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Description: Dutch Tulips

Keukenhof – know as the Garden of Europe – is the one of the best places to view the abundance of spring flowers in the South Holland region of the Netherlands


Description: Bloemenmarkt, Amsterdam's flower market

Amsterdam's flower market – the Bloemenmarkt – reflects the country's passion for cut flowers and plants


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

Around seven million bulbs are planted each year in the park at Keukenhof, in an area of 32 hectares


Description: Bloemenmarkt, Amsterdam's flower market

The Bloemenmarkt - set on the capital's Singel canal and said to be the world's only floating flower market - has a score of stalls where you can buy all sorts of plants, flowers, bulbs and seeds


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

The mild climate of Holland, with its wet springs makes it an ideal place for bulb cultivation


Description: Bloemenmarkt, Amsterdam's flower market

Tulips originated in the east and were brought to Holland from the Ottoman Empire in the mid 1500s


Description: Orange Tulips

In springtime, the lowland area by the North Sea is carpeted with fields of gladioli, hyacinths, lilies, daffodils, crocuses... and, of course, tulips


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

Keukenhof - literally 'kitchen garden' - is part of the hunting grounds of the ancient Teylingen estate


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

This year, the theme for the Keukenhof exhibition is Germany: Land of Poets and Philosophers


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

The patchwork quilt of colours in the Keukenhof park, just outside Lisse in South Holland, is a veritable feast for the eyes


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

The bulbs of Keukenhof are re-planted each year according to the current trends and in collaboration with a number of gardening magazines


Description: Keukenhof Tulips

Spring in Keukenhof is one of the main tourist attractions of the Netherlands

Description: Dutch tulip field

The best way to appreciate the full glory of the Dutch spring is to hire a bike and cycle one of the tourist routes among the bulb fields











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