On, March 19, at the official 80th birthday of the famous game Monopoly Hasbro announces that makes Amsterdam and Giethoorn both have established themselves on the international Monopoly board of Monopoly Here & Now World Edition.
Netherlands, our small country, is the only country in the world with two locations on the board!
Amsterdam soon fills with New York and Sydney deep pink areas on the new plate. But besides the unimaginable happened: Giethoorn won a wildcard and soon finds himself as the only town in the world back on the plate; right next to metropolitan Madrid!
Early this year, called Monopoly fans from 182 countries to vote for their favorite cities. In all, the fans have voted about four million times and here the 22 most popular cities are selected, where Amsterdam and Giethoorn there are two of them. Judging by the interviewed tourists in Giethoorn, "Kiethorn? Pour Horny? "It is quite a challenge for MONOPOLY fans worldwide to speak out well this town during the negotiation.
"That just shows again; if you stand together behind something, nothing is impossible. All Gietersen have supported our initiative and with that we have achieved this great result. I can not really hold it. "Said Lennard de Boer, campaign manager Giethoorn.com
Netherlands is the only country with two cities on the board:
The MONOPOLY HERE & NOW: The World Edition 2015 is in stores worldwide this fall. Based on the voting, this special edition includes the following cities:
- Dark blue: Lima, Peru; Hong Kong, China
- Green: Riga, Latvia; Lisbon, Portugal; Istanbul, Turkey
- Yellow: Warsaw, Poland; Mexico City, Mexico; Santiago, Chile
- Red: Belfast, Ireland; Athens, Greece; Belgrade, Serbia
- Orange: London, England; Moscow, Russia; Tokyo, Japan
- Pink: New York, USA; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sydney, Australia
- Light blue: Queenstown, New Zealand; Cape Town, South Africa; Taipei, Taiwan
- Brown: Giethoorn, Netherlands; Madrid, Spain
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