When to see tulips and more flowers in the Netherlands

Spring is probably the most beautiful & colorful time to be in the Netherlands!

The country is FULL of Flowers every single day of Spring, even more!

• Yellow daffodiles announce start of the Spring already in January. They grow everywhere, like weeds, in all the lanes and parks:) Throughout January and February these yellow little sunnies give us hope for more sun and warmth.

• Official opening of the Tulips season is celebrated on the National Tulip Day, on the 3rd Saturday of January.

  • Come to Dam Square in Amsterdam and browse through dozens of thousands of tulips to pick up Your very own bouquet of tulips. For free:)

  • But come early! OP=OP, first comes=first serves:)

After the official opening of the tulips season, it will take a couple of months when you actually can see tulips blossoming in the fields. That's ok - you still have lots of other flowers to enjoy:

• • March is the time for aromatherapy at hyazinths fields:

    • Come to Lisse area to drive / bike around to discover the most colorful and fragrant fields.

  • End of March everyone starts watching reports from Cherryblossom gardens & parks,

    • Amstelveen's Kersenbloesompark with its 400 blosoming trees is one of the most famous in the country.

    • Take your camera, picnic basket, kimono.. Celebrate the Cherryblossom Festival!

  • March is also time when the world's most popular flower garden - the Keukenhof - opens its gates for tourists!

    • 2 months is not enough for this beauty.

    • And every year there is a new theme, for example, 2022 was the Classics theme whilst 2024 - 'The future has already started'. 

• In April you can start finding out what are your most favourite tulip fields.

  • Mid April is the most probable time to find blossoming tulips.

• End of April - join a week of the most flowerful marathon in the world: The Flowers Parade BloemenKorso.

  • It starts in Noordwijk and ends 42km away - in Haarlem.

  • If you were unlucky to miss this amazing celebration of Spring, browse 52weekz.com for other flower parades that happen in the Netherlands from Spring to Autumn.

• After Bloemencorso go Orange - celebrate King's Birthday:)

  • Orange colored parties in every street of the Netherlands. Next day is Off:)

• For May holidays go to South of the Netherlands, to boarder with Belgium: Explore magic of Hallerbos in blossom of bluebell flowers.

  • You can come to Hallerbos earlier - to celebrante Bluebell Festival. Well, it happens the same days with the Bloemencorso and King's day. What a choice to make!

• May is to wrap up Flowerful spring: Last days of Keukenhof garden, last days of tulips in blossom..

Dutch Spring is always in our hearts!

But when the Spring flowers are over - More colorful beauty is to discover in the Netherlands, the country of  flowers!

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