For what commodity is Keukenhof in Holland famous?
"features winding paths and unexpected see-through points (designed by Zocher in 1830, the garden architect of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, among others). The historical garden is an enclosed garden where you can see many old types of bulbs. The nature garden consists of a water garden where shrubs and perennials are combined with bulbous plants. The Japanese country garden is a non-traditional garden in a natural environment. The Keukenhof doesn't contain the long fields of tulips many visitors expect. However, there are tulip fields outside the Garden (mostly privately owned). These fields may have restricted access and are not included"
"Keukenhof Keukenhof (English: ""Kitchen garden""; ), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of . Keukenhof is located in South Holland, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area called the ""Dune and Bulb Region"" (Duin- en Bollenstreek). Keukenhof is open annually from"
"China (8%) has grown considerably over the years. Keukenhof Keukenhof (English: ""Kitchen garden""; ), also known as the Garden of Europe, is one of the world's largest flower gardens, situated in Lisse, South Holland, Netherlands. According to the official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, which covers an area of . Keukenhof is located in South Holland, south of Haarlem and southwest of Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the train stations of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in an area called the ""Dune and Bulb Region"""
"bulbs are sorted, the bulbs large enough to flower being sold and the smaller bulbs replanted. The bulbs are peeled, usually by students or foreign workers. They are then disinfected and dried out at a high temperature in huge bulb sheds (""bollenschuren""), a characteristic building in this area. The bulbs are traded at flower auctions in Rijnsburg, Lisse and Aalsmeer and then exported from nearby Schiphol Airport to many countries throughout the world. When the bulb fields are in bloom, this region is one of the most colourful (and the most visited) in the world. Keukenhof in particular attracts 850.000"
"is still very important to the Dutch who celebrate ""Vlaggetjesdag"" (Flag Day) each spring, as a tradition that dates back to the 14th century when fishermen went out to sea in their small boats to capture the annual catch (Hollandse Nieuwe), and to preserve and export their catch abroad. Gardening was initially practiced by monasteries, but castles and country houses began also to develop gardens with herbs and vegetables and hunting grounds. The famous tourist attraction and flower park Keukenhof (literally ""kitchen garden"") is an example of a former 15th-century hunting ground and herbs garden for Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut's"
"De Beukenhof De Beukenhof was a hotel-restaurant located in Oegstgeest, Netherlands. It was a former fine dining restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars since 1957 up to 1995. The restaurant closed in 2014, due to bankruptcy. Head chef in the time of the Michelin stars was Coos Fulpen. He retired in 1995. In 1991, the opening of an art exhibition caused a huge turn out of the police. The watercolours were made by the biologist-artist Janneke Brinkman-Salentijn. As wife of politician Elco Brinkman, the opening attracted politicians like Ruud Lubbers, Koos Andriessen and Hans van Mierlo. In"
"1997, the first official presentation of the new harvest of caviar was celebrated in the restaurant. Importer J. Toet organized this event. - 1957-1965: two stars - 1966-1975: one star - 1976-1980: no stars - 1981-1983: one star - 1984-1986: two stars - 1987-1995: one star De Beukenhof De Beukenhof was a hotel-restaurant located in Oegstgeest, Netherlands. It was a former fine dining restaurant that was awarded one or two Michelin stars since 1957 up to 1995. The restaurant closed in 2014, due to bankruptcy. Head chef in the time of the Michelin stars was Coos Fulpen. He retired in"
"Acomo (Amsterdam Commodities) Amsterdam Commodities N.V. (Acomo) is an international group of companies with its principal business being the trade and distribution of agricultural products. The main trading subsidiaries of Amsterdam Commodities are Catz International B.V. in Rotterdam (spices, nuts and dried fruits), Van Rees Group B.V. in Rotterdam (tea), Red River Commodities Inc. in Fargo, North Dakota, USA, SIGCO Warenhandel in Hamburg, Germany, Red River - Van Eck in Zevenbergen, the Netherlands (confectionery seeds), TEFCO EuroIngredients B.V. in Bodegraven (food ingredients), Snick EuroIngredients N.V. in Ruddervoorde BE (natural food ingredients) and KingNuts & Raaphorst B.V. in Bodegraven (nuts &"
"and of non-food as a grocery store category. The company also influenced culinary development in the country, popularizing products such as wine, sherry and kiwi fruit, contributing to the introduction of the refrigerator in Dutch households and introducing convenience items, such as ready meals and frozen pizzas, to Dutch consumers. Albert Heijn became the largest grocery chain in the Netherlands during this time, and expanded into liquor stores and health and beauty care stores in the 1970s. In 1973, the holding company changed its name to ""Ahold"", an abbreviation of Albert Heijn Holding"". In the mid-1970s, the company began expanding"
"countries worldwide. Located at the centre of the ""Dune and Bulb Region"" (Duin- en Bollenstreek), Holland's flower-growing region, Lisse is also a major tourist attraction. During the spring when the fields around Lisse are in a colourful bloom, hundreds of thousands of local and foreign tourists visit the area. The only remaining estate that was not removed for flower cultivation (Keukenhof) became world-famous for its flower displays. The most popular attraction in Lisse is Keukenhof, open only during spring when the tulips are flowering. Also each spring a flower parade called the Bollenstreek ""Bloemencorso"" is held through the main streets"
"""No Waste""-trend. To prevent having to throw away food due to their summer closure, it organized a so-called ""Kliekjes Avond"" (Scrap Night). All guest could only order a surprisemenu, what gave the kitchen the opportunity to vary the dishes when the supplies were running out. De Lindehof Restaurant De Lindehof is a restaurant located in Nuenen, in the Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the periods 1992-1995, 2004–2014, and is awarded a second star since 2015. Gault Millau awarded the restaurant 17 out of 20 points. Owner and head chef of ""De"
"Ahold Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch international retailer based in Zaandam, Netherlands. It merged with Delhaize Group in 2016 to form Ahold Delhaize. The company started in 1887, when Albert Heijn, Sr. opened the first Albert Heijn grocery store in Oostzaan, Netherlands. The grocery chain expanded through the first half of the 20th century, and went public in 1948. Under the leadership of the founder’s grandsons, Albert and Gerrit Jan Heijn, the company continued to make a significant impact on food retail in the Netherlands in the next four decades, pioneering self-service shopping, and the development of own brand"
"De Bijenkorf De Bijenkorf (literally, ""the beehive"") is a chain of high-end department stores in the Netherlands, with its flagship store on Dam Square in Amsterdam. The chain is owned by the Weston family, which also owns Britain's Selfridges, Canada's Holt Renfrew and Ireland's Brown Thomas. De Bijenkorf was founded in 1870 by Simon Philip Goudsmit (1845-1889), starting as a small haberdashery shop at 132 Nieuwendijk, one of Amsterdam's oldest streets. Initially limited to yarn and ribbons, and employing a staff of four, the stock expanded gradually. After the death of Goudsmit in 1889, Goudsmit's widow expanded the business with"
"century, the Baron and Baroness Van Pallandt assigned the landscape architect Jan David Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, who had also worked on the Vondelpark, to design the grounds around the castle. The garden was established in 1949 by the then-mayor of Lisse. The idea was to present a flower exhibit where growers from all over the Netherlands and Europe could show off their hybrids – and help the Dutch export industry (the Netherlands is the world's largest exporter of flowers). The Keukenhof features a variety of different gardens and garden styles. For example, the English landscape garden"
"changed infrastructure and the scale of factories. Developments tended towards larger companies, increased competition and less personal relations between merchants and farmers. On this background 12 merchants in eastern Jutland merged their businesses to form ""Korn- og Foderstof Kompagniet"" (English: The Grain- and Feed-stuff Company) or ""KfK"" on 2 June 1896. The goal was the advantages of larger scale and limiting competition in the region in order to focus on expansion to other markets. The founding members were some of the wealthiest and prominent businessmen in the region and counted among them Hans Broge, Otto Mønsted and Harboe Meulengracht from"
"(35%) and non mechanically separated chicken (15%). Some manufacturers also add in a bit of horse meat. A halal version exists and contains only chicken and beef. Other ingredients are bread crumbs, thickener, herbs and spices, onion and flavour enhancers. It is the most popular fast food snack in the Netherlands, followed by ""kroket"". According to the AKSV (the ""General Association of Manufacturers of Cooking Supplies and Snacks"" in the Netherlands) 600 million sausages are produced each year in the Netherlands. Most of these are also sold in the Netherlands, where more than 37 sausages are consumed per capita per"
"supermarket chains such as Jumbo, which sells an average of 18 Fairtrade products per store and Super de Boer, which sells an average of 17 products per store. Fairtrade products are also available at Albert Heijn supermarkets across the Netherlands and online at MUD Jeans, the Dutch fair trade certified denim brand. In 2006, Fairtrade labelled sales in the Netherlands amounted to €41 million, a 12% year-to-year increase. The Dutch province of Groningen was sued in 2007 by Dutch coffee supplier Douwe Egberts for explicitly requiring its coffee suppliers to meet fair trade criteria set by Stichting Max Havelaar, most"
"the Netherlands, in 1923 as a separate part of the meat factory Zwanenberg's fabrieken. Its first product was insulin in 1923. In the thirties it manufactured estrogens. In 1948, Organon acquired the Newhouse research site in Scotland, United Kingdom. The production of cortisone was initiated in 1953. In 1962 it bought the stock of the Nederlandsche Cocaïnefabriek. The now named Koninklijke Zwanenberg-Organon (KZO) fused with the fibre producer AKU in 1969 to become AKZO, later Akzo Nobel. Organon was the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel and transferred its headquarters to New Jersey, USA while the main headquarters"
"is currently the largest chain of department stores, with several stores all over the country. The first department store in the Netherlands was the , opened in Utrecht by in 1839. It continued to exist until 1912. The most well known in the Netherlands are the local high-end department stores De Bijenkorf and the variety stores chain HEMA. A former well-known chain in the Netherlands was V&D. At 130 years of age, it was declared bankrupt in 2016. After the bankruptcy, the Canadian Hudson's Bay Company exported its Hudson's Bay and Saks OFF 5th chains to the Netherlands and entered"
"is called Akzo Nobel. Textile industry flourished in Boekelo: The ""N.V. Boekelosche Stoombleekerij"" (public LLC Boekelo's Steam-bleachery), founded in 1888 by Gerrit Jan van Heek, was taken over by Unilever (who fused it with ""P. Fenter van Vlissingen & Co's Katoenfabrieken N.V.""). On the former factory's terrain, a new quarter called ""De Bleekerij"" (The Bleachery) was built. Parts of the old industrial heritage such as old facades and the factory's chimney were integrated into the new buildings. The internationally known beer brewery Grolsch moved to Boekelo, abandoning its factories in Groenlo and Enschede. The ""Museum Buurtspoorweg"" (lit. Museum Neighborhood-railway) runs"
"a lot of butter and sugar, like stroopwafel, as well as a filling of some kind, mostly almond, like "". Zaanstreek in North Holland is known for its chocolate industry, due to the development of the Dutch process chocolate In 1828 by Coenraad van Houten, that introduced the modern era of chocolate and was instrumental in the transformation of chocolate to its solid form which was up till than drank as a liquid. Zaanstreek is since the 16th century also known for its mayonnaise (for the Dutch a popular condiment to eat with French fries), and typical whole-grain mustards (popular"
"Netherlands, and online. Growth in Belgium is minimal. Ahold Delhaize owns or co-owns a number of supermarket chains and e-commerce businesses: Ahold Delhaize Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V., commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch retail company, operating supermarkets and e-commerce businesses. Its 21 local brands employ more than 375,000 associates at 6,500 stores in 11 countries. Formats include supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, drugstores, and liquor stores. Ahold Delhaize’s international headquarters is in Zaandam, Netherlands. Its brands are active in the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania and Serbia. It"
"Lindenhorst Lindenhorst is a defunct restaurant in Valkenburg, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in 1983 and retained that rating until 1993. Head chef in the time of the Michelin star was Ida Kleijnen. Owner Ida Kleijnen sold the restaurant in 1994 to her son Paul Keijdener. The same day, they learned the restaurant had lost its Michelin star. Keijdener continued the restaurant till 2004, when he decided to pursue other challenges. After a stint in France, he returned to Valkenburg in 2011. The old restaurant Lindenhorst was still for sale, so he"
"imported by Dutch company Van Weely, roasted by Neuteboom, sold directly to world shops and, for the first time, to mainstream retailers across the Netherlands. The initiative was groundbreaking as for the first time Fairtrade coffee was sold in supermarkets and mass-retailers, therefore reaching a larger consumer segment. Fairtrade labelling also allowed consumers and distributors alike to track the origin of the goods to confirm that the products were really benefiting the farmers at the end of the supply chain. The initiative was a great success and was replicated in several other markets: in the ensuing years, similar non-profit Fairtrade"
"Beemster, while the adjacent Zaanstreek in North Holland is since the 16th century known for its mayonnaise, typical whole-grain mustards and chocolate industry. Zeeland and South Holland produce a lot of butter, which contains a larger amount of milkfat than most other European butter varieties. A by-product of the butter-making process, ""karnemelk"" (buttermilk), is also considered typical for this region. Seafood such as soused herring, mussels (called ""Zeeuwse Mossels"", since all Dutch mussels for consumption are cleaned in Zeeland's Oosterschelde), eels, oysters and shrimps are widely available and typical for the region. """", once a local delicacy consisting of small"
"2011 trade between Kenya and the Netherlands was worth KES. 91 billion (EUR. 852 million). The Netherlands is the fifth largest export destination for Kenyan goods worldwide. It is the second in Europe. Kenya's main exports to the Netherlands include: live animals, coffee, tea, fruits, vegetables, fish and tobacco. The Netherlands's main exports to Kenya include: automatic data processing machines, clothing & accessories, household items, linen & furnishings, chemicals, machinery, transport equipment, dairy products, plastics and electronics. Multinational corporations such as Phillips, Unilever, Shell, KLM, Boskalis and Heineken have operations in Kenya. Over 100 other Dutch companies most of which"
"Betuwe are the parts of the Netherlands which make up the region in which western Dutch cuisine is found. Due to the abundance of surface water and grassland, necessary to sustain dairy cattle, the area is known for its many dairy products, which includes prominent cheeses such as Gouda, Leyden (spiced cheese with cumin), Edam (traditionally in small spheres) as well as Leerdammer, and Beemster. Zeeland and South Holland produce a lot of butter, which contains a larger amount of milkfat than most other European butter varieties. A by-product of the butter-making process, ""karnemelk"" (buttermilk), is also considered typical for"
"Balkenbrij Balkenbrij (or 'karboet', 'tuet' and 'pannas') is a traditional Dutch food that shares some of the characteristics of American scrapple. Traditionally, its preparation and consumption was an important economizing custom, especially for the rural poor. Particularly, it allowed farmers to use various less-desirable parts of pork, which were made more palatable by being added to a seasoned porridge of groats or flour. The closely related 'Panhas', 'Pannas' or 'Möppkenbrot' are widely known in the whole northwest of Germany; the last variety is a speciality of middle Westphalia. Originally, balkenbrij was prepared upon farms at the end of the pig-slaughtering"
"known is the variety from Gelderland with raisins. Balkenbrij is technically a relative of scrapple and a distant relative of black pudding and Scottish Haggis. Balkenbrij was one of the classic foods brought by Dutch settlers to the New World. An example of a recipe is given in a 1936 cookbook from Holland, Michigan. Balkenbrij Balkenbrij (or 'karboet', 'tuet' and 'pannas') is a traditional Dutch food that shares some of the characteristics of American scrapple. Traditionally, its preparation and consumption was an important economizing custom, especially for the rural poor. Particularly, it allowed farmers to use various less-desirable parts of"
"Ahold Delhaize Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V., commonly known as Ahold Delhaize, is a Dutch retail company, operating supermarkets and e-commerce businesses. Its 21 local brands employ more than 375,000 associates at 6,500 stores in 11 countries. Formats include supermarkets, convenience stores, hypermarkets, online grocery, online non-food, drugstores, and liquor stores. Ahold Delhaize’s international headquarters is in Zaandam, Netherlands. Its brands are active in the United States, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania and Serbia. It also participates in joint ventures in Indonesia and Portugal. Ahold Delhaize shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels (ticker: AD)."
"well as different salad dressing and sauces. Born mustard and ketchup can be found at nearly every outlet selling Bratwurst in Thuringia. Born Feinkost GmbH runs a mustard shop and museum at the Wenigemarkt in Erfurt, showing the history of mustard and the brand as well as selling mustard specialties and freshly draught (draft) mustard. Born Feinkost Born Feinkost GmbH is a food company from Erfurt, Germany. It is mainly known for its mustard, which is traditionally served accompanying Thüringer Bratwurst (Thuringian sausage). In 1820 the brothers Wilhelm and Luis Born founded a factory in Erfurt-Ilversgehofen, producing mustard, vinegar and"
"production of butter and cheese. Dutch butter and cheese became famous products at an early stage and continued to be so for centuries. The sea and the rivers provided an abundance of fish. The process of gibbing was invented by Willem Beukelszoon, a 14th-century Zealand fisherman. The invention created an export industry for salt herring () that was monopolized by the Dutch. They began to build ships and eventually moved from trading in herring to colonizing and the Dutch Lowlands (the Netherlands as a country did not exist until 1581), ultimately leading to the Dutch becoming a seafaring power. Herring"
"in neighbouring Sint-Katelijne-Waver is the largest co-operative vegetable auction in Europe. One of the four breeds of the Belgian Sheepdog is the local Malinois. The ""Mechelse koekoek"" is a local poultry breed, fleshy chickens with black and white feathers which extend on the birds' legs, with colours reminiscent of a cuckoo, hence the name. Mechelsen Bruynen was allegedly the emperor Charles V's favourite beer. A version is still brewed in the city at Het Anker brewery, one of the oldest breweries in Belgium. Mechelen has an oceanic climate (Köppen ""Cfb""). Mechelen has a narrow temperature range between seasons for its"