Tuesday 24 April 2012

Bloemencorso 2012, the fantastic flower-parade in Haarlem...

For the 65th time the most colourful flower-power event, the Bloemencorso, took place in the Bollenstreek, the flower-bulb-area between Leiden and Amsterdam...This one-weekend-lasting display of fresh flowers respresenting different subjects is always an impressive and charming show to visit and photograph. Despite the chilly and windy weather, the sky was fantastically blue and all participants were parked in the centre of the cute and cozy Dutch town Haarlem the whole last Sunday!
The topic this year was communication! the winner was a platform representing colourful parrots:-) My personal favourite was a guy reading newspaper, looking very lazy with one foot in the air...I also loved the mix of creative flower-presentations with beautiful Dutch architecture...and of course this awesome blue sky and warm sunshine!

14 comments:

betchai said...

oh, those are beautiful flower sculpture, must have taken them a long time to make those.

Filipina Ini said...

you never miss this yearly huh!

papillon said...

Herrlich, was für Dinge es auf dieser Welt gibt. Die Kamera am letzten Foto ist ja genial.
Viele liebe Grüße J&C

Unknown said...

Hoi Jana
Ik zit hier nog na te genieten van de Dakota vlucht :)
Maar de Corso mag er natuurlijk ook wezen. Nu heb ik dat al heel veel gezien in mijn leven..want ik woon daar dichtbij.. Het blijft iets moois..Dat door veel vrijwilligers ieder jaar maar weer gemaakt word.
Prachtige serie Jana
Groetjes Henk Bos

Dietmut said...

leuk Jana dat je ons laat deelnemen aan de bloemencorso. Hier blijf je foto's maken.

Salitype said...

very colorful and the designs are adorable! this reminds me of the Rose Parade here in the US !

Aligaga

AVCr8teur said...

Haha, I like the camera flower the best! Everything is so colorful. I bet it smells lovely too!

FilipBlog said...

It looks very impressive. A lot of work for the people who made this.

Greetings,
Filip

Anonymous said...

Wat fijn dat jij hier een mooie reportage van laat zien. Mooie zonnige kleuren en wat zijn het toch kunstwerken. Heel indrukwekkend, groetjes Cristien.

fiziskandarz said...

came across your blog while looking for some tulip field. you had a great stuff here! keep it up :)

Barb said...

You guys know how to arrange flowers!

Erika said...

Very nice pictures and competition. Have a nice w.e.
Ciao from Italy.
erika

FBS Headmaster said...

wow wow wow superbly beautiful flowers!

Mirthe Duindam said...

A colorful party! Beautiful shots.
Greetings, Mirthe