Spring in Europe, between March and June, is a great festival celebrating the sun, fields, parks and flowers. The beautiful Tulip Fields in the Netherlands, blooming from mid-March to early May, are among the most celebrated events. This flowering and harvesting in fields spread over a large area up to 120km from Amsterdam do not occur at the same time, so there will always be a sufficient number of tulips for you to enjoy and photograph, but the second half of April is the best period .

The Keukenhof Park in Lisse, also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the largest flower gardens in the world, covering an area of 32 hectares, where approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually, including, in addition to tulips, hyacinths, daffodils, lilies, roses, carnations and irises. Keukenhof attracts around 1.5 million visitors in its 8 weeks of operation, from mid-March to mid-May. An average of 25,000 people per day!

If your plan is to photograph the depths of the fields at sunset without competing with the crowds, you need to rent a car and stay for about 4 nights in the region, including the cities of Lisse, Noordwijk and Lemmer, for example.

My favorite was the city of Lemmer, next to the Frisian lake and 110km from Amsterdam. It's a busy water sports resort and a great base for exploring the tulip fields of Espel and Creil, among others.

The international trade in flowers and ornamental plants annually generates billions of euros and generates thousands of jobs. Traditionally, the sector is led by the Netherlands which, through Royal FloraHolland (a cooperative that brings together hundreds of producers and traders), secures around 40% of the market, which transforms the city in which it is based (Aalsmeer, less than 15 kilometers of Amsterdam), the Wall Street of flowers and the third largest freight terminal in the Netherlands, immediately after Rotterdam and Schiphol airport.