Floriade (Netherlands)
The Floriade is an international garden show that takes place in the Netherlands for the first time in 1960 and since then every ten years .
So far, the Floriade has been held in the following cities and municipalities:
- 1960 - Rotterdam
- 1972 - Amsterdam-Zuid in Amstelpark and part of Beatrixpark
- 1982 - Amsterdam
- 1992 - The Hague and Zoetermeer
- 2002 - Haarlemmermeer
- 2012 - Venlo
The next Floriade is awarded to the community
- 2022 - Almere
Floriade 2002
In 2002 the Floriade took place in Haarlemmermeer near Amsterdam. The motto was Feel the art of nature .
The park is divided into three areas:
- "Bij het dak" ("at the roof")
- "Naast het berg" ("next to the mountain")
- "Aan het meer" ("at the lake")
Floriade 2012
The Floriade 2012 took place in the Venlo region from April 5th to October 7th. The central theme was: Be part of the theater in nature; get closer to the quality of life.
The following cities / municipalities applied to host:
- Arnhem
- Drechtsteden (around Dordrecht )
- NoordWest 8 (an amalgamation of various organizations in the region around Alkmaar , Hoorn and Den Helder )
- Venlo region (won the contract)
- Rotterdam
- Tilburg / Brabantstad
- District Amsterdam North
The Floriade site on the A73 is 66 hectares in size, which is more than twice the size of the 2011 Federal Horticultural Show in Koblenz . The organizers are expecting 2.5 million visitors (for comparison: BUGA Koblenz 3.5 million), half of them from Germany (for example from the nearby Ruhr area ).
The Floriade Park consists of five themed areas, each separated by a forest:
- "Relax & Heal" (relaxation and healing),
- "Green Engine",
- "Education and Innovation",
- "Environment" as well as the
- "World Show Stage", an open event arena.
The "Innovation Tower" at the entrance and the glass "Flora Villa" will continue to be used as representative company headquarters after the show.
Venlo is right on the German border; the surrounding villages and towns as well as the Schwalm-Nette nature park hope to 'get' some of the expected tourist flow. Niederrhein Tourismus offers Floriade excursions.
The site can be reached both by public transport and by car.
The Floriade 2012 made losses of around 9 million euros. The five municipalities involved have to bear these losses. The "Villa Flora" (since the Floriade office building) does not bring the rent level calculated at the time.
The "Innovation Tower", entrance to the Floriade site
South station of the Gondola cable car
Floriade Theater
Dutch pavilion
Villa Flora
Web links
- Floriade website
- Summer 2014: Park is waiting to be determined ( Rheinische Post )
Individual evidence
- ↑ History , www.Floriade.de , accessed on 7 October 2012 Design.
- ↑ Hilke Segbers: Floriade in the Netherlands: The world's largest flower show opens in Venlo . In: Spiegel Online . April 4, 2012.
- ↑ Rheinische Post July 26, 2014, page C4