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Aalsmeer Flower Auction (Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer) is a flower auction that takes place in Aalsmeer, Netherlands.It is the largest flower auction in the world. 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).
The merger took effect on March 6, 1968. The organization continued as: Aalsmeer Flower Auction (Verenigde Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer or V.B.A.:United Flower Auction Aalsmeer). In 1972, a new auction complex at Legmeerdijk came into use. The complex covered an area of nine hectares. Further expansion followed and in 1999, the Aalsmeer Flower ...
Aalsmeer (Dutch: [aːlsˈmeːr] ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Its name is derived from the Dutch for eel ( aal ) and lake ( meer ). [ 5 ] Aalsmeer is bordered by the Westeinderplassen lake, the largest open water of the Randstad , and the Ringvaart Canal. [ 5 ]
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Aalsmeer Flower Auction Netherlands: Aalsmeer: 990,000 m 2 (10,700,000 sq ft) Largest flower auction building in the world [40] Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 China: Beijing: 986,000 m 2 (10,610,000 sq ft) Three buildings connected by train. [41] The Venetian Macao Macau: Macau: 980,000 m 2 (10,500,000 sq ft)
Internationally there are hundreds of wholesale flower markets and auctions, the largest of which is located in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands: the Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer. Other major markets include the fledgling Dubai Flower Centre and the Ota Flower Market in Tokyo , Japan .
The freight tracks on the railway station were used to transport flowers from the nearby fields to i.a. the flower auction in Aalsmeer. During World War II, these tracks were used by the Germans, making it a prominent target for allied bombings. The passenger railway station was closed as a result of this on 17 September 1944.
Freddie Borgman was born on 16 December 1946 in Aalsmeer in the Netherlands Province of North Holland in a Reformed family, the son of Jan Borgman and Sybranda Jacoba de Vries. After leaving secondary school, he worked at the Aalsmeer Flower Auction from 1966 until 1972 in the company of his father.