Despite the fact that prizes can be won, the most important thing about gondola rides is fun. That is why a group of older men could not resist picking up the thread again. The ‘returners’ have returned as gondola builders and have been participating for a number of years. The men only use local products in their gondola. “We use reed from the landscape, wood from the area, but also stuff from the Gamma here in the neighbourhood”, one of the men says with a wink.