The Aalsmeer Flower Auction or Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer inward Dutch , takes house inward the town of Aalsmeer inward North Kingdom of the Netherlands close Amsterdam Schiphol Airport , as well as is yesteryear far the busiest as well as largest floral marketplace position inward the world. Everyday twenty 1000000 flowers brand it hither from all over the world. Whilst a large bulk of the flowers sold hither are from the Netherlands , many come upwardly from far off places similar Republic of Ecuador , Republic of Colombia , Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia , as well as Kenya. The warehouse itself , where the trading takes house , is the largest edifice yesteryear footprint inward the footing , roofing 518 ,000 foursquare meters or 243 acres.
Flowers brand it the nighttime earlier the auction , at roughly 10 PM , as well as are cooled as well as sorted during the night. The auction starts early on morning. Carts of flowers are presented to the buyers , 1 at a fourth dimension , spell they bid on them. The flowers larn bought as well as distributed nearly immediately. By slowly afternoon , all the flowers volition get got moved out as well as the warehouse prepared for the adjacent round.
Crates of flowers waiting to hold upwardly auctioned off at Aalsmeer Flower Auction. Photo credit: CGP Grey
Flowers inward Aalsmeer are sold using the infamous Dutch auction system. The cost is laid high as well as a clock starts ticking downward from 100. As fourth dimension falls , as well as thus does the cost of the cart. The start individual to brand a bid gets the cart. Anyone buying likewise fast risks overpay , simply those waiting likewise long for the cost to driblet may become habitation empty handed. This unique organisation was invented inward the 17th century for selling Dutch tulip bulbs , as well as is based on a pricing organisation devised yesteryear Nobel prize winning economist William Vickrey. The ingenuity of the Dutch auction ensures that flowers are sold off speedily spell extracting the highest cost out of the dealer who wants the lot the most.
The bidding procedure tin hold upwardly seen on the large screens within the auction room. Visitors are allowed simply neither them nor buyers tin larn unopen to the flowers. The most interesting appear of the Aalsmeer bloom marketplace position is seeing the logistics inward activity , rather than admiring flowers upwardly close. The closest 1 tin larn to the flowers are from 2 elevated walkways high inward a higher house the busy warehouse. The actual trading tin hold upwardly observed through soundproof windows high inward a higher house 2 auction rooms.
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The auction room. Photo credit: faungg's photos/Flickr
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An auction inward progress. Photo credit: bert knottenbeld/Flickr
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Sources: European Traveller / Flower Experts / Investor Words