February 15, 2014

Keukenhof is a park in Holland where guests are greeted by the real thing. Tulip paradise spreads over 32 hectares. It is often said that Holland is the “land of tulips”. This name stuck to it due to the fact that the amazing park, in which millions of noble tulips bloom, has become a bright symbol of the country.

The Royal Tulip Garden is located in the small town of Lisse, near Amsterdam and The Hague. The grandiose project of the Royal Flower Garden was brought to life by famous architects Louis Paul and Jan David Socher.

Tulip Capital of the World

Keukenhof is rightfully considered one of the most beautiful parks not only in Holland, but also on Earth. There are a wide variety of tulip varieties presented here. Amazing flower beds and meadows delight with bright colors and perfection of forms.

A record holder among all parks for the number of amazing plants, Keukenhof has 4.5 million beautiful tulips, as well as 27 species of trees.
In the Royal Flower Park there is even a Walk of Fame, where tulips grow, named after famous characters, including fairy tales. For example, you can see varieties Vladimir Putin, Aishwarya Rai, Little Red Riding Hood, Mickey Mouse.

24 highly qualified gardeners are working to create magnificent compositions. Every year landscape designers give the park a new look.

Thematic areas of Keukenhof Park

In addition to tulips, this fragrant valley has more than 100 species of different spring flowers. Guests admire roses, daffodils, lilacs, hyacinths, hydrangeas, freesias and many other species. Rare varieties of these delicate and beautiful flowers exude an indescribable aroma.

This territory is divided into several zones of different style and content. 7 gardens of inspiration introduce the latest trends in landscape design. The design of each zone corresponds to its name.

Japanese garden - a real corner Japan in northern Europe. Strict lines, graceful gazebos, exquisite compositions, sophistication and nobility - everything corresponds to the spirit and traditions of the Land of the Rising Sun.

Musical garden. Admiring flowers is accompanied by pleasant music. Guests of the park can relax and unwind surrounded by delicate flowers.

The wedding garden is decorated in soft pink, cream and white tones. Snow-white varieties of tulips, lilacs, and orchids create an atmosphere of magic and lightness.

Tours to Holland often include a visit to the Keukenhof Tulip Valley. About a million guests come to the Garden of Europe every year, as this delightful place is often called. Photographs of extraordinary compositions in all colors of the rainbow adorn the covers of many magazines and the pages of hundreds of thousands of home photo albums.

Amazing flower arrangements

April and May are given over to guests of Holland, so that everyone can enjoy the fantastic landscape that opens up to the eyes of visitors to the flower paradise. The flower show, which has been held in the park since 1949, closes the season. The grandiose parade "Bloemencorso Bollenstreek", which features figures made from various varieties of flowering plants, delights both adults and children.

Keukenhof is wonderful, a visit to which will leave an unforgettable mark on your soul. Such beauty cannot be described in words. This is a must see. The most photographed place in the world is the Garden of Europe in Holland. Looking at the colorful photographs, you understand that the wonders of nature really make people kinder and happier.

Keukenhof – park in Holland photo

Keukenhof (Kitchen Park) is a royal flower park in the Netherlands. The park is also known as the Garden of Europe. In 2019, Keukenhof will be open daily from March 21 to May 19, seven days a week, from 08:00 to 19:30.

Keukenhof Park is located near Amsterdam, in the town of Lisse, and occupies more than 32 hectares of beautiful gardens: up to 7 million plants (of which about 4.5 million are tulips, as well as 100 different varieties of “bulbs”, such as hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils, hazel grouse , muscari) and about 90 species of trees create a feeling of boundlessness, a feeling of being in a flower paradise.

This splendor of flowers is created by 100 participating companies that display their live catalogue. 500 flower growers present a huge variety of cut flowers and potted plants at more than 20 flower shows. And the main flower parade in 2019 is planned to be held on April 13.

The park consists of three greenhouses: the Willem-Alexander Pavilion, where lilies, amaryllis, hyacinths, hydrangeas, potted plants and bulbous flowers in pots bloom. The second pavilion (Oranje Nassau), which contains freesias, gerberas, roses, tulips, irises, alstroemerias, daffodils, chrysanthemums, callas and carnations. The third Beatrix pavilion, with orchids, is the personal pavilion of the Princess of the Netherlands. Located in the northern part of the park, near the mill.

In the center of the park there is a pond inhabited by swans and other waterfowl. The total length of all footpaths is about 15 km. Along the paths there are sculptures of foreign and Dutch masters from different eras: Koning, Kervel, Vermeer, Bruning, Alexander Taratynov.

On the territory of the park there is a large number of lakes, ponds, waterfalls, streams, canals. Most of them are accessible by boats. More than 40 bridges and bridges connect the shores of lakes and canals. The park also features: a pet farm, a “Royal Hats” pavilion, an English tea pavilion, a children’s entertainment complex “Bollebozen”, restaurants, cafes, and parking. On average, a walk through the park takes at least 3 hours, but for lovers of flowers and beauty this time will not be enough.

About 900 thousand people visit Keukenhof Park every year. Therefore, those who do not like large crowds are recommended to visit the park before 11:00 and after 15:00, when the park is less visited. This time is also recommended for photographers, when the light of the morning and evening sun allows you to take wonderful photographs. On days of the week, the park is less visited from Monday to Wednesday.

From the history of Keukenhof Park

It is known that in the 15th century there were forests and sand dunes in this area. The lands belonged to the Countess of Gennegau, Ostensibly of Bavaria (Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436)). The surrounding forest served as a source of game, mushrooms, berries and medicinal herbs, and the area near the castle was used to grow fruits, herbs and herbs for the kitchen. This is where the name “Keukenhof” comes from, which is translated from Dutch as “Kitchen Yard”.

Keukenhof was built in 1641, and the area around it exceeded 200 hectares. In 1857, Baron Van Pallandt commissioned the landscape architect Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher to design the area around the castle. When laying out the park, the classical principles of English park construction were used. This park, in the English landscape style, still forms the basis of Keukenhof.

In 1949, a group of 20 leading flower bulb growers and exporters developed a plan to use the estate to display spring-blooming bulbs. The park opened to the public the following year, 1950, and was a great success, with 236,000 visitors that year alone. Over the past 69 years, Keukenhof has become a world-famous attraction.

It is worth mentioning separately the mill located in the park. It was built in 1892 in the city of Groningen and was originally intended to pump water from low-lying areas of the coast. In 1957, the Holland American Line bought the mill and donated it to Keukenhof Park. The mill was renovated in 2008 and now serves as a museum under open air, where everyone can observe the internal structure of a classic Dutch mill

In 2018, the cost of tickets to the park itself was: For adults – € 18; for children from 4 to 11 years old – € 8. For children under 3 years old – free

How to get to the park from Amsterdam.

From Amsterdam you can get to Keukenhof by public transport(by bus or train), shuttle bus, car, or with an organized excursion.
By public transport.

Connexxion bus no. 397 stops at Leidseplein, Museumplein and near the Rijksmuseum) to Schiphol Airport, where you need to change to bus no. 858 (departs from Arrivals 4, near Starbucks). which goes to the park.
The journey from Schiphol to Keukenhof takes approximately 30 minutes, but there are often queues at the entrance to the car park near Keukenhof.

From Amsterdam to Keukenhof by direct shuttle bus (six times a day from the center of Amsterdam (address Damrak 26). Tickets cost 39 euros (entrance to the park is included in this price).
From Amsterdam to Keukenhof by train. 1. take the train to Leiden (Leiden Centraal), where you take bus number 854 to Keukenhof (directly to the entrance to the park). 2. get to Sassenheim station. Take bus number 50 in the direction of Lisse. Get off at the Vreewijk, Lisse stop (it is not the final stop) and walk to the park (7-10 minutes).

The journey costs approximately 25 euros and takes about 1 hour 15 minutes.
From Amsterdam to Keukenhof by car
The address of Keukenhof Park, indicate in the navigator - Stationsweg 166A 2161 AM Lisse, the Netherlands. The distance from the center of Amsterdam to Keukenhof is about 40 km. But there may be traffic jams at the entrance to the park. The cost of parking near Keukenhof is € 6 per day.

Keukenhof Flower Park in Holland is a natural attraction of the Netherlands. Tourists associate Holland with bright tulip fields. In Keukenhof Park you can see compositions of tulips of all colors of the rainbow.

Royal Keukenhof flower park in Holland (Netherlands) – unique spring park in the world. It is located in the city of Lisse and covers 32 hectares.

Fabulous beauty, peace, birdsong, magical aromas of flowers and the atmosphere of spring that awakens life - all this amazes tourists in Keukenhof park – amazing place, Where Spring always reigns! There are more than 700 types of tulips here!!!

The park enchants with its colorful palette of colors, windmills and sculptures, original objects of art, flower beds and fields of tulips, delightful in color, their ponds in the shade of centuries-old trees and 40 bridges spanning canals, waterfalls, fountains, flowering gardens, where 7 million flowers of bulbous plants are collected in one place!!!

Miracle - the park will spin you in a waltz of flowers, will guide you along the paths, the length of which is 15 km. The park will offer boat trips past the tulip fields, cycling trips to the bulb growing area, exciting flower exhibitions in the open air and in pavilions: lilies, orchids, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocuses (more than 20 of them).

The park is located near the coast, 20 minutes from Schiphol airport and half an hour from Amsterdam. During the park's opening hours, direct buses also run from the city of Leiden.

Open-air exhibitions have been held in Keukenhof since 1949, and the park was founded even earlier in 1850 by the German landscape designer and architect Jan David Socher in the best traditions of English parks.

For only two months a year, Keukenhof delights visitors and displays its attractions of flowers and 100 sculpted works of art. Here you can learn about new trends in the world of gardening, landscape design and add fresh ideas to your knowledge, as well as learn how to plant plants in the “Gardens of Inspiration”. Every year, Keukenhof Park presents only one selected theme for the exhibitions and receives a completely new look for the entire spring, which turns into a summer flowering meadow.

May 3, 2018 was carried out a mesmerizing spectacle - a flower cortege. More than 30 cars, each creating a specific composition, decorated with millions of different flowers, drove along the Corso Boulevard of Keukenhof Park. Automobile platforms with sculptural compositions fairy tale characters, animals and people made from fresh flowers solemnly moved to the sounds of orchestras and camera flashes. The Blumencorso parade lasts 12 hours and is accompanied by dancing and costume shows, and in the evening - a mesmerizing multi-colored fireworks display!

The 2019 Flower Parade takes place on April 13th. The flower cortege, also called the “Face of Spring,” starts from Noordwijk at 9:30 and finishes in Haarlem at 21:00, covering a distance of 40 km. This spring caravan of flowers also visits Keukenhof Park, where it organizes an unforgettable celebration on the main boulevard of Keukenhof Park at 15:30 on April 13, 2019.

Feel inspired and convey your mood in beautiful photographs!!!

The theme for 2019 is “Flower Power.”

Keukenhof Park in 2019 open daily from March 21 to May 19 from 8:00 to 19:30. There are restaurants. Come to Keukenhof!

Royal National Park Keukenhof has three gardens:

• Historical garden;
• Japanese garden;
• Musical garden where music sounds.

In the “Gardens of Inspiration” you can plant your own bulbous plants in the ground.

4 closed pavilions will delight you with exquisite exhibitions of flower arrangements:

• Orange-Nassau Pavilion (tulips, gold and white daffodils, lilac);
• Pavilion "Prince William-Alexander" (the largest with scarlet roses);
• Personal Pavilion of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands (orchids);
• The Royal Pavilion is located in the northern part of the park next to the mill.

The mill was built in 1892 and moved from the province of Groningham to the park in 1957. Now the mill is a unique attraction of the park and has an excellent observation deck mounted on it.

Not far from the Mill there is a pet farm. Miffy the rabbit's house is a landmark of the Keukenhof flower park.

In the closed pavilions of Keukenhof Park in Holland, a wondrous and alluring rose acts as a symbol eternal beauty, luxury and nobility. Some flower arrangements feel fresh and are called “chilling heat.”

The program of events and flower displays in Keukenhof Park changes every year. The floral design of Keukenhof Park in Holland features a treble clef, a symbol of music. Music festivals, Easter markets, Art Days, Flower festivals, more than 30 flower exhibitions, delicious holidays are the basis of the Flower Festival in the Dutch Keukenhof Park. The Flower Cortege parade, which finishes on the main boulevard of Keukenhof Park, is an unforgettable colorful spectacle!

Keukenhof National Park is one of the most visited attractions in the world (more than 950 thousand visitors admire Keukenhof Park during its 8 weeks of operation). Tourists come here to see the Keukenhof Spring and the symbol of Holland - the tulip, which rightfully occupies the royal national park Keukenhof has a leading position among all flowers (there are 4.5 million one hundred different varieties of tulips in bloom here).

Keukenhof Park in Holland is a blooming waterfall of admiration for the beauty of nature. These floral wonders are created by 24 gardeners of the Royal Garden, who annually update flower displays and plant seven million flower bulbs! The variety of tulips and the scale of Keukenhof Park is amazing!

How to get to Keukenhof Park? From Amsterdam in 40 minutes there is a direct connection by bus number 197 from Museum Square, Riksmuseum. Entrance to the park is paid: adult ticket 18 euros, children from 4 to 17 years old 8 euros, children under 4 years old free.

According to Kodak statistics, the Royal Keukenhof National Park is the most photographed place on earth!

The town of Lisse is ready to welcome guests all year round, but the Keukenhof Royal Park is only open for two months in the spring. March in Keukenhof is the time to open the Spring season. In October, grand exhibitions and sales of flower bulbs are held in Lisse, in which more than a hundred companies take part.

In the small Dutch town of Lisse, which is located between Amsterdam and The Hague, there is one of the most famous and amazing attractions of the Netherlands - the Royal Keukenhof Tulip Park. Our correspondent Grigory Bedenko shares his impressions and very beautiful photographs of spring flowers that have become a symbol of the country.

People in the Netherlands love flowers. Especially tulips, which have become a kind of national symbol. Today, the bulbs of these plants are supplied for cultivation to almost all countries of the world where landscape design is developed. And in Holland itself there are dozens of agricultural companies that earn hundreds of millions of euros from the tulip business.

But why did these flowers become so actively cultivated here? The history of Dutch tulips is absolutely amazing. They were brought here from Turkey by sailors of the East India Company in the middle of the 16th century. At that time, the Dutch economy was booming, and tulips of various shades became collectibles for the local aristocracy.

However, after several decades, something unimaginable began to happen to the flowers that local peasants grew for the rich - the plants were cultivated from the same bulbs year after year, but they began to change color. One of the most common transformations was the appearance of stripes of various shades on the petals. Only in the 20th century did scientists find out that this was the result of a viral disease of flowers that were moved to an unusual climatic zone.

The owner of a single tulip bulb could become the owner of a new, unique variety that would cost a lot of money on the tulip market. In 1612 (!), the Florilegium catalog with drawings of 100 varieties of tulips was published in Amsterdam. A bulb of the rare variety Semper Augustus cost up to 4,600 florins in 1634-1636. For comparison: 30 florins were given for a pig, 100 for a cow. Tulips in Holland, without exaggeration, became gold.

Things got to the point where a kind of stock market appeared in the tulip business. And this is in the 17th century! Special illustrated catalogs were published with detailed description flower and the starting price for it.

Merchants could buy these virtual flowers and resell them without even holding them in their hands. In many cities of Holland there were tulip exchanges, called colleges, where, in fact, gold was exchanged for flowers that existed only on paper and in the imagination of brokers. Such boards were quite fun - local taverns were used as premises, where drinks flowed like a river.

Interestingly, prices for tulips did not decrease even during the plague epidemic that struck Europe in 1636, when many peasants were left without a livelihood.

But, as one would expect, the strict laws of the market worked in the case of the main symbol of Holland - the tulip bubble eventually burst. Around the middle of the 17th century, that is, 100 years after the appearance of tulips in Europe, the most active speculators of the tulip market felt that the demand for them was beginning to fall and provoked panic.

Those who did not react to this in time were subsequently forced to buy bulbs for huge sums of money. And, as a rule, having paid in gold, they could no longer resell them. The bursting of the financial bubble made some poor and others very rich.

Everything that happened in the 16th-17th centuries with tulips in Holland had such a strong impact on the culture and economy of this country that it changed it forever. And today the tulip remains not only a symbol, but also one of the main components of the agricultural economy and exports.

Interestingly, tulips bloom in Holland for a very short period of the year, from about the twentieth of March to the twentieth of May. Keukenhof Park is open during the same period. All other months of the year it is closed. Therefore, if you go to Holland for tulips, it is best in the spring, somewhere in mid-April.

Keukenhof is translated from Dutch as “kitchen park”. It is also known as the Garden of Europe. In addition to tulips, you can find other garden flowers here, for example, daffodils different types. The park is located on 32 hectares of land and is surrounded by tulip fields.

In total, about 7 million tulips of one hundred (!) various types. In the center of the park there is a large pond where swans and other waterfowl live.

Here you can find tulips of completely unimaginable shapes and colors. Sometimes you need to look at flowers for a long time to understand that it is a tulip and not some other flower. What a virus did to Dutch tulips in the 16th century became fertile ground for the inventions of modern breeders.

In addition to landscaped meadows, the park also has three large greenhouses where daffodils, crocuses, lilacs, roses and even orchids are grown. There are many trees in the park, the air here is clean and filled with the aromas of flowers.

Keukenhof appeared in 1840. It was designed by the Dutch architect David Jan Zocher. Even earlier, in the pre-tulip era, in the 15th century, the rich Countess Jacob van Bayeren lived in these places, who issued an order for the construction small town, whose residents were supposed to engage in agriculture, in particular, growing greens. According to Zocher's project, the park was planned and created in english style- with ponds, fountains and large clearings where you could play golf.

Today, hundreds of landscape designers are closely monitoring to ensure that everything is as Zocher intended. Tulips are quite delicate flowers and require constant attention. Every morning in the park, lawns are carefully mowed, flower meadows are watered, and fallen leaves are removed from trees.

Keukenhof has been awarded a huge number of various prizes and awards. Today it is the largest park of bulbous plants in the world; it has no analogues anywhere. There is even a kind of Walk of Fame in the park. Tulips named after famous personalities, including fairy-tale characters, grow here. For example, you can see the varieties “Vladimir Putin”, “Aishwarya Rai”, “Little Red Riding Hood”, “Mickey Mouse”.

The culmination of the tourist season in Keukenhof Park is the flower parade (Bloemencorso Bollenstreek), where they decorate the figures of various fairy-tale characters. Every year Keukenhof is visited by up to 800 thousand tourists from different countries peace. The park has its own website. It's best to come here when it opens - at 8:00 am.

There are few people here in the morning, and besides, the light is best for photographing flowers. You can get to the park from Schiphol Airport by special shuttle bus route 858. A round-trip ticket costs 9 euros. Buses run every 15 minutes. The journey from the airport to the park takes approximately 40 minutes. An entrance ticket to the park per adult costs 15 euros. For this money you can walk all day if you have enough strength!

Keukenhof is a royal flower park in the Netherlands. Also known as the Garden of Europe. Located almost on the coast between Amsterdam and The Hague in the small town of Lisse. Every year the park is open to visitors from approximately the 20th of March to the 20th of May.

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The history of Keukenhof Park dates back to the 15th century. At that time, this territory was completely covered with forests and sand dunes and served as hunting grounds. These lands were the estate of the Countess Gennegau of Ostensibly of Bavaria. For the inhabitants of the castle, which was built at this time, and the ruins of which can still be seen today, the surrounding forest was a source of game, mushrooms, berries, and medicinal herbs. The area near the castle was used to grow herbs and herbs for the kitchen. This is where the name "Keukenhof" comes from - from the Dutch meaning "Kitchen Yard".

In the 19th century, Baron and Baroness Van Pallandt commissioned a landscape architect and his son to design the area around the castle. The foundation of the Keukenhof park lands began in 1857. In this case, the classical principles of English park construction were used.

The idea of ​​creating amusement park flowers, while also generating profit from sales, appeared among flower producers and exporters in the 1940s. It was decided to create a visual exhibition for the flower trade. They began to grow not only tulips, but also daffodils, hyacinths, and Japanese sakura. The park was introduced to the world in 1949, when entrepreneurs and exporters of bulbous flowers organized an open-air flower exhibition here.

Separately, it is worth mentioning the ancient mill, which is located on the territory of the park. It was built in 1892 in the Dutch city of Groningen. The original purpose was to use the mill to pump water from a polder (a drained and cultivated low-lying area of ​​the coast).

In 1957, Holland American Line bought this mill and donated it to Keukenhof, where restoration work was carried out on it in 2008. Since then, it has been located in the park as an open-air museum, and everyone can observe the internal structure of a classic Dutch mill.

Keukenhof Park, located on 32 hectares of land. About 7 million bulbous plants (hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils, hazel grouse, muscari). Of these, there are about 4.5 million tulips of 100 different varieties. About 90 species of trees.

On the territory of Keukenhof Park there are a large number of lakes, ponds, waterfalls, streams, and canals. Most of them are accessible by boats.

More than 40 bridges and bridges connect the shores of lakes and canals.

The total length of all pedestrian paths is about 15 km.

Keukenhof Park is also famous for its sculptures that harmoniously fit into the floral ensemble. Initially these were temporary exhibitions, but over time the exhibits remained here forever.

The most famous sculptors: Nick Jonk, Andre Volten, Carlo van Kervel and Jan Wolkers.

The park also features: a pet farm, the Royal Hats pavilion, the English tea pavilion, the Bollebozen children's entertainment complex, restaurants, cafes, and parking.

The park consists of three greenhouses:

Willem-Alexander Pavilion - amaryllis, hyacinths, hydrangeas, lilies, potted plants and bulbous flowers in pots.

Oranje Nassau Pavilion - freesias, gerberas, roses, ulpans, irises, alstroemerias, daffodils, chrysanthemums, callas and carnations.

The Beatrix Pavilion is the personal pavilion of the Princess of the Netherlands. Located in the northernmost part of the park, near the mill. It houses exhibitions of orchids.

Every year, depending on many natural factors that no computer can calculate in advance, the landscape picture embedded in the designer’s mind appears in a new light. Types and varieties of bulbous plants bloom and fade in different time, creating a unique landscape. Every year the designers try to create a new exhibition, a new combination and a new feeling of Keukenhof.

The biggest intrigue every year is the theme of the flower exhibition expositions. In 2014 it was “Holland – the land of onions”.

In 2015, the theme of the exhibition was “Van Gogh”, celebrating 125 years since the death of the great artist.

The theme for 2016 will be the Golden Age. The 17th century is called the Golden Age of Holland. It became truly golden for this country and its inhabitants, and was very rich in all sorts of events. The East India and West Indies were founded here. trading companies, Holland held the lead in world maritime trade, owning the largest fleet and began colonization North America. Holland won the 80-year war of independence with Spain, accomplished Dutch revolution. Dutch merchants became fabulously rich. And, of course, this was the time of the highest growth in art and science in Holland.

On a huge panel, a given picture is carefully “drawn” using all kinds of bulbs. “Onion gnomes” – muscari, which are planted in the thousands, help to recreate the picture down to the smallest detail.

The tulip is one of the symbols of Holland. It is not surprising that this flower played an important role in the history of this country. Having arrived in Europe in the 16th century, by the 17th century the tulip became not just a symbol of wealth, but was the cause of a phenomenon that acquired epidemic proportions of a kind of madness, later called “tulip mania,” fabulously enriching some and simultaneously ruining others, breaking their destinies forever. Once upon a time, a rich mansion on one of the canals in the center of Amsterdam could be exchanged for a tulip bulb. And now the flower business is one of the main ones in Holland, however, nowadays everyone can afford to buy once priceless bulbs.