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• First
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Tulip
Time Festival • (First Saturday in May) Holland’s
annual week-long Tulip Time Festival starts the
first Saturday in May, and is one of more than
two dozen fun events and festivals that occur around
the area each year. Tulip Time celebrates Holland's
Dutch heritage and includes three parades, exhibits,
shows, fireworks and much more. Holland displays
over 76 varieties of tulips and has over 17,000
Dutch Klompen dancers adorned in authentic Dutch
clothing, including wooden shoes.
Tel:
616 396-4221 Toll Free: 800 822-2770
Tulip Time Website: www.tuliptime.com |
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Tiptoe
Through The Tulips: The annual Holland,
Michigan, Tulip Time Festival during the second
week in May is the largest tulip fest in the United
States. More than 1 million tulips are on display
throughout the city during the annual seven-day
festival. But, don’t pick the tulips. There
is a city ordinance that bans tulip picking with
fines up to $100 per stem plucked or destroyed. |
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| Holland Farmers' Market
• April
- November (Mon, Wed & Sat) 8am-5pm |
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Three times a week - on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Saturdays - from April to November
- visitors can shop at the city’s large outdoor
Farmers’ Market where the bounty of neighboring
farms offer everything from cut flowers, plants and
handmade bouquets, to the freshest in vegetables and
seasonal fruits, likely picked fresh that morning.
Holland Farmers Market: 150 West
8th Street • Holland, MI 49423 Tel:
616 355-1138 |
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Top
5 agricultural counties : While there is
only one farm left in all of Holland the surrounding
lands of Ottawa County where Holland is located are
annually ranked among the top 5 agricultural counties
in the state. At the last census, Ottawa County was
ranked No. 1 with a market value production of over
$300 million in agricultural products produced in
the area. The biggest cash crops are nursery products,
turkeys, blueberries, hogs, dairy products, apples
& soy crops.
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| Holland Harbor Lighthouse
"BIG RED" • (Visible
from Ottawa Beach Rd or South Shore Drive) |
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"Big
Red" - Lighthouse |
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"Big Red", officially
known as the "Holland Harbor Lighthouse"
rests on Holland's original harbor, which was hand-dug
in 1872 in order to establish itself as a town. Replacing
the original wooden lighthouse, Big Red was built
in 1934 with metal siding which protects it against
Lake Michigan's waves and weather. Abandoned by the
Coast Guard in 1970 as an unnecessary surplus, Big
Red was adopted by the Holland Harbor Lighthouse Commission
in 1974 who now cares for its preservation and restoration.
This 45 foot lighthouse can be viewed across the harbor
from Holland State Park. |
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| Holland Flea Market
• May - October (1st
Saturday of every month) 9am-4pm • Admission:
$1 |
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The
Holland Flea Market has something for everyone.
Vendors are are split into four different categories
including: Handmade, Antiques, New and Used Items.
Consession are offered throughout the fleamarket with
restrooms and a courtesy golf cart shuttle is also
available. Website: http://www.hollandfleamarket.com/
Holland Flea Market: 1286 Ottawa
Beach Rd. • Holland, MI 49424 Tel:
616 393-8179 |
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| Dutch WinterFest
• November 16th - December
10th, 2005 |
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A
tradition of old world Europe through holiday
events including: Parade of lights, sinkters eve,
up on the rooftops, ice sculpting competition, kerstmarkt
open-air european market, unique holiday shopping,
holiday music and theatre, special exhibits, tours
and more!
Dutch WinterFest: November 16th
- December 10th, 2005 |
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Outdoor
Discovery |
The
Wildlife Preserve parnered with the local
area school district to create a facility that will
service the outdoor education and recreation needs
of the community. The Outdoor Discovery Center is
located on a 120 acre wildlife preserve located south
of Holland, Michigan in Allegan County and is home
to thousands of species of animals and plants. There
is 4.5 miles of trails and boardwalks winding through
meadow, prarie, dunes, forest, ponds and wetlands.
Admision is free and open to the public during daylight
hours.
Website: www.outdoordiscoverycenter.org |
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Ship
Graveyard: Just outside Holland Harbor along
the shore of Lake Michigan is the Southwest Michigan
Underwater Preserve. This 300-square-mile underwater
sanctuary contains an estimated 60 shipwrecks that
can be explored. A top SCUBA diving area, the preserve
attracts divers from around the world, many seeking
to find an estimated 50 sunken boats that have never
been found or explored. The preserve also has a fossilized
forest and caves and grottos to be explored. |
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| Concert Series (Centenial
Park) June - August, 7:30
- 9:30 |
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Downtown Holland also offers a Friday
music concert series during the summer in Centennial
Park, which is the spot for Art in The Park in August.
Enjoy free Friday night concerts at Centenial Park,
June - August, 7:30 - 9:30. Bring a chair or a blanket
and enjoy a night of fresh air and music.
Centential Park: River Ave. (between
10th and 12th streets) |
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Windmill
Island on Lake Macatawa gives visitors
a chance to experience old-time Netherlands culture
up close. In the summer, hostesses dress in 19th
century traditional Dutch clothes including wooden
shoes. During the Tulip Time and the summer, performers
take to the village courtyard to do Dutch Klompen
dancing.
Windmill
Island: 1 Lincoln Ave Tel: 616
355-1030 Visit us Online: Windmill
Island Website |
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Visitors
learn Dutch history at the island’s Posthouse
museum, a replica of a 14th century Netherlands inn that
sits in  the
center of the park a stone’s throw from the 240-year-old
DeZwaan Windmill. The DeZwaan, which means the Swan,
is authentic working Dutch windmill that was brought
to Holland from the Netherlands in the 1960s to be the
centerpiece of the Dutch theme attraction. Each spring,
the island is bedecked with more than 100,000 blooming
tulips for the annual Tulip Time Festival. |
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In
the center of Windmill Island in Holland Michigan, is
the 240-year-old DeZwaan Windmill. The DeZwaan, which
means the Swan, is the only authentic working Dutch
windmill in the United States. It was brought to Holland
from the Netherlands in the 1960s to be the centerpiece
of the city’s Dutch theme attraction, Windmill
Island. The windmill is open for tours from spring to
fall and still crushes grain for flour and the ingredients
for local brew pubs. |
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Enjoy a romantic
evening dinner cruise or an afternoon lunch or cocktail cruise
on The Holland Princess riverboat. Welcome aboard The Holland Princess - located in West Michigan! This 65' Victorian style paddle-wheel river boat is one of the newest vacation attractions in Holland, MI.
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Begin your West Michigan memory with a boat excursion, as you tour through beautiful Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan and cruise past the BIG RED lighthouse. Enjoy a scenic cruise - with lunch or dinner. Pass by picturesque lake homes, historic land marks, and nature at its best. Enjoy a memorable dinner cruise, a relaxing lunch cruise, or a private party/charter aboard the Holland Princess! The Holland Princess dinner cruises offers public cruises and also private boat charters.
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