At 3 pm on the last Sunday of February, a historic procession of more than 1000 participants walks through the city. At the end of the procession, the druids, the youngsters who carry the Krakelingen ( a kind of pretzel cookie) and thousands of spectators travel to the Wall and the Chapel Wall up to the top of the Oudenberg. 5.000 Krakelingen are being thrown to the crowd. The person who catches the golden Krakeling, gets a golden jewel in the shape of the cookie. At 8 pm a huge straw doll is lit on the top of the Oudenberg to chase away the winter. The surrounding villages can see the fire and answer it by setting their straw dolls in fire as well. On the Oudenberg, burning torches are handed out to the public, which descends via the Wall to the marketplace, where the torches are extinguished. The party continues at the lively cafés.