sinterklaas startblok achterveld basisschool

"Sinterklaas at the starting block in the schoolyard of a primary school in Achterveld." Sinterklaas, the Dutch version of Santa Claus, is standing at a brightly painted starting block for races on the asphalt playground of a primary school in Achterveld, a small rural town in the Netherlands. He is wearing his traditional red bishop's costume complete with a long white beard, gold-handled staff, a tall, pointed mitre, and white gloves.