Its is one of the longest dyke with an amazing story and history behind it as it stands as the first line of defence against flooding from North Sea. Standing on top of the footbridge, one can clearly see the difference in water levels from North Sea on one side and to that of IJsselmeer on the other side. There is a small cafe with a pier beside it on the dyke and here are some long exposures of the view from there
Somewhere along the dijks near muiden, I discovered a cool spot lying in serene abandon and took some long exposures of my view.
This year I got a chance to see Keukenhof again but from a different and non-touristic perspective when a friend offered to drive me around the fields outside of the touristic keukenhof area. Although the look of the flowers remain the same, the experience was drastically different.
Marken is a tiny gorgeous island town, about 30 km from Amsterdam. The last time I visited that place, I along with few friends took public transportation, but didn’t reach the light house as it required walking for few kilometers and not everyone was up for it.
Having recently purchased a road bike, this time I decided to bike to it and back – a total of 60kms – alone.
Before I could reach the Lighthouse in Marken, which is well connected by dedicated cycling paths, I had to bike through lots of small towns, marshes, fields and lots of bridges over canals and the famous dykes of dutch-land.
With millions of tulips planted just in the main garden alone, keukenhof stands as the worlds largest flower garden. That is not even including the hundreds of acres of private tulip plantations around the main garden. To say it was a lovely sight is a gross understatement and its something only pictures can convey.
Tulips were not the only attraction, there were lot of art pieces all around the garden, not that anyone cared to notice them.
Along with tulips there were other kinds of flowers too, just enough to not bore people with tulips.
This was the sight right outside the main keukenhof garden
