This is a Dutch Press release
Registration opened for Children's Parade Lisse
Zaterdag 16 april is het zover! Dan rijdt het kleurige Kindercorso Lisse door het Dorpshart. Kinderen rijden met een versierd vervoersmiddel, zoals een fiets, step, zeepkist, skelter of speelgoedtrekker mee in de kleurrijke optocht die muzikaal wordt begeleid door De Pretnoten uit Lisse.
The Parade takes to the Road in 2022
Bloemencorso Bollenstreek will hit the road again! Fans have had to miss the annual spectacle for the last 2 spring seasons, but we are finally able to report that the parade will ride again in all its glory from Noordwijk to Haarlem on Saturday 23rd April.
Ode to Bloemencorso Bollenstreek
Artist Simon Balyon has been working in secret on a new masterpiece. Through nine painted panels, he is recording the world famous Bloemencorso Bollenstreek flower parade against the backdrop of the bulb-growing district starting from Noordwijk-aan-Zee and finishing in the floral city of Haarlem.
Addition to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of The Netherlands takes place.
On Friday 3rd December, Bloemencorso Bollenstreek was officially added to the Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in The Netherlands. The official documents were signed in the greenhouses of Hyacinth grower G. de Wit & Zn in Lisse appropriately in the middle of the hyacinths which are the cornerstone of the parade.
Dutch Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage
We are delighted to announce that our Bloemencorso Bollenstreek has been added to the Dutch Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage. How incredibly special!''This is certainly a gigantic feather in the cap for each of our 1500 volunteers'', according to chairman Willem Heemskerk, himself also one of this large, dedicated group of individuals. ''Thanks to their dedication over the last 75 years they have become a cultural heritage community with the task of preserving the tradition for the future".