The Floriade is a once-a-decade horticultural event in the Netherlands. I attended the 2002 Floriade while on a river cruise on the Viking River Cruises ship the Viking Europe. The 2002 Floriade was held outside Amsterdam near the Schiphol Airport. The 2002 Floriade ran from April through October and cost about 70 million Euros to set up. After October 2002, the park became a recreation area for the 100,000 citizens of the nearby city of Haarlemmermeer. We only spent a couple of hours at the Floriade, and therefore got to see about a third of the park. We spent our time at the "on the Lake" section of the park. Most of these pictures are from that area. Although the next Floriade will not occur until 2012, the Netherlands has other wonderful spring flower gardens that attract millions of visitors each year.
Click on each link below to see pictures from the Floriade.
The entrance to the Floriade
This golden dove watches over the Floriade entrance
Flowers along the tunnel greet visitors to the Floriade.
Floriade gardens #1
Floriade gardens #2
Floriade gardens #3
Linda and Juanda at the Floriade
Floriade gardens #4"
Floriade gardens #5
Floriade gardens #6
Floriade gardens #7
Floriade gardens #8
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Article on a Shore Excursion to the Floriade
Netherlands Photo Album
Amsterdam Photo Album
Article on Dutch Journey Cruise on the Viking Europe - Part 1
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