Location
Location of the host city in the Netherlands. For more details on the host city, see Hilversum.Hilversum is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland. The town is the largest in the Gooi region. Surrounded by heathland, woods, meadows, lakes, and smaller villages, Hilversum is part of the Randstad, one of the largest conurbations in Europe.
Known as the "Media Capital" of the Netherlands, Hilversum had become the centre of broadcasting and radio in the Netherlands since the 1920s when Dutch radio company Nederlandse Seintoestellen Fabriek (nl) settled there. Almost all other radio stations followed suit in the coming decades, with television following in the 1950s. One such media network was the host of the event, Nederlandse Televisie Stichting. Even today, the media sector is still one of the top employers in the municipality of Hilversum.
The venue chosen to host the third contest was the broadcasting studio of AVRO (Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep or "General Association of Radio Broadcasting"). The studios belonged to the Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system.
The studios were decorated with tulips, of which the Netherlands are known for, for the event.
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