as far away as Portugal and Germany, the pumpkins come in all shapes and sizes — including a giant weighing 772 kilograms.

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