Tulips , the best floral business card we have ‘ introducing The Keukenhof
It’s weekend and Saturday means first soccer, or football as we call it and the boys and their teams both won so that’s great for us because they will be chipper all weekend and the sun was shining.
BUT
we had another thing on the weekend agenda. We are going to the botanical garden in Holland called Keukenhof.
The fact that this was on the planning was ( well is ) for me a wonderful way to be busy.
This is a overall screenshot from my library and i made many shorts aswell while we drove up.
It’s a tourist attraction and when we get visitors from abroad we most certainly go but now we went ourselves after covid it’s nice to go again and test my GoPro camera. Ofcourse to try vlogs and photos.
When you buy tickets ( that has to be done you have to reserve a time slot ) you have to go to the site.
All dutchies know what the Keukenhof is, its our national pride.
The garden is so famous that its almost a business card for the netherlands.
The royals have given their names to the pavilions and i know for a fact that some summits had this as a intermezzo just to show of our bulby qualities.
Our tulips bulbs but more of our flowers are worldwide known for their quality and for their colors.
There you can read about the history and the way it started and grew out to be such a great place to go to when you are in my country.
source : text taken from this website https://keukenhof.nl/en/about-keukenhof/
The history of Keukenhof dates back to the 15th century. Countess Jacoba van Beieren [Jacqueline of Bavaria] (1401-1436) gathered fruit and vegetables from the Keukenduin [kitchen dunes] for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Castle was built in 1641 and the estate grew to encompass an area of over 200 hectares.
Landscape architects Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, who also designed Amsterdam's Vondelpark, redesigned the castle gardens in 1857. That park, in the English landscape style, still constitutes the basis of Keukenhof. In 1949 a group of 20 leading flower bulb growers and exporters came up with the plan to use the estate to exhibit spring-flowering bulbs, signaling the birth of Keukenhof as a spring park. The park opened its gates to the public in 1950 and was an instant success, with 236,000 visitors in the first year alone. 2023 will be the 74th edition of Keukenhof. During the past 73 years Keukenhof developed into a world-famous attraction.
Again source is the website.
Ofcourse this deserves a place on my pinmapple map.
From Rotterdam it’s a 49 minutes drive by car. In the online ticket is also a place in the carpark included , so all that is taken care off before we leave. When we arrive it’s very busy and I think that’s because of the great weather.
These next photos are from the way to the Keukenhof,
Many foreigners and bus tours. We are amongst the small amount dutch visitors, which is very funny.
This is my country at his floralbest!!
Here is paft one of the picture bomb of the floral bulb bombs, I wil show of all of them, maybe in a vlog. Also the videos and the lensball photos i will show you in another blog ofcourse.
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wat een drukte op die molen :) iets teveel mensen voor mij maar je had wel mooi weer vandaag
Ja daar wilde je niet op maar leuk voor de foto , en ik heb kunnen testen dat was het leukste en het is echt wel leuk om heen te gaan het is met tijdvakken na Corona dus je kunt er wel naartoe maar niet op zaterdag dan
uitproberen van nieuwe tools is altijd leuk gisteren zelf bezig geweest met timelapse op mijn @xenium account :)
Wow! Those are some incredible photos I really love that place you have visited it looks very cool. In recent weeks I have been visiting farms and big garden centers but wow I am so impressed with your photos and post!
really glad you had a good Saturday and I hope the rest of your weekend is awesome!
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OMG! Those tulips are so beautiful ❤️ such amazing surroundings ❤️
Well captured pictures 🌷
They certainly live up to their reputation, those are extremely beautiful flowers and a very well manicured garden overall.
Those lavender fields are stunning. How lovely. It's what Netherlands is known that even in my, they make tourist attractions that mimics Netherland's flower fields.
Hello britt
Awesome place to spend time. I love pictures you shared. Specially the colourful flowers spread over long ground. Thanks for sharing
Oh my goodness this is so beautiful I love it. I want to run inside the field and jump like a cartoon dog 😄 🙏🏻
Omg, I want to be here. <3
I have been thinking for a long time to visit Keukenhof but I cannot find the source for buying tickets or how to go there. This is really a great place to relax and might be helpful for my health as well... Thanks Brit for sharing your experience with us...
Dear if you want to go I will buy you a ticket it’s 20 euro so it is much and you need your money, it will be my gift to you and if you spend a day there your week will be full of happy flowery thoughts and you will be ready to take on another week , let me know when you want to go 😘 https://keukenhof.nl/nl/ontdek-het-park/?gclid=CjwKCAjwue6hBhBVEiwA9YTx8Akm1kFcIz1bPJdvoFbpznch5DNpkhEIcXQxUNLc6ySkykaacP-MPhoCHaIQAvD_BwE
And by public transport
https://keukenhof.nl/en/ov/
Thank you so much, Brit for your generosity but you have done a lot for me already so this time, I will try to manage tickets. If I cannot then I will inform you. I know where to find you...
Much love Brit
What a colourful journey!
My limited time in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 has been a blessing for sure. With all the other things people go to see, and the special bond Canada has with the people there, it was inspiring to still see the wind mills and those expansive fields exploding with colour. Like art on a massive scale.
Makes me want to go back now! Til I can again, I love the walk you have taken us on and it has brightened my weekend even more.
wow.it's so beautiful