National Tulip Day (

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: Nationale Tulpendag) is an annual event in January that preludes the

tulip Tulips (''Tulipa'') are a genus of spring-blooming perennial herbaceous bulbiferous geophytes (having bulbs as storage organs). The flowers are usually large, showy and brightly coloured, generally red, pink, yellow, or white (usually in warm ...

season in the

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. The event has been held on the

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in the centre of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban ar ...

since 2012. During this day a special garden of 200,000 tulips covers the square. In the morning people can view the tulips from a gangway, and in the afternoon they can pick tulips for free. The tulips are from North Holland.

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Nationale Tulpendag
De Telegraaf, 16 January 2014

De Telegraaf, 18 January 2014
Gratis tulpen op de Dam
NRC, 17 January 2014 {{coord missing, Netherlands Agriculture in the Netherlands Gardens in the Netherlands Tourist attractions in Amsterdam Parks in Amsterdam Flower festivals in the Netherlands Recurring events established in 2012 2012 establishments in the Netherlands Winter events in the Netherlands

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