Next: 17 to 18 Apr 2027
Bloemencorso Bollenstreek
The spring flower parade of the Dutch bulb region, from Noordwijk to Haarlem.
What happens
On a Saturday in April a line of floats and decorated cars travels about forty kilometres through the bulb region of the Netherlands, from Noordwijk on the coast, past Lisse and Keukenhof, to Haarlem. The floats are covered with hyacinth florets, pinned on one at a time by volunteers in the days before, along with daffodils and tulips. You can smell the parade before you see it. The floats stay on show in Haarlem the next day. The 2027 parade, the eightieth, is on Saturday 17 April.
The flowers
Original text by the Phool desk, written with AI assistance. Background: "Bloemencorso Bollenstreek" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If we have something wrong, tell us.
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Tulip: John O'Neill, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Narcissus: Uberprutser, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hyacinth: The wub, CC BY-SA 3.0, source