To the exuberantly colored bulb fields on Goeree Overflakkee. The tulip fields on the nearby islands are also in bloom this month, recommended for a nice bike or car ride. Especially in this beautiful period in April of the spring flowers, from afar, almost all over the island of Goeree-Overflakkee the colorful fields can be seen.
On Goeree-Overflakkee about 450 hectares of arable land are used for growing bulbs. Cultivation once started small in and around Ouddorp. In the 1950s, gladiolus cultivation made its appearance on the island. From the 1960s the cultivation of tulip bulbs gradually took over from the cultivation of gladiolus. The magnificent result now colors the landscape every year.
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