For only one weekend every two years belgian begonia cultivators decorate the market place with a beautiful flower carpet using nearly one million flowers and measuring a massive 77 by 24 metres.
Antwerp city hall flower carpet.
Flower carpet 2020 webcam the construction and the result can be seen via.
This carpet of 77m x 24m is realized in several stages and installed by approximately 120 volunteers.
Shadow of the city hall on the carpet flower grand place brussels belgium.
Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view from the city hall.
The access to the grand place is free.
If you want to enjoy it you ll have to be quick because the flower carpet will be removed on june 13.
A panoramic visit with access to the city hall is also possible.
A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours.
The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours.
Then you ll be able to take some flowers to enjoy them at home.
A million colourful begonias are set up in patterns and the display covers a full 24 by 77 metres 79 by 253 ft for area total of 1 800 m 2 19 000 sq ft.
Construction of the flower carpet.
1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark.
Flower carpet in front ot antwerp city hall grote markt belgium.
The flower carpet in 2008 every two years 38 in august an enormous flower carpet is set up in the grand place for a few days.
To celebrate the antwerp city hall s 450th birthday the grand place is covered with a carpet of flowers.
The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986.
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9635 plant trays are used to build the flower carpet of 30 by 60.
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Shadow of the city hall on the carpet flower grand place brussels belgium.
The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide.
Officially the first flower carpet was born in 1971 on the grand place.
The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico.
Flower carpet in front ot antwerp city hall grote markt belgium.
Entrance to the grand place is free but for a panoramic view of the flower carpet you can buy a ticket to the city hall s balcony 6 free for children under 10.
Enjoy this stunning attraction and this wonderful belgian city.