Bloemenmarkt Amsterdam

The Bloemenmarkt is a permanent flower market in the city of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Located on the Singel and stretching between Muntplein and Koningsplein, it is the unique flower floating on the world market. The shops are located on boats anchored along the canal, which is a legacy of the era in which all trees and plants had to be transported daily from outside the city through the channels.

Over the past decade, the market has met with growing success among tourists, for which retailers offer has been adapted. For this reason, there are more and more bulbs, but also memories. This evolution has been so marked that memories are today threatening to exceed the flowers on the stalls, since their success with tourists exceeds that of plants and flowers. The municipality of Amsterdam attempt to stem the phenomenon by imposing restrictions on the quantities of memories that can be sold.

In addition, more and more claims about the quality of their bulb are present on the Internet, as no email address or phone number to contact them. The Bloemenmarkt is regularly denounced to market on their own behalf bulbs do not match packages, such as "black" Tulips turning out to be red.

History

The original flower market, which opened in 1862 was located on the Sint-Lucienwal. However, when the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal was covered in 1883, the flower market was forced to move to its current location on the banks of the Singel. At that time, the market still bore the name of 'Market for trees and plants' (Bomen - Plantenmarkt), while cut flowers do not success until the 1960s.

Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemenmarkt