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They look like flowers but every single part of this tulip is edible: cherry tomatoes with tasty cream cheese filling and chives for the tulip stems. They make a pretty appetizer or edible table decoration. For Easter, for Mother's Day or simply to celebrate this tulip season. You can make these tomato tulips in just under 30 minutes.

Dutch Food & Drinks

Tasty appetizers: Tomato tulips

12/08/2018

Did you know that Windmill 'De Wachter' in Zuidlaren is more than a windmill? The Windmill Museum comprises also a clog workshop, bakery and grocery shop, smithy and you can take a cruise on a steam-powered boat.

Windmill Museum ‘De Wachter’ in Zuidlaren

15/05/2018

Did you know that hundreds of the Dutch windmills and watermills open their doors to the public on the National Mill Days this Saturday 12 May and Sunday 13 May? Go on a tour with the miller and enjoy extra activities such as fairs and live demos.

12 and 13 May 2018: National Mill Days

08/05/2018

Did you know that Flevoland is the largest flower bulb region in the Netherlands? With more than 3,500 hectares of colorful bulb fields, the Netherlands' youngest province is truly pleasing to the eye. The farming land on the former seabed of the Zuiderzee is among the most fertile land in Europe.

The longest continuous tulip route of the Netherlands

09/04/2018

The Hortus Bulborum is the only bulb garden in the world with more than 4,000 different varieties of tulips, hyacinths, daffodils and other colorful spring flowers. Every spring the outdoor garden of Hortus Bulborum is a feast for the eyes and a pleasure for the nose.

Hortus Bulborum: Unique spring flower garden

08/04/2018

For all other Dutch icons there is a place to see or visit: tulips at Keukenhof, windmills at Kinderdijk and Zaanse Schans, cheese at Gouda and bicycles are ofcourse everywhere. But there wasn't a place to see the kissing couple yet. The massive statue at Amsterdam Westport was installed on 30 November 2017 and officially unveiled twee weeks later.

Kissing Couple XXXL: Feel the love in Amsterdam

23/02/2018

Did you know the world's largest flower garden Keukenhof is only open two months per year?

Keukenhof open from 22 March to 13 May 2018

20/02/2018

The Flower Parade on Saturday 21 April spans a route of 40km from Noordwijk via Keukenhof to Haarlem. This is not the only flower parade in the Netherlands, but it is the only parade with floats that are decorated with bulb flowers like hyacinths, daffodils and of course tulips. The fragrant Flower Parade ('Bloemencorso' in Dutch) is scheduled to pass by Keukenhof around 15.40.

Flower Parade 21 April 2018 route and timetable

18/02/2018

Seven interesting facts about tulips

15/02/2018

Did you know that the windmills in Stompwijk (Molendriegang) were built around 1672 for keeping the polders dry?

Three 17th century windmills near Leidschendam

21/01/2018

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