A bulb field is a by-product of flower bulb cultivation that attracts numerous foreign tourists in the Netherlands.
A bulb field is a field where bulbous plants (initially only tulips) are grown commercially. After the bulbs have come into flower, they are headed. The bulbs are then harvested and exported around the world, where buyers plant them in their own gardens.
The first bulb fields were created from the second half of the 19th century in what is now the Bulb Region. Today, most bulb fields are still found in the Bollenstreek (bulb-growing region) and the northern part of the province of North Holland, but bulb fields can also be found elsewhere in the country, including near Venlo, on Texel, in the northwestern part of the province of Friesland, in the Noordoostpolder and on the islands of Zeeland and South Holland.
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