Riot of colors on the tulip fields in Holland

Tulips in Holland is given a special place. Since the end of March to the end of May in the park Kёnenhof (Keukenhof)
passes the most fantastic flower show. Plantation bulb flowers stretch along the entire
Dutch coast from Den Helder to Katveyk. In April and May, the entire area is covered with multicolored
carpet area of ​​more than 17,500 hectares. Almost half of all flowering surface is occupied by tulips.
At this time in the Netherlands starts the "Tulip" fever, which in the history of the Netherlands called
tyulpanomaniya (tulpenmanie).

All grown in the Netherlands about 7, 5 billion flower bulbs. To date, the Netherlands
is the largest exporter of flower bulbs in the world.





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