Did you missed the Flower Parade? Watch the compilation video of TV West. It does take 25 minutes and is spoken in Dutch. But don’t let that put you off. You can just turn the sound down or off, So press the arrow on the screen and go. Get Flash to see this player. Flowers [...]
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Trip through Europe by flower parade
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Big Band on Bikes in Haarlem – orchestra on Bikes doesn’t sound right somehow. We had biked quietly to Hillegom in the late afternoon, and we watched the flower parade come through. We also had priviledged seats – seats that we had discovered when arrived in Hillegom – about 9.5 k’s from home in Haarlem. [...]
I wanted stationary photographs of the Viking Float – being a Viking, born in Denmark and because it was fantastic. But you do not always get what you want – and probably all Dutch people know that the whole parade does not end up in Haarlem for viewing because it is just too big. It [...]
HAARLEM – Zondag 25 april staan de praalwagens van het Bloemencorso opgesteld op de Gedempte Oudegracht en de Nassaulaan. On Sunday all the floats will be on display on de Gedempte Oudegracht to Nassaulaan. These are worth seeing even if you have seen the parade already, and even if flowers do not excite you that [...]
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Queens Day / Koninginnedag : or is it Orange Crazy Day – for the House of Orange. The shops are full of Orange merchandise right from 1st April – not just for the week prior to the big day. My memory from last year is obviously a bit out of tune. Is that short term [...]
Today is the spring equinox, and the first official day of spring in the Netherlands. In this lovely Northern land, seasons have so much more meaning than in countries closer to the equator. You feel each new season with all your senses, in sharp contrast to the last one. The transition from one to another [...]
Please do not be upset if you are from the Netherlands as I fully appreciate that there are flowers everywhere here in the Netherlands. It is an enormous part of the culture and I applaud it. I love seeing people balancing huge bouquets and their shopping and their children on bicycles. (Well sometimes I don’t [...]
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DO CLICK ON EACH PICTURE SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE GARDENS These are the world’s largest flower gardens and they are absolutely amazing. They are for everyone – if you love spring flowers, if you love colour, if you are a designer, if you are passionate about the green things of life, if you [...]
A Birthday in Untersiggenthal or was it a visit to Bad Säckingen? We have just been to Switzerland for A’s (M’s partner) birthday, followed by a meandering through Germany. The party was held in their garden, the weather was great and the garden looked absolutely lovely all set up for the day. Lots of tables, [...]
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