Amsterdam Bloemenmarkt: What to find
Amsterdam Flower Market is a must for tourists hunting for souvenirs or gift items to bring back home. Prices are reasonable and there is a whole variety of souvenir wares to choose from.
Amsterdam Bloemenmarkt
For starters, wooden tulips…so you’ll have them all year round with little caring required.
wooden tulips
Dutch wooden shoes… they come in one shape and different sizes, varied designs and colors, too. Wear at your own risk.
for mom and dad
for grandma and grandpa
for brother and sister
for baby
Amsterdam ceramic houses… you can fill a whole wall and still lack something in your collection.
dutch houses
Refrigerator magnets masquerading as tulips, wooden shoes, and windmills.
tulips and wooden shoes refrigerator magnets
windmills ref magnets
Canned tulips… they are best planted than drank. (what will they think of next?)
canned tulips
tulips in cans
tulips in cans
Canned cannabis… plant first, before you smoke. These are skunk seeds, which means you have only three to four months of waiting before you can smoke your first joint. That is, if you can grow them …which is very much unlikely. Great souvenir to take back home, if it won’t send you to jail. To be safe… just take a souvenir photo, it is always allowed.
marijuana in cans
Cannabis Starter Kit… too cheap, won’t work… (just saying). Same as the cannabis in cans .
marijuana starter kit
Delftware… mostly immitation items of the famous “Royal Delft” handpainted pottery made in Delft, Holland.
delftware ceramics
delft blue ware
Cacti for gifting purposes, dried flowers for decorations, flower bulbs for your home gardens.
baby cacti
dried flowers hanging on d ceiling
amaryllis bulbs and flowers
calla, nacissus, begonias, lilies etc.
tulips bulbs
and Ewoks … I don’t know what they are for but they are cute anyway.
ewoks
And yes… they also sell fresh flowers…lots of them.
assorted cut flowers
fresh roses and daisies
orchids in pots
hanging orchids and plants
and of course tulips, the trademark of Amsterdam Bloemenmarkt
fresh tulips
Where to Find Amsterdam Flower Market
Situated along the Singel Canal, the whole length of a block. It is sometimes called the Floating Flower Market of Amsterdam which is a misnomer because in reality it isn’t. See… the stalls are fixed along the sides of the canal. The only thing is the foundations are built on the water but they don’t float, they are just there.
rear view bloemenmarkt
Have a leisurely walk from the Central Station to the direction of Dam Square, there’s a lot to see along the way especially if you trek along the centrum where the shops are.
amsterdam centrum
or get off at Spui (two stops from the Central Station) if you decide to take the tram instead (trams 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 14, 16, 24 and 25) and walk a few meters from there.
het Spui
Goodluck!
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