Last Saturday, television viewers and juries from 31 countries selected Waterloo as the all-time favorite Eurovision Song Contest entry. ABBA's victory didn't remain unnoticed in the Belgian village of Waterloo, where 'Napoleon did surrender' on 18th June, 1815. Congratulations from Waterloo to Waterloo!

The village of Waterloo congratulates ABBA, “a mythical group which made, makes and will continue making people of all generations dance”, Yves Vander Cruysen, Councillor of Culture of Waterloo, states. “With pride, the village of Waterloo is looking back at the visit of honour ABBA paid to Waterloo on 18th May 1974, a couple of weeks after they won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton”.

During their visit at Waterloo, ABBA were invited in André Torrent's show Chansons à la carte and met with the Belgian producers of Mandarine Napoléon. In a long, black limousine, escorted by several motor vehicles, Björn, Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid arrived at the Albert I Square around noon. Together with André Caussin, burgomaster of Waterloo at that time, ABBA visited the Wellington Museum and posed for the international press.

Openly and visibly happy to be there, ABBA handed out autographs to anyone who wanted one. Due to a strict time schedule and being expected at a television show in France, the members of ABBA could not visit the battlefield of Waterloo anymore. Later on in Paris, ABBA was introduced to the French version of Waterloo, written by Claude-Michel Schoenberg, another citizen of honour of Waterloo.