Carpet Of Flowers Brussels 2018

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Carpet of flowers brussels 2018.

Unfortunately the 2020 brussels flower carpet was cancelled due to covid 19. The grand place itself is a gorgeous square built in the 1400s and has been a unesco world heritage site since 1998. The floral splendour in front of the town hall on the grand place the central square of brussels is 47 years old this year. The grand place square 1000 brussels belgium the brussels flower carpet is a special event that takes place once every two years in brussels where the grand place square is transformed into a mass of colour.

The flowering star of the brussels flower carpet is the begonia and. Belgian flower growers bested the summer s blistering heat to lay out 500 000 blossoms on the central square of brussels on august 16 in this year s edition. In 2018 it was twenty years exactly since the grand place in brussels was recognised as a unesco world heritage site. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonia and this year are form 16 19 august.

From 13 to 16 august 2020 at the grand place in brussels. In brussels belgium opened the famous flower show flower carpet. What better way to celebrate this than. The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with nearly 1 million begonias in less than 4 hours.

The flower carpet is a biennial event in brussels in which volunteers from around belgium convene at the grand place the historic centre of the city to weave a carpet like tapestry out of colorful begonias. Brussels flower carpet once every two years the rectangular shaped square at the grand place turns into a carpet of fresh flowers dubbed the flower carpet or flowercarpet. The carpet of 77 m x 24 m is composed by about 120 volunteers with. Opening hours and tickets more info on the opening hours and the tickets for the view.

Awaiting dates 2021 2022 where. The show must go on. The flower carpet is 70 m long by 24 m wide. The first flower carpet of brussels was created in 1971 and has been a showstopper every two years on the grand place since 1986.

The 2018 theme of the flower carpet was mexico. Every 2 years the grand place in brussels is covered with a flower carpet of begonias. 1 680 m2 of begonias dahlias grass and bark. Nearly a million flowers are required to create the ephemeral 1 800 square metres 19 000 square feet carpet.

The elaborate patterns and colours are planned well ahead of time and then displayed in a single tableau on the cobblestones of the town square. The event takes place every other august coordinating with assumption day. It is home to brussels city hall which has the best view of the flower carpet. A hundred volunteers assemble the carpet in less than eight hours.