Cape Town - Thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans, old and young, celebrated their team's 2-1 victory over Cameroon in the teams' final group match by packing out clubs and restaurants in Long Street and along the city's fan walk.
Decked out in everything from orange t-shirts to orange wigs to even orange army hats, singing and celebrating Dutch fans hit the town after their side notched up nine points in their group.
Holland will now face Slovakia on Monday in Durban in the round of 16.
"The game was great, but Holland weren't playing that well, but we won so that's great," said Linette de Jong, a Dutch citizen who lives in the city.
De Jong, who says she loves the city, was partying it up at Doppio Zero - one of the clubs and restaurants which line Somerset Road - a stone's throw away from the stadium.
"It won't be all night as I have to work tomorrow," said De Jong, who runs her own company which recruits Dutch interns to work in the city.
The stadium stands were filled with orange, Dutch flags and banners like "Die Kaap is weer Oranje" (the Cape is Orange again), a play on the popular Capetonian idiom "Die Kaap is weer Hollands".
South African Christiaan Maasdorp, from Stellenbosch, was one of the 63 093 fans in attendance last night.
"It's an awesome stadium and it was an awesome match," said Maasdorp, who believed the soccer tournament had brought a lot of good to the country.
"The World Cup is great. It shows the outside world what we are capable of and it shows South Africans what is required to be world class, so that's good."
He said he would probably hit the town and will keep an eye open for any Dutch girls, particularly if they were wearing the orange miniskirts from Dutch beer company Bavaria, he quipped.
Matthias Ateh, who lives in Toronto, Canada, but was born in Cameroon said despite being outnumbered by thousands of Dutch supporters - both locals and those from Holland, he was having a great time.
"I've met many Dutch fans and we have photographs together, so I'm very happy," said Ateh, who believed South Africa was a great country.
"When I reached the airport (OR Tambo, Johannesburg) I was impressed. The roads are good, the people are hospitable and everything is going very nice," he said.
He believed the World Cup is an event for all Africans.
"All we Africans will be happy and so far it has gone successful and we are proud as Africans," said Ateh, who added that he would be behind Ghana when they face up against the United States in their round of 16 match in Rustenburg tomorrow.
