Where to go in the spring – flower festivals.

One of the most magnificent celebration of spring – Tulip Festival in Canada (The Canadian Tulip Festival) – annually kicks off in Ottawa during the first week of May and lasts for about two weeks.

Ven, 8 Mai, 2015 – Lun, 18 Mai, 2015 . Ottawa

Every year in May, the Canadian capital is immersed in a colorful sea of ​​tulips, which by long tradition of sending a gift Canada grateful Dutch.
This tradition came after World War II, at which time Canada harbored forced to flee from the fascist regime of the royal house of the Netherlands. Queen Margriet was born here on the North American continent. However, in order to become the heir to the throne, she was born at home. The Canadian government has announced a special decree courtesy room at the hospital in Ottawa, where she was born a princess, the Netherlands. Returning home in 1945, Princess Juliana of Holland sent a gift Ottawa 100,000 tulip bulbs. The gift was made not only in gratitude for asylum, but also in recognition of the role played by the Canadian liberators of the Netherlands. Since then, tulips have become a symbol of international friendship and the first sign of real spring in Ottawa.
The first festival was held in Canada in 1953. To this day, from Holland comes to 20,000 bulbs each year, and now in Ottawa tulips growing more than in any other city in the world.

Canadian Tulip Festival – the largest tulip festival in the world.