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The Aalsmeer Flower Auction building is the ninth largest building by floor area in the world, covering 999,000 square metres (10,750,000 sq ft; 247 acres). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Flowers from all over the world — Europe , Israel , Ecuador , Colombia , Ethiopia , Kenya , and other countries — are traded every day in this gigantic building.
The auction in Bloemenlust was founded in late December 1911, "the auction of export flowers will take place in Café Welcome". In addition, the Central Aalsmeer Auction was launched on January 5, 1912. Five days later in the pub, Three Columns, the first flowers appeared at the clock. Both auctions saw their sales grow annually.
A Dutch auction is one of several similar types of auctions for buying or selling goods. [1] [2] [3] Most commonly, it means an auction in which the auctioneer begins with a high asking price in the case of selling, and lowers it until some participant accepts the price, or it reaches a predetermined reserve price.
The flower auction at Royal FloraHolland [10] is the largest flower market in the world. Since the mid-1970s, the production and distribution of cut flowers in the Netherlands has burgeoned. Billions of cut flowers are shipped to the Netherlands every year to be sold at auction followed by immediate transport to buyers around the world.
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A midsommarkrans (Swedish for 'Midsummer wreath') is a wreath made of flowers and leaves. [1] A midsommarkrans is usually worn during the Midsummer celebrations in Sweden . [ 2 ] It is the traditional headgear of a Sommar i P1 host during the presentation show in early June.
Keukenhof, the park as it is now known, was established in 1949 by a consortium of bulb growers and flower exporters to showcase their products and support the export industry. The garden opened to the public in 1950 and received 200,000 visitors in its first year. [13] It operates under a charitable foundation of Count Carel De Gaaf van Lynden.
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