page_title: Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
section_title: Towns and villages
hierarchical_section_title: Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands / Towns and villages
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Eigen foto
context_page_description: Flower bulb cultivation is an economic activity in the provinces of North Holland, South Holland and Flevoland. The colourful flower fields that have come to symbolise Holland can be seen in these areas around April.
context_section_description: Towns and villages in the various parts of the Bulb Region:
  Aerdenhout
  Avenhorn
  Bant
  Bennebroek
  Bergen
  Beverwijk
  Bloemendaal
  Breezand
  Castricum
  Creil
  De Engel
  De Goorn
  De Kaag
  De Zilk
  Dronten
  Egmond
  Espel
  Groet
  Heemstede
  Heemskerk
  Haarlem
  Hillegom
  IJmuiden
  Julianadorp
  Katwijk
  Keukenhof
  Langevelderslag
  Lisse
  Lisserbroek
  Luttelgeest
  Noordwijk
  Noordwijkerhout
  Obdam
  Oegstgeest
  Overveen
  Piet Gijsenbrug
  Roosendaal
  Ruigenhoek
  Rutten
  Schermerhorn
  Sassenheim
  Schoorl
  Spierdijk
  Swifterbant
  Teylingen
  Tollebeek
  Uitgeest
  Ursem
  Velsen
  Velserbroek
  Vogelenzang
  Voorhout
  Voorschoten
  Warmond
  Wassenaar
  Wijk aan Zee
  Zandvoort
caption: Flower fields in Holland
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