It must be a very strange sight for Dutch television viewers to see a packed Alexandra Palace. While the Netherlands is in a hard lockdown, the darts fans celebrate their annual World Cup party in London.
“Boring, boring tables. Boring, boring tables!”, it sounds from thousands of throats in ‘Ally Pally’ about every fifteen minutes. And the singing only stops when someone in the room stands on a table and ate a beer. Then there is a loud cheer.
No, the omikron variant seems very far away here. The Darts World Cup is a kind of carnival. People dressed as a dartboard, a fruit, Elvis, elves, ancient Romans, sheikhs, Santas. And if you’re looking for Waldy, you can find him here too.
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