Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: flevoland

The Noordoostpolder is a landmass of reclaimed land in the former Zuiderzee on average more than four meters below sea level. It turned out that the bottom of this sea is very suited for the cultivation of tulips. Nowadays it has one of the largest area of bulb fields in the Netherlands with many multi-acre fields of tulips that bloom every spring. During the so called ‘Tulip Festival’- from about mid April until around the beginning of May (depending on weather conditions - visitors can enjoy the vast tulip fields along a special bike and car route. The tulip route through Noordoostpolder has a length of about 100 km’s, leading visitors past the most beautiful tulip fields. See for more information and exact dates: www.vvvnoordoostpolder.nl/en/activiteitenkaart/detail/tulpenfestival-2018--6e4d42c1-c794-4577-8d22-923f67027d53

Schokland - a UNESCO world heritage site - with the church of the island, seen from the polder with lots of common dandelions.

Red and yellow tulips in the Noordoostpolder between Emmeloord and Espel.