Keukenhof flower gardens won't open this year, tulip festival also hit
4 years, 9 months ago

Keukenhof flower gardens won't open this year, tulip festival also hit

Dutch News  

The Keukenhof flower gardens near Lisse will not open at all this year, because of the coronavirus outbreak. ‘The park is ready for visitors, the bulbs are flowering and the exhibition tents are largely complete.’ Keukenhof gardeners planted some seven million bulbs for this year’s show. The park is now pledging virtual visits rather than physical ones, and says it will keep flower fans up to date with videos, so everyone can appreciate this spring’s display. ‘If you cannot come to the Keukenhof, we will bring the Keukenhof to you,’ said director Bart Siemerink in a welcome video.

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A local expert's guide to seeing the most beautiful tulips in the Netherlands
9 months, 1 week ago

A local expert's guide to seeing the most beautiful tulips in the Netherlands

BBC  

A local expert's guide to seeing the most beautiful tulips in the Netherlands Zoonar GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Tulip fields in Holland Nienke Panis-Ringersma has made a career out of following the region's famous blooms. "People in the Netherlands are very down to earth," says Panis-Ringersma, whose images and tulip facts receive millions of likes per month on Facebook. …

Over 200,000 tulips were given away on National Tulip Day in Amsterdam
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Over 200,000 tulips were given away on National Tulip Day in Amsterdam

NL Times  

Amsterdam residents and visitors were able to visit a special garden set up in the Museumplein on Saturday to celebrate National Tulip Day. The theme for this year’s National Tulip Day was "Let's Dance! The 12th edition of the National Tulip Day is "Really a happening," florist Douwe Hoving from Dalen told RTV Drenthe. National Tulip Day is normally held …

Keukenhof welcome’s the season’s first guests today; Open for 8 weeks
1 year, 9 months ago

Keukenhof welcome’s the season’s first guests today; Open for 8 weeks

NL Times  

The Keukenhof flower garden in Lisse opened for the season on Thursday, welcoming its first guests for 2023. “2023 is mainly a welcome back for our international visitors,” Keukenhof director Jeroen Duyster said. “Spreading our visitors across the season ensures optimum enjoyment for all and excellent accessibility,” Duyster said. Almost all of them immediately grab their phone or camera to …

Keukenhof flower gardens opening for the 74th time this week
1 year, 9 months ago

Keukenhof flower gardens opening for the 74th time this week

NL Times  

The Keukenhof will open its doors on Thursday for the 2023 season. Last year, the famous flower park in Lisse, Zuid-Holland, attracted over 1.1 million visitors, 75 percent from abroad. The bulbs - supplied by 100 flower bulb growers and exporters - were planted in the autumn of last year to have them blooming and ready for visitors in the …

Thousands of visitors at the opening of the National Tulip Day picking garden
1 year, 11 months ago

Thousands of visitors at the opening of the National Tulip Day picking garden

NL Times  

Thousands of visitors came to the celebration of National Tulip Day in Amsterdam on Saturday. At that time, National Tulip Day was celebrated in a different way. Before the pandemic, about 17,000 visitors attended National Tulip Day in 2019. Overall, National Tulip Day is an initiative of Dutch tulip growers and is held every third Saturday in January.

Over 200,000 tulips will be given away for free in Amsterdam today
1 year, 11 months ago

Over 200,000 tulips will be given away for free in Amsterdam today

NL Times  

Amsterdam residents and visitors will be able to visit a special garden set up in the Museumplein on Saturday to celebrate National Tulip Day. The theme for this year’s National Tulip Day is “Typical Dutch.” Over 200,000 tulips of different varieties and colors will be available for the event. The Rijksmuseum, which is located near the tulip event, will open …

Tulips for Amsterdam: Growers hand out free flowers
2 years, 11 months ago

Tulips for Amsterdam: Growers hand out free flowers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy As stores in Amsterdam and …

Keukenhof flower gardens won't open this year, tulip festival also hit
4 years, 9 months ago

Keukenhof flower gardens won't open this year, tulip festival also hit

Dutch News  

The Keukenhof flower gardens near Lisse will not open at all this year, because of the coronavirus outbreak. ‘The park is ready for visitors, the bulbs are flowering and the exhibition tents are largely complete.’ Keukenhof gardeners planted some seven million bulbs for this year’s show. The park is now pledging virtual visits rather than physical ones, and says it …

Major tourist attraction Keukenhof not to open at all this year
4 years, 9 months ago

Major tourist attraction Keukenhof not to open at all this year

NL Times  

The Keukenhof, a massive tourist attraction in the Netherlands, will not open at all this year. The measures in place to curb the spread of coronavirus Covid-19 mean that there is no sense in opening the flower park in Lisse, a spokesperson said to Omroep Brabant. And the ban on group gatherings remaining in place until June 1st means that …

Tulips from Amsterdam? Not in times of coronavirus crisis
4 years, 9 months ago

Tulips from Amsterdam? Not in times of coronavirus crisis

Associated Press  

LISSE, Netherlands — The pots of chrysanthemums stacked in Henk van der Slot’s barn in the Netherlands bulb fields were supposed to decorate St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican over Easter. “If this continues for much longer we have to start laying off people because we can’t afford this.” At Royal FloraHolland’s cavernous auction facility in Aalsmeer near Amsterdam, rows …

Keukenhof attracts record 1.5 million visitors
5 years, 7 months ago

Keukenhof attracts record 1.5 million visitors

NL Times  

Flower park Keukenhof in Lisse closed its doors for the year this weekend. In the 60 days it was open this year, the Netherlands' biggest flower park attracted a record number of 1.5 million visitors, almost double the 800 thousand tickets the park sold in 2013, the Telegraaf reports. The flower park was also a popular attraction for children this …

Keukenhof flooded with tourists over Easter weekend
5 years, 8 months ago

Keukenhof flooded with tourists over Easter weekend

NL Times  

De Keukenhof received so many visitors on Saturday and Sunday that the flower park in Lisse was inaccessible by car on both days. Keukenhof advised people not to visit the flower park on Easter weekend. "The roads in the Bollenstreek are not made to handle this number of visitors and that makes it unwise to come this way now", Keukenhof …

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