Did you know that Flevoland is one of the largest tulip regions in the Netherlands? Every spring, you can enjoy a sea of colour. Several routes take you along the tulips in Flevoland. Be guided through the Flevopolder with the Tulip Route (7 up to and including 28 April) and through the Noordoostpolder with the Tulip Festival (13 April up to and including 5 May) and admire the fields full of tulips for yourself! We can't wait for it to happen. Can you?
Spring! Time to admire the tulips in Flevoland. Various routes take you past the most beautiful spots, whether you go there by car, by bike or on foot. All kinds of fun activities are also organised at various tulip locations. Most of the tulip fields can be found in the Noordoostpolder, around Dronten, Lelystad and Zeewolde. The start and end dates of the Tulip Route Flevoland and the Tulip Festival Noordoostpolder depend on weather conditions and therefore vary every year, as do the routes. On this page, you will find information about the one in 2024.
Tulpenroute Flevoland guarantees beautiful cycling and car routes along numerous tulip fields in eastern and southern Flevoland. Discover the colourful outskirts of the municipalities of Dronten, Zeewolde and Lelystad with the car, cycling and walking routes of Tulip Route Flevoland. The car route is not signposted, but after you buy a ticket, you will receive the route digitally. The cycling route is free of charge and also available on the Tulip Route Flevoland website. Besides enjoying the colourful splendour of the tulip fields along the way, you can also light up at several (agricultural) businesses along the route, as they open their doors to the public especially during the tulip season. A unique opportunity to take a look inside where you don't usually go.
Go to the website of Tulpenroute Flevoland
Every spring, the Northeast Polder is dedicated to the Tulip Festival. During the festival, there is plenty to do. See the colourful tulip fields with the bicycle or car route and don't forget to also download the app to get information along the way about tulip cultivation, the history of the Northeast Polder and the other agricultural activities in this area. Especially for children, a maze of tulip bulb crates has been created at the tulip festival location Renne Streekproducten in Nagele, while adventurers can take it higher with a helicopter flight over the tulip fields. A colourful view is guaranteed! If you prefer to stay with both feet on the ground, come to the creative market at the Tulip Experience Field in Creil on 27 and 28 April. Every day of the Tulip Festival, you can visit various locations for a bite to eat and a drink. These include a food truck at Renne Streekproducten and a Pop-up Grand Tulip Café at the Tulip Experience Field.
Go to the website of Tulpenfestival Noordoostpolder
Every year, the most beautiful routes are laid out so that tulip lovers can easily follow them to fully enjoy all the colours. In the Noordoostpolder, the Stichting Evenementen en Promotie Noordoostpolder (StEP NOP) marks out the routes and organises all kinds of fun activities around them under the name Tulip Festival. In the rest of Flevoland, the routes are set out (but not signposted) by the Stichting Tulpenroute Flevoland.
During your tour of the tulip fields, you are not supposed to enter the fields. These are ultimately the private property of the growers, who earn their money from them. So stay on the roadside and definitely do not stand or walk among the tulips. Except ... the various tulip picking gardens in Flevoland. Here you can walk among the tulips to your heart's content and take photos up close. And, as the name suggests, you can also pick your own tulips here. Please check opening dates and times in advance on each picking garden's own website.
Tulips and the Netherlands are inextricably linked. But since when exactly? And how did they come to be? You can find the answers to these questions and the why and how of tulips in Flevoland on the Visit Noordoostpolder website. You can also read why tulips are cut and watch a very interesting video about planting tulip bulbs.
Tulpeiland is a peninsula shaped like a tulip off the coast of Zeewolde. In honour of Zeewolde's 40th anniversary this year, thousands of tulip bulbs were planted on Tulpeiland late last year, so you can admire tulips on a tulip this spring. Especially from the air, for example with a drone, it will be a beautiful sight. And although Tulpeiland is not part of Tulip Route Flevoland, it is definitely worth a visit. There is a transient harbour with space for eighty boats and there will be facilities for tourism, catering and water sports. Tulpeiland is free to visit.
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