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Elfia (festival), the Glossary

Elfia, formerly known as the Elf Fantasy Fair is a fantasy-themed cosplay festival held twice a year in the Netherlands.^[1]

37 relations: Alphen aan den Rijn, Amsterdam, Arcen, Archeon, Netherlands, Arnhem, Brian Froud, Brian Muir (sculptor), Castlefest, Christopher Paolini, Cosplay, De Broodfabriek, De Haar Castle, De Volkskrant, Dordrecht, Eindhoven, Faun (band), Goth subculture, Haarzuilens, Het Parool, Historical reenactment, Keukenhof, Lisse, Live action role-playing game, Manga, NRC Handelsblad, Paywall, Renaissance fair, Rijswijk, Robert Jordan, Roland Rotherham, Rotterdam, Science fiction, Stanislav Ianevski, Tarja Turunen, Terry Pratchett, Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, Zodiac Zoos.
2001 establishments in the Netherlands
Fantasy conventions
Festivals in the Netherlands

Alphen aan den Rijn

Alphen aan den Rijn ("Alphen upon Rhine" or "Alphen on the Rhine") is a city and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands.

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Arcen

Arcen (Árse) is a village in the Dutch province of Limburg.

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Archeon, Netherlands

Archeon is an archeological open air and living museum in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.

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Arnhem

Arnhem (or; Arnheim; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border.

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Brian Froud

Brian Froud (born 1947) is an English fantasy illustrator and conceptual designer.

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Brian Muir (sculptor)

Brian Muir (born 15 April 1952) is a British sculptor who most famously created Darth Vader's helmet and armour using Ralph McQuarrie's design.

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Castlefest is a medieval/fantasy festival in the Netherlands, held in the gardens of Castle Keukenhof in Lisse since 2005. Elfia (festival) and Castlefest are fantasy conventions and festivals in the Netherlands.

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Christopher Paolini

Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American author.

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Cosplay

Cosplay, a portmanteau of "costume play", is an activity and performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific character.

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De Broodfabriek

De Broodfabriek (The Bread Factory) is an exhibition and convention center in the Dutch city of Rijswijk.

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De Haar Castle

De Haar Castle (Dutch: Kasteel de Haar) is located outside Utrecht, Netherlands.

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De Volkskrant

de Volkskrant is a Dutch daily morning newspaper.

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Dordrecht

Dordrecht, historically known in English as Dordt (still colloquially used in Dutch) or Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

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Eindhoven

Eindhoven is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also located in the Dutch part of the natural region the Campine.

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Faun (band)

Faun is a German band that was formed in 1998 and plays pagan folk, darkwave, and medieval music.

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Goth subculture

Goth is a music-based subculture that began in the United Kingdom during the early 1980s.

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Haarzuilens

Haarzuilens is a village in the Dutch province of Utrecht.

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Het Parool

Het Parool is an Amsterdam-based daily newspaper.

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Historical reenactment

Historical reenactments (or re-enactment) is an educational or entertainment activity in which mainly amateur hobbyists and history enthusiasts dress in historic uniforms and follow a plan to recreate aspects of a historical event or period.

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Keukenhof

Keukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in the municipality of Lisse, in the Netherlands.

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Lisse

Lisse is a town and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Western Netherlands.

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Live action role-playing game

A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically portray their characters.

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Manga

are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan.

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NRC Handelsblad

NRC, previously called, is a daily morning newspaper published in the Netherlands by NRC Media.

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Paywall

A paywall is a method of restricting access to content, with a purchase or a paid subscription, especially news.

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Renaissance fair

A Renaissance or medieval fair (ren faire, or festival) is an outdoor gathering that aims to entertain its guests by recreating a historical setting, most often the English Renaissance.

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Rijswijk

Rijswijk, formerly known as Ryswick in English, is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland.

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Robert Jordan

James Oliver Rigney Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan,"Robert Jordan" was the name of the protagonist in the 1940 Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls, though this is not how the name was chosen according to a. was an American author of epic fantasy.

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Roland Rotherham

Roland Rotherham (AKA Roly or Uncle Roly) is a retired British writer and lecturer, who specializes in medieval legends and lore, especially those related to King Arthur, Merlin and Glastonbury.

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Rotterdam

Rotterdam (lit. "The Dam on the River Rotte") is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Stanislav Ianevski

Stanislav Yanevski (born Stanislav Rumenov Yanevski, Станислав Руменов Яневски; on 16 May 1985) is a Bulgarian actor best known for playing Viktor Krum in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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Tarja Turunen

Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish.

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Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983–2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.

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Tewkesbury Medieval Festival

The Tewkesbury Medieval Festival is a medieval fair held over the second weekend of every July near the town of Tewkesbury, United Kingdom.

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Zodiac Zoos

Zodiac Zoos (officially Zodiac Zoos B.V.) is a Dutch corporation that owns and operates Aqua Zoo Friesland, Zoo Wissel, Zoo Labyrinth Boekelo, Zoo Park Overloon, and Castle Arcen.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfia_(festival)

Also known as Elf Fantasy Fair.

Elfia (festival), the Glossary

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See also

2001 establishments in the Netherlands

Fantasy conventions

Festivals in the Netherlands

References