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bus to Aalsmeer flower auction
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    • angiebabe
  • By angiebabe on April 22, 2007
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    • getting off at the bus stop at Centraal Stn - Aalsmeer
    getting off at the bus stop at
    Centraal Stn
    by angiebabe, 2 more photos
    The tourist office staffperson gave me directions in readiness for heading out from my hostel to the flower markets at Aalsmeer for the next morning as having to catch a bus from Liedesplein - which i did - ie the 171 and i did enjoy the walk and sights of the early morning from my hostel near the red light district up to Liedesplein - but i of course came to realise that the 171 and 172 actually go to and from Centraal Station.

    which was ideal for heading off from Centraal Station to catch a train out of town to Alkmaar.

    The buses are pretty much on time and are quite frequent at at least every half an hour. There is a timetable at the bus stop outside the Aalsmeer flower market centre.

    There were some excellent examples of Dutch architectural design along the route.

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    worlds largest flower auctions
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    • angiebabe
  • Updated By angiebabe on April 22, 2007
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    • from many growers to many customers - Aalsmeer
    from many growers to many
    customers
    by angiebabe, 4 more photos
    Very special - masses of flowers to feast my eyes and cameras on! I took loads - my SLR and my digital did some good work that day!

    See buckets of roses, sunflowers, masses of reds or yellows or purples or pretty mixes.
    Up to 60,000 transactions are handled a day Monday to Friday so it is big business - held in a huge complex out at Aalsmeer 45 minutes by frequent bus 171 and 172 from Liedesplein or about 60 minutes from Central Station, Amsterdam.

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  • Address: bloemenveiling,legmeerdijk 3000 - 1430 BA Aalmeer
  • Phone: 0031297393939
  • Directions: Bus 171 or 172 from Central Station, you will get an idea that you are approaching the place but the drivers are very kind and will confirm the stop for you.
  • Website: www.aalsmeer.com
  • Other Contact: info@vba.nl
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    A whole world in the Flower Auction Aalsmeer
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    • Pavlik_NL
  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • The flower auction Aalsmeer from the roof parking - Aalsmeer
    The flower auction Aalsmeer
    from the roof parking
    by Pavlik_NL
    Just the facts ma'm:
    1. this complex was opened on the 28th of February 1972 and is continously expanding
    2. The Auction is co-operative and has 3.500 members (the actual growers)
    3. Flowers and plants are delivered in evening and at night from 7.000 growers.
    4. the complex holds a refrigerated space of 40.000 m2 to preserve the flowers and plants in top-condition
    5. every day 21.000.000 flowers/plants are auctioned of 11.000 different varieties
    6. in five auction halls there are 13 electronically functioning clocks
    7. every day 55.000 logistic transactions for supply are processed
    8. Flower Auction Aalsmeer has 1.300 registered (regular) buyers
    9. at the complex over 12.000 people find their daily work, of which a staff of 1.900
    10. yearly 5 billion (cut)flowers and 520 million plants are distributed to consumers all over the world
    11. Flower Auction Aalsmeer is the world's largest central trade building with roughly the size of 145 football fields
    12. almost 90% of all trade has a foreign destination (export)
    13. annual turnover is a rough 1,5 billion euro, which means an average of 6 million a day
    14. every day about 2.000 freight vehicles are arriving and leaving the complex
    15. the Flower Auction Aalsmeer gets visited by 115.000 tourists every year
    16. the roof parking gives space to 4.500 cars

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  • Directions: just follow "Bloemen veiling" on the road signs
  • Website: http://www.vba.nl/
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    worlds largest flower auctions 2
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  • By angiebabe on April 22, 2007
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    • constant stream of flowers to auction - Aalsmeer
    constant stream of flowers to
    auction
    by angiebabe, 4 more photos
    60,000 transactions done each day with 4 auction rooms kept busy - luckily they are able to be watched through clear glass windows

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    And where do all these flowers come from?
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • Greenhouses, one of the production centres - Aalsmeer
    Greenhouses, one of the
    production centres
    by Pavlik_NL
    Surrounding Aalsmeer, but also in various other places throughout The Netherlands, there are glass cities. Nowhere on earth you will find such a very dense greenhouse surface and the annual production isn't only the top of the world, but leaves all others far far behind. But Aalsmeer also can count on the enormous production of flowers in the open fields nearby (between Leiden and Haarlem). If you are intrested you might take an attempt to visit a grower, but ... not all are welcoming strangers as for preventing contamination and quality insurance is very strict. In Aalsmeer however we have the historical gardens (see next tip)

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    The Historical Gardens at Aalsmeer
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • Some old greenhouses at the historical gardens - Aalsmeer
    Some old greenhouses at the
    historical gardens
    by Pavlik_NL
    Just outside the centre of Aalsmeer a street runs outbound the town and has two canals running beside it. Bridges connect to various monumental farmhouses and one of them invites you for a closer look. these are the historical gardens of Aalsmeer and here you get to know the amazing past about how the production of flowers and especially plants became so super in and around this place. There are examples of outside growing as well as several greenhouses that show the year'round production under glass. Horticulture in the top class of the world.

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  • Address: Uiterweg 32
  • Phone: +31-297322562
  • Website: http://www.htaalsmeer.org/
  • Other Contact: c.dam.hist@wxs.nl
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    Where it all (the trade) started
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • The old auction house in Aalsmeer - Aalsmeer
    The old auction house in
    Aalsmeer
    by Pavlik_NL
    Within the old centre of Aalsmeer you will find the "Old Auction-house", now-a-days a café-restaurant, art exposition space, library and society building. Here the growers of Aalsmeer started in 1912 their first auction house, which however already bursted out of it's walls of lack in space in 1928. The flowers and plants then were deliverd from far surroundings by boat and only the last few hundred meters transported by car. Also after the selling, masses of boats left with the flowers and plants. Many in the direction of Amsterdam.

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  • Address: Marktstraat 19
  • Phone: 0297-368378
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    Where they all ended ...
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • The old tree growers cemetry in Aalsmeer - Aalsmeer
    The old tree growers cemetry
    in Aalsmeer
    by Pavlik_NL
    Maybe one of the most explicit prooves how important (plant and) tree growers were in Aalsmeer and surroundings, can be seen at the tree growers cemetry in the town itself. Yes, you hear it well, the honoured growers of trees did have their own resting ground just next to the Roman Catholic church and the Carmalites monastry. However, looking more close to the cemetry it becomes clear that the name only was given as the tree growers were responsible for the surroundings and the graves were all taken by city officials. In between 1875 and 1970 they found their peace here.

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    And then go home with ... a bouquet of flowers
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • Various flower bouquets at a flowershop - Aalsmeer
    Various flower bouquets at a
    flowershop
    by Pavlik_NL
    Strange as it is, you won't be able to buy flowers at the auction. Simply enough, you're not a buyer unless you want to go home with a few hundred bouquets ... a day! (-:
    Flowers can be bought in many shops, as well as tankingstations. The quality variated from excellent towards lousy. Growers in the surrounding of Aalsmeer however also often offer flowers for sale along the road. One then simply sees a little stable with buckets full of bouquets of flowers and a box in which one can deposite the requested amount of money. Prices here are often half or less then the consumerprice in shops and life span of the flowers is considerably longer.

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    Dahlia Maarse, the farm house that marks gardens
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  • By Pavlik_NL on April 11, 2004
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    • Dahlia Maarse, the historical garden entry - Aalsmeer
    Dahlia Maarse, the historical
    garden entry
    by Pavlik_NL
    When entering the historical gardens from the road side you pass a beautiful farmhouse. This historical monument was the living house of Joost Timmers, a master carpenter and windmill-builder. He lived here until 1825 when the house became the property of the family Maarse. They rebuilt the farmhouse in a smaller summerhouse and grew until 1975 dahlia and clematis on the soil surrouding the house. Now the house is the entrance gate to the historical gardens of Aalsmeer (see earlier tip).

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  • Address: Uiterweg 28-30
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