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216  WESTERN NE THERLANDS

1 Bulb Fields Tips for Drivers

The Bollenstreek, a 30-km (19-mile) stretch between Haarlem Starting point: Haarlem.
and Leiden, is Holland’s primary bulb-growing area. From Distance: Approximately 30 km
March, the polders are aglow with glorious colours – the (19 miles).
Stopping-off points: Along with
crocuses are the first to flower and the season culminates the places discussed below,
around mid-April with the majestic tulips. The lilies then where various cafés and
follow at the end of May. Visitors without cars can obtain restaurants are to be found,
information about cycle routes from the tourist information Noordwijk aan Zee is worth a
short detour. This lively coastal
office, the VVV, at Lisse. Bikes can be hired at railway stations town, with its wonderful beach
in Haarlem and Heemstede-Aerdenhout. and dunes, makes an ideal place
for a stopover.

Amsterdam
1 Cruquiusmuseum
Haarlem
In this former steam-
driven pumping
Zandvoort station, you
can see how
The dunes of North Holland the people
of Holland
managed to
0 kilometres 4
Aalsmeer keep the water
0 miles 4 in check
(see pp192–3).
Amsterdamse
3 Keukenhof Waterleiding- 2 Linnaeushof
Visitors are greeted by the duinen This huge park, named
intoxicating aroma and vivid after the famous 18th-
colours of millions of Haarlemmermeerpolder century botanist, has
flowering bulbs. one of the biggest
Hillegom • playgrounds in Europe.
5 Sassenheim
To the west of the town 4 Lisse
lie the ruins of Burcht Lisse’s museum
Teylingen, the showcases the bulb-
11th-century castle growing industry; you
where Jacoba of can also take a boat
Bavaria, countess trip on the lakes.
of Holland, died J
in 1436. Noordwijk Ringvaart van de
aan Zee J Key
• Aalsmeer
North Sea Route
Roads

Kager-
plassen
Rijnsburg Leiden/
The Hague
7 Katwijk 6 Voorhout
An unusual early 17th-century Panorama Tulip Land is a panoramic
lighthouse stands to the north painting of the Bollenstreek. Its
of this coastal town, which lies dimensions are enormous: 63 m
on the estuary of the Oude Rijn. (207 ft) wide and 4 m (13 ft) tall. A tulip field in the Bollenstreek

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