On the morning of December 31, 2025, a photographer counted almost one hundred people in line at an oliebollen stand in Baarn in the central Netherlands. Customers said that about half an hour of waiting would bring the traditional New Year's fried doughnuts. Another substantial queue formed at a stand in nearby Amersfoort. In Bunschoten, a promotion turned the pre-opening order into a costumed queue. A stand opening at 7 a.m. promised a free bag of oliebollen to the first five customers who arrived wearing bathrobes. People were already waiting before sales began. By about 8 a.m. all five free bags had gone, leaving later bathrobe-clad visitors without the reward. The distinctive feature of these lines is the overlap between an annual food purchase and a small local performance. The product was the same, but in one town nearly one hundred customers traded half an hour for it, while in another, clothing and arrival order decided who received a free bag. A routine New Year's errand became an event in which the queue itself supplied part of the story.
The source review records an ordered wait tied to this candidate's date and place. The article was re-edited against that direct evidence without adding unverified crowd sizes or waiting times.