Tulips

Tulips, Tulips, and more Tulips!!!

Some interesting facts about the "Keukenhof"

The size of the park is 32 Hectares (approx. 70 acres) and has 15 km walking paths.
This year it is the 61st anniversary of the park being open to the public. (the origin of the park dates back to the 15th century).
The theme this year is "from Russia with love"
The amount of visitors since the park first opened to the public is more than 60 million. (over one million per year)
Every year over 7 million bulbs are planted of 1600 different varieties.
There is 15000 m2 under cover in 4 pavilions. One of the pavilions alone (the Willem Alexander pavilion) displays 600 different varieties of tulips, and 120 different varieties of Narcissus.
In the end of May the largest show in the world of Lillie's takes place, over 300 different varieties.